I'm grateful for WRD News, who are in Australia, covering my recent tobacco-free addiction treatment monograph. They did a full article about it. The article is very accessible in its writing style, only takes a few minutes to read, and covers all the main points. Their article is a great read. For your convenience, here's … Continue reading Article at WRD News in Australia: “Revolutionary Tobacco-Free Addiction Treatment Shows 25% Higher Recovery Rates, New Research Reveals”
Author: Brian Coon
Sentences to Ponder: Donald Winnicott
It may be noticed that I am concerned with unconscious motivation, something that is not altogether a popular concept. The data I need are not to be culled from a form-filling questionnaire. A computer cannot be programmed to give motives that are unconscious in the individuals who are the guinea pigs of an investigation. This … Continue reading Sentences to Ponder: Donald Winnicott
Added to the Recovery Review navigator: “Psychodynamic Perspective”
On the far right side of the Recovery Review home page are a few so-called "navigators". Yesterday we added a category to the "Special Series" navigator. The category we added is called "Psychodynamic Perspective". Here's what the Special Series navigator looks like right now. I've circled the new one we added in red so you … Continue reading Added to the Recovery Review navigator: “Psychodynamic Perspective”
Question from the field: How does someone maintain longevity in the addiction field?
Two people working in the addiction field recently gave me a question to respond to here on Recovery Review. Interestingly, they both gave me the same question. One phrased it as a topic by saying, “I would enjoy hearing some more about risk and protective factors for SUD clinicians.” The other phrased it as a question: … Continue reading Question from the field: How does someone maintain longevity in the addiction field?
Question from the field: “Do ACT and the unconscious have any common ground?”
This week I was asked, “What common ground is there between Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and ‘the unconscious’? And if there is any common ground, how can it apply to addiction counseling and addiction recovery?” To me, the common ground is cognitive dissonance. In my opinion, that was an interesting question. Here’s why. Acceptance and … Continue reading Question from the field: “Do ACT and the unconscious have any common ground?”
Addiction Treatment Except for Tobacco and Nicotine: A Call for Change
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. Below is the Abstract followed by the full text of the monograph. Acknowledgements. I would like to thank the following people for their … Continue reading Addiction Treatment Except for Tobacco and Nicotine: A Call for Change
Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 4
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. This post is the fourth and final in a small series of excerpts from the monograph. The intent of posting these excerpts is … Continue reading Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 4
Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 3
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. This post is the third in a small series of excerpts from the monograph. The intent of posting these excerpts is to build … Continue reading Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 3
Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 2
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. This post is the second in a small series of excerpts from the monograph. The intent of posting these excerpts is to build … Continue reading Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction # 2
Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction
I've completed a monograph that calls for change in the addiction treatment arena. It focuses on our need to modify our settings and services to a tobacco-free and smoke-free model of care. This post will serve as the first in a small series of excerpts from the monograph. The intent of posting these excerpts is … Continue reading Tobacco-free and smoke-free addiction treatment: monograph introduction
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