Addiction

Affect Regulation and Addiction: Attachment Based Treatment for Addiction (2014 IPNB PreConference (DAY 1 presentations)

Addiction, Affect Regulation, the Blind Men and the Elephant - Drew Pinsky - Video

From Addict to Advocate: Changing Personal and Societal Perceptions about the Disease of Addiction -mp4 Video

Sex Addiction as Affect Dysregulation: A Holistic Healing Model - Video

"Truly being known by another (lover or therapist) threatens to bring back the shame and self-loathing experienced in repeated losses of emotional attunement with their caregiver. These findings allow us to understand and treat sex addicts as regulation-impaired due to a fundamental attachment disorder.