Addiction is defined as not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point where it could be damaging to you. Addiction is most commonly associated with gambling, drugs, alcohol and smoking. It’s possible, however, to be addicted to just about anything, including v
Hear from our Practitioners on Addiction:
“Addiction is one of the most challenging and complicated themes many people face in therapy, usually because of the shameful, self-punishing voice that accompanies any movement towards finding different, healthier ways of coping. Whether you are working towards a new relationship with screen, food, alcohol, pornography, tobacco, vaping, sex or love relationships, my approach begins with validating the role of addiction in its first function which is usually to solve rather than pose a problem.
Together we will offer the beliefs underpinning your addiction the time and attention they need before exploring how you can break the cycle and find a new way forward. I have experience of working with clients who are working through, or have completed, the Twelve Steps and find that therapy can sit well alongside this approach as well as being a stand-alone intervention.”
Healing Through the Arts
Alexa Edelist, Psychodrama Psychotherapist, Recommends:
Lost Boys and Fairies
Lost Boys and Fairies follows a man trying to build a life that feels steadier than the one he grew up inside, and in doing so it touches the emotional terrain that often sits beneath addictive patterns … the longing to belong, the fear of being known, the ways we protect ourselves when closeness feels risky. The series moves slowly and honestly, showing how love, creativity, and chosen family can become regulating forces when someone is trying to step out of habits that once felt like the only way to cope. It’s a lovely companion piece for anyone exploring what sits underneath their relationship with substances or compulsive behaviours.
HARVEST THERAPY
44 Russell Square, Bloomsbury,
London WC1B 4JP
&
20 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury,
London WC1B 3HH
United Kingdom
Phone Number:
020 8962 6247
email:
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