Insight and Connection

Part 2 of Addiction as a Family Disease.Visit our Website and Follow us on Instagram!website: https://www.insightandconnection.com/instagram: @centerforinsightandconnectionMixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]

Therapist couple Patty and Cam explore addiction not just as a substance problem, but as a whole-family disease rooted in attachment wounds and generational patterns.Using a fictional family — John (alcohol use disorder), his wife Sally, and their two kids — they walk through John's story using three frameworks:The Laundry List (Adult Children of Alcoholics' 14 traits)Attachment Theory – how early emotional neglect shapes adult behaviorEMDR's four themes – particularly defectiveness ("I don't matter") as the core driver of John's drinkingKey TakeawaysAddiction is a symptom of deeper emotional pain, not the core problemTreating only the substance use disorder misses the underlying attachment woundsShame, hyper-independence, and emotional shutdown are generational patternsBlaming the addict perpetuates the very shame driving the behaviorHealing is possible — neuroplasticity allows new connection pathways to be builtThe whole family system is affected; recovery requires the whole system to healVisit our Website and Follow us on Instagram!website: https://www.insightandconnection.com/instagram: @centerforinsightandconnectionShow notes and Mixed By NEXT DAY PODCAST

Patty and Kam promote a deeper understanding of how couples trigger one another and trap themselves in a never ending cycle of triggered responses. They discuss a feasible solution that they as therapists and partners have used to unlock the prison that these triggered responses can create.Visit our Website and Follow us on Instagram!website: https://www.insightandconnection.com/instagram: @centerforinsightandconnection

A discussion between therapists about how prior experiences drive anxiety, and how EMDR can work to heal these experiences to get cognitive, emotional and somatic shifts so that there are less anxiety symptoms to manage with traditional coping skills. Visit our Website and Follow us on Instagram!website: https://www.insightandconnection.com/instagram: @centerforinsightandconnection

A discussion between addiction therapists about what drives addiction and how a deeper understanding of this drive can help to develop more comprehensive treatment.  Visit our Website and Follow us on Instagram!website: https://www.insightandconnection.com/instagram: @centerforinsightandconnection