| Summary: | G. Alan Marlatt works with clients addicted to substances or activities to teach them meditation and mindfulness techniques to deal with their cravings. To practice this meditation technique, clients learn how to observe their addictive cravings without judgment, which helps them see the bigger picture and act or not act accordingly. Marlatt works with a 30-year-old male client whose parents divorced when he was young. After his mother remarried, he was emotionally and physically abused by his stepfather and estranged from his biological father. In his teenage years and in his 20s, he became addicted to alcohol and marijuana. He also describes his problems with road rage. Marlatt uses cognitive behavior therapy to help the client understand the connection between his thoughts and feelings, his alcohol and drug addiction, his road rage, and their relation to his experiences as a child and young adult. Marlatt introduces the idea of meditation, and they practice a 5-minute meditation that he can practice on his own.
|
|---|