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Addiction is not in itself the problem, it is rather the attempt to solve a problem...

Posted by LP User on Thursday, November 29, 2018,

Brilliant article where Gabor Mate, Specialist addicioin dr refers to addiction as not a disease/ disorder nor an addictive personality, but rather a response to loss/ trauma usually in childhood.
Compulsive behaviours are damaging in the long term, but "solve" the problem temporarily. What I mean by this is that it makes the current situation more bearable. So using is an attempt to find happiness....

So finding healthier ways to find happiness and resolving childhood trauma must be part of th...
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2018 looking back

Posted by LP User on Thursday, November 29, 2018,

This is why I love my job.
In reviewing my year I came to see how many of my clients have really changed.

From addicts in active addiction moving into sustainable recovery to stressed out moms TRE'ing off daily stresses becoming better moms, to cancer patients post chemo starting to feel their feet again (through TRE) to those in long term recovery shifting deeper into even more meaningful lives.

I sometimes come home after a day in my shared private practice just marveling at the variety of ...
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Focus on what the drug does for the person- and find a healthier way to do this.

Posted by LP User on Friday, November 16, 2018,

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+recovery++addiction&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dyou%2btube%2brecovery%2b%2baddiction%26qs%3dn%26form%3dQBRE%26sp%3d-1%26pq%3dyou%2btube%2brecovery%2baddict%26sc%3d1-24%26sk%3d%26cvid%3dF9846A3B5473486F98BC177C270393C1&mmscn=vwrc&view=detail&mid=5C14B775AEE9D21FFCE65C14B775AEE9D21FFCE6&rvsmid=153FE5349E434E753BF3153FE5349E434E753BF3&FORM=VDMCNR

TED X video -story of recovery
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Its all about connection....

Posted by LP User on Friday, November 16, 2018,

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+recovery++addiction&qs=n&sp=-1&pq=you+tube+recovery+addict&sc=1-24&sk=&cvid=F9846A3B5473486F98BC177C270393C1&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dyou%2btube%2brecovery%2b%2baddiction%26qs%3dn%26form%3dQBRE%26sp%3d-1%26pq%3dyou%2btube%2brecovery%2baddict%26sc%3d1-24%26sk%3d%26cvid%3dF9846A3B5473486F98BC177C270393C1&view=detail&mmscn=vwrc&mid=153FE5349E434E753BF3153FE5349E434E753BF3&FORM=WRVORC

Instead of separating and isolating the addict (person with substance use ...
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adversity in childhood leads to adult illnesses. Addicts need to read this.

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, In : trauma therapy

https://aeon.co/essays/how-bad-experiences-in-childhood-lead-to-adult-illness

Another article reporting on how childhood adversity "stays" in the body and manifests later as illnesses.

".....Often, these illnesses can be chronic and lifelong. Autoimmune disease. Heart disease. Chronic bowel disorders. Migraines. Persistent depression. Even today, doctors puzzle over these very conditions: why are they so prevalent; why are some patients more prone to them than others; and why are they so diffic...
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Excellent tool for therapists to deal with stress

Posted by LP User on Friday, August 28, 2015, In : TRE

http://traumaprevention.com/tre-for-doctors-therapist

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TRE for post birth

Posted by LP User on Sunday, June 16, 2013, In : TRE

http://tre-westerncape.co.za/debriefing-the-body-after-birth-through-neurogenic-tremors/

This article expresses how natural and typical it is for mothers to shake pre/ during / post birth. Learning how to use tre can help new mothers release the trapped energy from the birth process and destress, allowing optimal bonding and motherhood...
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