Sentences with phrase «with addicted individuals»

I work with addicted individuals as well as their partners or family members to help everyone cope with the addiction in ways that foster healing.

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A.A. portrays the individual in a one - to - one relationship with his or her God, before whom the person must admit total powerlessness (at least over alcohol, though absolute powerlessness is implicit throughout) The alcoholic then comes to «believe in» (cognitively) a God who is omnipotent and has the ability to «restore sanity» to the addict, a God to whom one must surrender one's will.

«They are preying upon an ever - expanding population of those who become addicted to opiates,» he said, pointing out that many of these individuals start out with legal prescriptions to the highly addictive painkillers.

So we need to work with our partners to get the message directly out to individuals who are addicted.»

It was very striking: We found we could replicate what happens in the prefrontal areas and the D2 receptors with cocaine also with alcohol, and then we replicated it in methamphetamine - addicted individuals, and then we replicated it in individuals who come from families where alcoholism is very prevalent.

For individuals with a high level of dopamine receptors, they can become addicted to food just as they would get addicted to a drug (7), as modern - day junk foods create a surge of dopamine to be released in the brain (similarly to cocaine, for example).

The time is spent with singular individuals — a prostitute (a world - wearied and magnificent Mozhan Marno), a drug addicted father (Marshall Manesh), a street urchin (Milad Eghbali), a pimp (Dominic Rains), and a rich girl (Rome Shadanloo).

Rather than embed with just one individual or group or take only a drug war framing to the transportation of narcotics, «The Trade» follows a number of different throughlines: the boss of an opium poppy production field, addicts in various stages of treatment, police officials in Mexico City and Dayton, Ohio.

I've worked with individuals, spouses, parents and Adult Children of Alcoholics / Addicts (ALCOA) who wish to recover from their direct or indirect experiences with addiction.

After working for years, with a high level of success, with some of the most traumatized, addicted, and overlooked individuals in society, I have a broad knowledge and ability to help or assist many who are stuck or feel they can not be helped.»

I would love to partner with you to help you overcome hurts resulting from abuse, involvement with personality disordered individuals or addicts, codependency issues, and attachment trauma.»

We also recommend that the person struggling with sexual addiction attend a weekly individual session with a certified sexual addiction therapist that will help him / her identify the underlying pain, emptiness, trauma, etc., that the addiction behavior numbs, medicates, and allows the sex addict to escape feeling.

Individuals struggling with sexual addiction (whether personally or in relationship with an addict) often suffer from profound spiritual shame.

We have years of experience using counseling and working with 12 - step programs to help addicted individuals and families overcome the pain and destruction from drugs and alcohol.

Whether you are the individual with the addiction or the spouse or partner of an addict, we have a plan that will help get people on the road to recovery.

I help such individuals learn how they can interact with addicts in ways that preserve their own sanity and that maximize the likelihood that the addict reduces his or her substance usage and seeks treatment.

Novus serves the community with individual counseling, couples counseling, marriage counseling, group therapy, and free community meetings hosting Sex Addicts Anonymous, Co-Sex Addicts Anonymous and Sex and Porn Addicts Anonymous.

She works with a variety of clients including individuals establishing and sustaining recovery from addictions, partners of addicts, grief and loss, and goal setting.

Many times it is discovered that the addicted individual has experienced a past trauma that led to the development of a coping mechanism of self - medicating his or her pain with the addictive substance of alcohol and or drugs.

For the addicted individual, relationships with substances supercede human relationships.

He has facilitated psychotherapy groups for separated and divorced men and women, drug addicted veterans (Brentwood VA Hospital), individuals suffering from PTSD, and individuals with depression.

In conversation with the moderator and with the participation of the audience, the workshops will present material on the psycho - emotional dynamics of the addicted person and point to ways of working with such individuals to liberate them from their habituated patterns.

Dan's focus is working with individuals with sexual addiction, partners of sex addicts, survivors of trauma and couples dealing with all types of relationship issues.

Our services are open to individuals and families who seek recovery from addictive behaviors, with a focus on treating the addicted professional.

The court also referred to the EEOC Technical Manual which states that a «person who casually used drugs illegally in the past, but did not become addicted is not an individual with a disability based upon past drug use.»