Addiction, Attachment, Trauma and Recovery: The Power of Connection (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology): 0 - Hardcover

Oliver J. Morgan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393713172 ISBN 13: 9780393713176

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019

Synopsis

Understanding addiction is no longer just about understanding neurons or genes, broken brain functioning, learning, or faulty choices. Oliver J. Morgan provides a fresh take on addiction and recovery by presenting a more inclusive framework than traditional understanding. Cutting- edge work in attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, and trauma is integrated with ecological- systems thinking to provide a consilient and comprehensive picture of addiction. Humans are born into connection and require nourishing relationships for healthy living. Adversities, however, bring fragmentation and create the conditions for ill health. They create vulnerabilities. In order to cope, individuals can turn to alternatives, "substitute relationships" that ease the pain of disconnection. These can become addictions. Addiction, Attachment, Trauma, and Recovery presents a model, a method, and a mandate. This new focus calls for change in the established ways we think and behave about addiction and recovery. It reorients understanding and clinical practice for mental health and addiction counselors, psychologists, and social workers, as well as for addicts and those who love them.

About this title

About the Author

Oliver J Morgan, PhD, is professor of counseling and human services at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He has written more than thirty articles and book chapters, as well as several previous books, all in the field of addiction studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393713172
• ISBN 13: 9780393713176
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384