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What is addiction? How can addiction counselling help? Our member Andrew Harvey explains.

Open article: Clients who are addicted to destructive behaviours or substances present challenges in the consulting room. Geoff Ferguson explores some of the possible reasons for addiction and their implications for treatment. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2020

A shift to an attachment-focused approach has improved outcomes for clients who are struggling with addiction and dependency, as Sarah Pennock explains. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2022

Twelve-step group therapy aims to create a safe space where people with addictions can learn to reconnect with others and create the foundations for recovery, as Rachel Young reports. Therapy Today, May 2012

Whether we define it as addiction or not, people’s compulsive sexual behaviours can cause them and others great distress and they deserve sympathetic, non-judgmental treatment, argues Paula Hall. Therapy Today, November 2013

Addictive behaviour is often used as a way to cope with loss, but the consequence of addiction is further loss, writes Paula Hall. Private Practice, December 2018

Open article: Whether or not we wish to use the term ‘sex addiction’, it’s clear that sexual compulsivity poses a significant problem for an ever-growing number of people, writes Joanna Benfield. Private Practice, September 2018

Open article: Peter Hillen reflects on the role of religion and spirituality in recovery from problematic substance use. Thresholds, Spring 2013

Eamonn O’Mahony explores how to work with an issue that can be difficult for clients and therapists to raise. University and College Counselling, March 2017

Joanna Benfield proposes an attachment-based approach to working with sexual compulsivity. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, October 2018