What is the “psychodynamic perspective” of addiction?
The psychodynamic perspective of addiction comes out of the famous Dr. Freud. It originated approximately 100 years ago and it’s based on the assumption, and there are some parallels within the cognitive behavioral world, that if the unconscious forces within us are part and parcel of why we engage in addictive behavior. There are beliefs [...]
What is the “biopsychosocial perspective” of addiction?
In reality is that most current, most contemporary addiction professionals believe in the biopsychosocial model. You could have a disease model or a popular behavioral model, we all buy into a little bit of the biopsychosocial model. All biopsychosocial model means is there’s a biological component, a psychological component, and a social component. It isn’t [...]
What is the cognitive-behavioral perspective of addiction?
The cognitive behavioral approach to addiction really is a broad range of tools, psychological tools, that have research behind them, that have been studied and repeated over and over again. They all seem to involve an emphasis on focusing on the thinking as it leads to behavior or the thinking as it leads to feelings. [...]