Addiction as an Attachment Disorder
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765703378 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 364 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Addicted to porn? Read this book. Marnia Robinson The content of this book is extremely important. Attachment is healthy, and has very real beneficial effects on our physiology and emotional health. It's a shame this book is so poorly edited and redundant - not to mention absurdly priced.I read this book because someone mentioned it on my website's forum, which has been inundated with men desperate to recover from porn addiction. It solidly affirmed what I had noticed: Supportive contact with others is a vital part of these men's recovery, . 1 step forward, 2 steps back: More about AA than Attachment; Blames Parents Too Much The thesis of this book is that addiction is a disorder of an individual's ability to have healthy attachments, or primary, intimate relationships. Starting from birth, everyone needs to have two basic things for a secure attachment: a secure base and a safe haven. A secure base is a supportive relationship that gives you the security from which to explore the world and face risks. A safe haven is a supportive relationship to turn to for help when facing stress or crisis in order to manage o. Groundbreaking work on attachment. R. Williams This is one of my favorite books on understanding the struggle and challenge of addiction. Behaviors will start to make sense and solutions will begin to be revealed. This book is recommended to all therapists working in the field of addictions and anyone who craves a deeper understanding of what makes people tick. R. Williams, coauthor of The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction.
The strength of Flores's paradigm of addiction as an attachment disorder is that it is a theory that effectively and wisely guides treatment, but at the same time, when properly implemented or practiced, the treatment resonates with and further enhances the theory. His emphasis on addiction as an attachment disorder is principally important because he provides extensive scholarly and clinical insights as to why certain vulnerable individuals so desperately need to substitute chemical solutions and connections for human ones. "Edward J. Khantzian, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical SchoolA Jason Aronson Book. He fills in all the gaps between theory and
This text excels in its discussion of how attachment theory informs the therapeutic alliance (what some would call 'professional use of self') and in explaining how and why therapy works. Evolving out of this theoretical understanding, the book describes effective treatment strategies which can include 12-step programs, individual and/or group therapy. (Henry I. Dr. (Marilyn Freimuth, PhD, faculty member at the Fielding Graduate Institute and private practitioner in New York City)It is indeed rare to find a thoughtful and scholarly blend of theoretical material and clinical wisdom in a single volume. Like the best of clinical texts, this one brings abstract theoretical concepts to the experiential and practice levels. He develops a