Tag Archives: Connection

  • Trauma, Intimacy Issues, and Addictions
    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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  • The Opposite of Addiction is Connection
    Monday, January 13th, 2025

    The Opposite of Addiction is Connection

    Dr. Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT In an increasingly well-known TED Talk titled Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong, British journalist Johann Hari discusses the available research...
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  • Connection vs. Addiction
    Monday, November 13th, 2023

    Connection vs. Addiction

    Dr. Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT Last week, we discussed the concept of addiction as an intimacy disorder, noting that addicts of all types heal best in a community of...
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