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Addiction Therapy

February 5, 2018
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PLP Solutions’ addiction program catalyzes a change in thought patterns for jobseekers and participants (clients) of employment services who need support with self-esteem, grief, emotional management and addiction..
Addiction happens when someone compulsively engages in behaviour such as drug taking, gambling, drinking or gaming.

Even when bad side effects kick in and people feel like they’re losing control, people who have addictions usually can’t stop doing the thing they’re addicted to without help and support. Our program comprises a full assessment model and many proven psychological tools and counselling techniques to educate clients by providing simple strategies to make necessary change.

 

The program is proven to achieve extraordinary results (40% in Full Recovery, 33% in employment) and we are looking to broaden our reach and impact nationally in this niche area of addiction with our fully vetted, qualified and PLP trained practitioners.

Context

Addiction disorders manifest in many ways and no two cases are ever the same.

 

  • Drug and alcohol dependency is one of the key contributors to LTUE with 9% of the jobactive caseload (55,000 jobseekers) identified as having this barrier to employment.
  • Addiction is one of the most complex physical and mental health issues because underlying most cases is childhood trauma, further complicated by depression, grief, anxiety or PTSD.
  • Addicts establish reward pathways as an escape from pain. These impact thought and emotional management, priorities, relationships, lifestyle, finances, self-esteem and work.
  • When an addicts ‘sober’they have one set of rules and, when they are influenced by their substance,they have another. They live life on a merry-go-round, feeling remorse for what they have done, only to go back and have to ‘escape’ all the guilt and pain again.
  • For full recovery addicts need specialist help to experience changes in neural pathway and neurotransmitters, sub-conscious programs, self-concept, emotional management, lifestyle and mental health issues.

What We Do

Working with people who have addiction is by far the most complex of all counselling. Why? When I sit with someone who has an addiction, they usually have so many other complications; whether it be food addiction, sex addiction, or drug and alcohol addiction. The addict usually also has anxiety, depression and/or relationship issues, as well as self dislike and financial struggle. They often feel helpless, angry, trapped, and sometimes suicidal:

 

  • Clients with addiction often feel overwhelmed and lose hope. They want change, but they don’t know what to do. PLP Solutions’ addiction program has 2 parts: 1… Reducing presenting symptoms of anxiety, depression and grief in an empathetic one-on-one counsellor-client relationship and 2… Empowering the client through proven psychological tools that assist reduction or full recovery using our 12 x Step Model
  • Our model educates clients using simple terms that educate them in brain chemistry, their nervous system and mental illness.
  • We give clients clear, easy-to-follow instructions on how to make positive steps to find (and then achieve)their goals using specially created mind expansion exercises.
  • When the client knows how to identify, process and change unhelpful thought patterns, subconscious programs and their behaviour – healing occurs fast…

Results

Use PLP ‘unique 12 steps’ to strengthen client, and then educate client on the contributing factors in addiction (genetic, environmental, trauma, etc.) in a simple way, so they may have hope, increased self belief, and reduce substance use or have full recovery. Use Addiction brainspotting (created by Roby Abeles) to create new neural pathway changes to increase client’s chance of recovery.: