Brilliant! Unfortunately the solution can't be only individual or familial - it has to be political and cultural as well - but the message and learnings here are clear: the opposite of addiction is attachment.
http://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong
Judy Lightstone, Founder & Director Auckland PSI Institute, has been providing training, and supervision for mental health clinicians for the past 38 years. She has a PhD. with a specialism in Trauma Psychology and two Masters degrees in Counselling and in Marriage and Family Therapy. She was trained in Feminist Relational Therapy for Eating Problems with Susie Orbach (author of Fat is a Feminist Issue).
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
Everything You Thought You Knew about Addiction is Wrong
Labels:
addiction,
addictions,
attachment,
brain science,
causal link,
compulsions,
helpful approaches,
myths,
oppression,
Relationships,
self esteem,
symptoms,
trauma,
truths
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