Therapy and treatment
Therapy and treatment
Articles on therapy and treatment. Written in plain language first, with the clinical picture explained along the way.
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Infidelity
Financial Infidelity in Addiction: Steps to Protect Your Assets
Learn how gambling and addiction lead to financial infidelity, warning signs to watch for, and when structured...
Boundaries
When to Step Away: Safety Planning for Wives in Active Addiction
Learn when stepping back may be necessary in active addiction, how to create a safety plan, and when structured...
For partners
Gaslighting in Active Addiction: How to Trust Your Reality
Learn how gaslighting appears in addiction, why it happens, and when structured residential treatment may be necessary.
Gambling
The Financial Wreckage of Gambling: How to Rebuild After the Damage
Learn how gambling addiction destroys finances, why escalation happens, and how structured residential treatment...
Therapy and treatment
Traumatic Brain Injury and Addiction: The Overlooked Connection in Men
Learn how traumatic brain injury increases addiction risk in men and why structured residential treatment supports...
Therapy and treatment
Cross-Addiction: When One Vice Replaces Another
Learn why men replace one addiction with another, how dopamine drives cross-addiction, and how structured residential...
Gambling
Dopamine Fasting in Recovery: Regulating the Reward System After Addiction
Learn how dopamine dysregulation impacts addiction, especially gambling, and how structured residential treatment helps...
For partners
What Is Betrayal Trauma? Signs and Symptoms
Learn what betrayal trauma is, common signs and symptoms, and how trauma-informed treatment supports partners impacted...
Sex and porn addiction
Intimacy Anorexia: Why You Push Love Away
Learn what intimacy anorexia is, why men push love away, and how trauma-informed treatment helps rebuild emotional...
Therapy and treatment
Digital Detox: Breaking the Screen Addiction
Learn the signs of screen addiction, why digital detox is difficult, and how trauma-informed treatment helps men break...
Therapy and treatment
Why We Treat Process Addictions Alongside Substance Use
Learn why treating process addictions alongside substance use is critical for lasting recovery and how integrated...
Therapy and treatment
How to Stage an Intervention (That Actually Works)
Learn how to stage an intervention that actually works, why preparation and professional guidance matter, and how...