Aloha Freinds,
Today i saw a client for the 4th time, who originally presented to me with cocaine addiction. This is one of 6 clients i am seeing with the same concern at present.
Whilst this can be a difficult problem to work with, this particular client is extremenly motivated to stop, and hence our sessions have been progressing well.
In our previous sessions I have focussed on behaviour changing ideas, via CBT & NLP with some very promising results.
In changing how this clients percieves thier addiction we have come to a stage where the concept of old mistaken beliefs is coming into play. This, whilst being well documented in treatment, through NLP/Inner Child therapy/Etc, means that the clients past has had to be addressed.
It is often difficult to work with a client about past issues, especially when they simply dont want to go there. This is when the likes of Time Focussed therapy is so very useful!
So, we explored the past, breifly, and then looked at how the future 'could' be. Wow, was this the key!
Addiction is often an area where therapists feel uneasy working. My advice ... Work with the past, encourage the future ... and the results are often fantastic. Just my expereince talking here of course :-)
Peace,
Koma x
www.tombarber.co.uk
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