Practice — Wings
Wings are the result of experience, strength and hope.
They are a gift that is offered as a result of the cellular absorption of recovery-oriented thought and action.
Areas of Practice
Relationship Intensives
Relationship Intensives with Rick Atwater and Moe Ross.
Married in 1985, Rick and Moe each brought many lessons learned from their previous marriages, as well as a sincere desire to experience relationships as one of the primary paths for growth and transformation.
With over 40 years of counseling experience, they bring a profound understanding of what it takes to grow together with love.
Today, they work together with individuals and couples from all different lifestyle choices to help clarify and engage with relationship concerns. They intend to offer a broader perspective and practices to assist in new ways to respond to life's challenges.
Located in the countryside, about an hour outside of Chicago, we offer individualized 2-day residential intensives to accelerate the process of moving through relevant issues.
Intervention
Not the interventions you've seen on TV. Understanding where the disease leaves off and you begin or perhaps where you leave off and the disease begins. Emotional readiness and understanding recovery for family and friends. Heartfelt, informed & prepared.
Consulting
Guidance, information, and seminars to groups, organizations, and communities on making normative attitude changes regarding addiction and addiction treatment.
Therapy
Direct psychotherapeutic work with addicts and those affected by addiction.
Advocacy
Applying social, print and other media formats to underscore recovery concerns, counter stereotypes and bias and provide a voice for those suffering from addictive disease. In the last 34 years, Rick authored 1,750+ columns for the Northwest Herald for his popular editorial titled,“Straight Talk”, which chronicled stories about alcoholism, alcoholics, addicts, families, and recovery (1986-2020). Archives available soon.
Training
Guidance, training & supervision for addictions professionals to increase their skills, knowledge, and use of their intuitive approach to addiction treatment based on over three decades of experience.