Addiction as Dissociation Model

Regardless of your adopted stance on addiction this model of addiction as dissociation will likely be relevant to your practice.

Article Abstract

“Addiction is a dissociative response. Sounds like common sense, right? For many years we’ve operated in our practices fueled by this assumption. As individuals in personal recovery, the link between unhealed trauma/dissociation and addiction has been blatantly obvious. Even when we share our work with people on developing this new model of Addiction as Dissociation, we are met with a great deal of, ‘Well yeah, obviously.'”

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Article Access

Open Access

O’Brien, A. & Marich, J. (2019, Oct 15). Addiction as dissociation model. The Institute for Creative Mindfulness. https://www.instituteforcreativemindfulness.com/icm-blog-redefine-therapy/addiction-as-dissociation-model-by-adam-obrien-dr-jamie-marich/