Have you ever had a painful experience which has been too challenging to face that you have unconsciously buried it? Find out what is at the heart of trauma and what you can do to start dealing with it today. Many times trauma leads to addiction and a broad range of destructive behaviours and coping mechanisms. The next episode will tell you what addiction is and how it manifests into deeper areas of your persona and relationships.
If you found this video helpful in understanding trauma there are a number of related trauma articles from the blog that may be of interest to you complex post-trauma stress, causes of PTSD, childhood trauma and attachment trauma.
Recovery Direct operates Cape Town’s top rehab treatment centre for trauma care. The Centre focuses on resolving past traumas that debilitate and play out problematic behaviour patterns in clients lives including addiction, depression and anxiety related problems through an exclusive continuum of encouraging psychiatric care.
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Overview of Addiction Treatment Groups Besides individual and family sessions, group therapy is a valuable additional tool in addiction treatment. It is neither better nor worse than the other methods. It is an effective additional type of therapy that improves the security of long term sobriety when added to other forms of treatment.
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The pronounced toll of developmental trauma Research has shown that childhood trauma is associated with more severe degrees of psychopathology than with trauma encountered in adulthood. It also indicates that childhood abuse creates a stronger current for drawing victims into the maelstrom of long-term post-traumatic stress disorder. In studies, specific responses were wider ranging and…
Goals have to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound (SMART) in order to actualise. Every year on 1 January everyone magically springs into action promising that they will lose weight, go to gym, stop smoking, stop drinking, stop using drugs… This list is endless and a month later very few of these promises have…
