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David Burgdorf

David Burgdorf, Director of the Training Department, helps provide ongoing education and support for staff. He began working at the Betty Ford Center in 1992 as a Pastoral Counselor and has also worked in Family, Outpatient and Day Treatment programs. His primary interests are spirituality of recovery and recovering family systems. David is also an Episcopal priest, contributing to the local community in that capacity.

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Choose your Attitude by Choosing Gratitude
August 6th, 2010 / BFC Insights / David Burgdorf
 The theme of gratitude is familiar to those of us in 12-Step recovery programs.  I imagine that all of us – at one time or another – have heard from a tough sponsor, “It’s time for you to write out a gratitude list.” The symptoms for which this is the treatment are: self-pity, whining, grousing, complaining, and general snarliness. The little action of writing the gratitude list, or what my grandmother called “counting your blessings,” has some psychological heft behind it. Viktor Frankl, the great Viennese psychiatrist and death camp survivor, is frequently quoted...

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