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Help With Addiction

An addiction is a chronic dysfunction of the brain system that involves reward, motivation, and memory. It’s about the way your body craves a substance or behavior, especially if it causes a compulsive or obsessive pursuit of “reward” and lack of concern over consequences.

Someone experiencing an addiction will:


  • be unable stay away from the substance or stop the addictive behavior
  • display a lack of self-control
  • have an increased desire for the substance or behavior
  • dismiss how their behavior may be causing problems
  • lack an emotional response

Over time, addictions can seriously interfere with your daily life. People experiencing addiction are also prone to cycles of relapse and remission. This means they may cycle between intense and mild use. Despite these cycles, addictions will typically worsen over time.

Emotional, Therapy, Freedom

Emotional Freedom Techniques

By The Psychology Lab • April 11, 2022
Emotional freedom technique (EFT), which people often refer to as EFT tapping, is an alternative therapy for anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and some other conditions.
Polyvagal, therapy

What is Polyvagal Therapy and how can it help me?

By The Psychology Lab • April 11, 2022
Polyvagal therapy provides a physiological and psychological understanding of how and why people move through a continual cycle of mobilization, disconnection, and social engagement.
Cognitive, Behavioral, Therapy, CBT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

By The Psychology Lab • April 17, 2020
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness.
Brainspotting

What is Brainspotting?

By The Psychology Lab • September 16, 2019
“Where we look affects how we feel”. Brainspotting makes use of this natural phenomenon through its use of relevant eye positions. This helps the Brainspotting therapist to locate, focus, process and release a wide range of emotionally and bodily-based conditions.
Gottman, method, couples, therapy

Couples /Gottman Approach

By The Psychology Lab • September 16, 2019
The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.
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