by Duane | Jul 5, 2018 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Couples, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Sex Addiction, Therapy
Our guest on this episode of the Addicted Mind podcast is Jack Bloomfield, a specialist in the ARISE model of interventions. This model is an alternative to the “traditional” form of confrontational interventions created in the 1960s by Dr. Johnson. In this...
by Duane | May 9, 2018 | 12-step, Addiction, Couples, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Porn Addiction, Recovery, Sex Addiction
On this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast, we are joined by Robert Weiss, a digital-age intimacy and relationship expert and author of several insightful books on the topic (links below). Rob’s non-alarmist approach to the impacts of our digital age on intimacy and...
by Duane | Apr 11, 2018 | Addiction, Anxiety, Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders, Food Addiction, Mental Health, Therapy
On this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast, we are joined by Dr. Pam Peeke, a physician, and scientist specializing in food addiction. Those struggling with food addictions fit into two categories: (1) people who practice disordered eating which eventually takes...
by Duane | Mar 28, 2018 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Depression, Drug Addiction, Gambling Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery
Our guest on this episode of the Addicted Mind podcast is Colleen Koncilja, a counselor based in the Chicago area who specializes in gambling addictions. Shortly after a casino riverboat became a permanent fixture just blocks away from her practice’s office in Elgin,...
by Duane | Mar 22, 2018 | Addiction, Anxiety, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery
Our guest on this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast is Jonathan Horowitz, founder and director of the San Francisco Stress and Anxiety Center. Jonathan is a clinical psychologist who studied anxiety research in graduate school before transitioning to being a...
by Duane | Feb 28, 2018 | Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, PTSD, Therapy
Susanne Jessee is with us today to talk about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). TMS is a relatively new treatment, at least in the United States, for individuals who are struggling with depression. Depression is often present in addiction and TMS is something...