In a quiet moment, do you ever worry about your drinking? For professionals, there is a world of difference between social drinking and controlled d…

As we are all aware, pornography is available at the click of a button. It's watched by over 40 million people just in the United States and seems to…

You may have heard people talk about the ‘inner child’, but how does this work and how can it be worked with to help you? The idea is that your inne…

During my observations as a psychotherapist in treating patients in various residential settings over the last 18 years, I have come to believe that…

I see many clients in my practice who come to  me with issues concerning their addictive behaviour. Gambling, drinking, drug abuse, porn, internet -…

As mentioned in our last article, thinking again of how one views addictions, can indeed help the person you love and want to help. Thinking of addic…

The act of surrender is key if the addict is to recover. The identification statement that one is an addict, allows the small self to open to surrend…

We've all heard of the three R's but what do we know about the four R's? Well, it's a technique developed by Dr Jeffrey Schwartz of UCLA (The Univers…

How many of us have heard it said that practice makes perfect? When actually practice makes permanent, and if we practice the wrong things we become…

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court system has been in the news recently, with evidence of its efficacy in working with extremely troubled families bei…

The first 12 step group, alcoholics anonymous (AA), was founded in 1935 by two American men who found a way of tackling their alcoholism. Since these…

Changing a habit Have you ever tried to change a habit; for instance start going to the gym, go on a diet or stop smoking etc. only to find that you…