The Addictions Blog
Looking Back
August 5, 2023
Looking back on the road of my recovery.
Continue Reading >>How Psychotherapy Works
February 1, 2023
Seeing a psychotherapist is typically one of the first suggestions given by family and friends after someone experiences significant problems or crises. However, if a person has never been to therapy they might wonder how does it work? Is it for me? Would it be a waste of time?
Continue Reading >>How to Recover from Addiction – Stage 2
August 5, 2022
In this post I will continue to explain, using my clinical and personal experience, how to recover from an addiction. Today I will talk about Stage 2
Continue Reading >>How to Recover from Addiction – Stage 1
July 10, 2022
There is a lot written about addiction and recovery. Many people have advice to share. But something that is often lacking is a clear and complete plan of how to actually recover. In this post, I use my experience and knowledge to explain just that.
Continue Reading >>The Addiction Spectrum
August 1, 2021
Viewing addiction along a spectrum is a popular alternative often used in contemporary addictions counselling. Although there are many ways of viewing addiction – and no one way is the right way – I find this spectrum to be useful in practice.
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