Tag Archives: Addiction

Thursday, August 6th, 2026

Understanding Trauma and Its Role in Addiction

Dr. Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT For a very long time in the world of psychology, when clients manifested symptoms of trauma and sought help to understand their feelings and...
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Monday, July 20th, 2026

Sex Addiction and the Internet’s Triple-A Engine

Dr. Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT 1976 Mark, a single 28-year-old events planner, was feeling lonely one evening. Hoping to meet Ms. Right (or at least Ms. Right Now) he...
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Monday, July 13th, 2026

Can a Behavior (Like Sex) Really Be Addictive?

Dr. Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT Can a Behavior Really Be Addictive? Sadly, the American Psychiatric Association is not overly accepting of behavioral addictions, excluding them, except for gambling addiction,...
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Monday, February 9th, 2026

Understanding Childhood Trauma and Addiction

Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW Endless quantities of research have identified a direct causal link between unresolved early-life trauma and later-life addictions (all types of addiction). For this reason, addiction...
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Monday, January 19th, 2026

Trauma, Intimacy Issues, and Addictions

Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW Many addiction treatment specialists refer to addictions as an intimacy disorder. What they mean by this is that addicts turn to addictive substances and behaviors,...
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Monday, December 8th, 2025

Can You Really Be Addicted to a Behavior?

Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW Sometimes sex and porn addicts think that because they are not ingesting an addictive substance (alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, opiates, etc.) they can’t be addicted. They...
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Monday, November 17th, 2025

Setting and Maintaining Healthy (Prodependent) Boundaries With an Addicted Loved One

Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW The simple truth is that many addicts try to get healthy and succeed. They get sober, stay sober, and slowly overcome the underlying issues that...
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Monday, October 6th, 2025

The Psychological Consequences of Paired Substance/Sex Addiction

Dr. David Fawcett Addictions create consequences that are beyond the imagination of most users when they first experiment with an addictive substance or behavior. Users are initially attracted to...
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Monday, March 10th, 2025

Surrender to Win: The #1 Paradox of Addiction Recovery

Scott Brassart The first step in every 12-step program of recovery and healing reads as follows: We admitted we were powerless over —that our lives had become unmanageable....
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