Comments on: Is Counseling Good For Addiction? http://www.addictionrecoveryblog.com/opiate-treatment/is-counseling-good-for-addiction/ Expert advice on over-comming addictions Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mark Brouwer http://www.addictionrecoveryblog.com/opiate-treatment/is-counseling-good-for-addiction/#comment-24441 Mark Brouwer Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:31:14 +0000 http://www.addictionrecoveryblog.com/2009/02/19/is-counseling-good-for-addiction/#comment-24441 Thanks for this great article, and the somewhat-contrarian perspective. I conduct workshops with a well-known therapist for people struggling with sex addiction. We often recommend that people seek therapy to get in touch with unresolved early life trauma. But this therapy only works if two conditions are met: (1) it's done in conjunction with recovery work - usually in a 12 step group - that focuses on helping the person establish sobriety (2) the therapist knows what they are doing, and is supportive of the client's desire to achieve sobriety. Your article does a good job of point out that these are not always givens. Of course, the downside of having addicts work to establish sobriety without addressing some of the unresolved struggles and pain they are carrying is that it sets them up for repeated relapse. It's a one-two punch (12 step work and GOOD therapy) that gets the job done. Thanks again for the reminder. Thanks for this great article, and the somewhat-contrarian perspective. I conduct workshops with a well-known therapist for people struggling with sex addiction. We often recommend that people seek therapy to get in touch with unresolved early life trauma. But this therapy only works if two conditions are met:
(1) it’s done in conjunction with recovery work – usually in a 12 step group – that focuses on helping the person establish sobriety
(2) the therapist knows what they are doing, and is supportive of the client’s desire to achieve sobriety.
Your article does a good job of point out that these are not always givens.

Of course, the downside of having addicts work to establish sobriety without addressing some of the unresolved struggles and pain they are carrying is that it sets them up for repeated relapse. It’s a one-two punch (12 step work and GOOD therapy) that gets the job done. Thanks again for the reminder.

]]> By: vania http://www.addictionrecoveryblog.com/opiate-treatment/is-counseling-good-for-addiction/#comment-19328 vania Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:00:01 +0000 http://www.addictionrecoveryblog.com/2009/02/19/is-counseling-good-for-addiction/#comment-19328 hey karen, you gave comment on my blog last year, i'm sorry, wordpress flagged it as spam, i'll start reading your blog from now on. keep posting! hey karen, you gave comment on my blog last year, i’m sorry, wordpress flagged it as spam, i’ll start reading your blog from now on.

keep posting!

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