Full Description
PsychoNeuroPlasticity Protocols for Addictions: A Clinical Companion for the Big Book is a book that represents a tipping point in the translation of addiction science into practical, real-world applications for practitioners. It translates brain research into patient deliverables by explaining how to use the brain to fight addiction and improve recovery outcomes. It does so while embracing the long-standing recovery culture that has been the only source of hope for addicts and alcoholics in the past fifty years.
The contents of the book reveal the transformational aspects of recovery along with the scientific principles of what Dr. Lawlis has coined as "PsychoNeuroPlasticity," along with many of the barriers to transformation. More specifically it covers brain patterns that relate to depression, anxiety, OCD, mood and even brain development issues noted in premature development of adjustment in young addicts. The approaches are not singular in nature, but cover a wide range of effective modes of treatment, including diet, exercise, meditation, and biofeedback.
The reader and treatment specialist will be re-energized by witnessing the changes in patient care, staff training, and outcomes. Digging deeper, however, this book is about hope—hope that the work of two decades of brain science will finally reach those who need it most; hope that we finally have a tool that will give us a true advantage in the war on addiction; and hope that lives lost to this disease every year will someday be stymied.
Contents
Foreword by Mandy Baker
Preface
Acknowledgments
Disclaimer
Part I: The Brain and Addiction
Chapter 1; The PsychoNeuroPlasticity Concept Introduction in Addiction
Chapter 2: Transformation: Spiritual Awakening
Chapter 3: The Principles of PsychoNeuroPlasticty
Chapter 4: Addiction Pathways and PsychoNeuroPlasticity
Part II: Overcoming Barriers
Chapter 5: Anxiety Barriers of Confusion and Fear
Chapter 6: Anxiety from the Past (PTSD)
Chapter 7: Depression Barriers and PNP Protocols
Chapter 8: The Delayed Adolescent Brain
Chapter 9: Depression with Intruding Messages (Rumination)
Chapter 10: Multi-polar / Rage Barriers
Chapter 11: Brain Plasticity and Spirituality
Afterword
Appendix (A-C)
References
About the Authors
