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Addiction Therapy 2016
October 03-05, 2016
Volume 7, Issue 5(Suppl) J Addict Res Ther
ISSN:2155-6105 JART, an open access journal
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October 03-05, 2016 Atlanta, USA
5th International Conference and Exhibition on
Addiction Research & Therapy
Rukhsana Khan, J Addict Res Ther 2016, 7:5(Suppl)
Meeting our relational needs: Building a new life after addiction
Rukhsana Khan
Bridhge water Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Addiction is often a substitute for healthy attachments, and prevents the addict from getting their needs met in a healthy
way. Eric Berne wrote of our innate hunger for attachment (recognition hunger) and for stimulus. These hungers can be
seen even in newborn babies. Healthy neurological development depends on both attachment and stimulus. Throughout life
we continue to grow and mature through meeting these psychological needs.
My focus in the presentation is how difficulties in relational needs may contribute to addiction, and how addiction
perpetuates those difficulties. I will explore the profound lifestyle changes that are part of successful recovery from addiction.
Theories from Transactional Analysis to be covered: Psychological Hungers and Relational Needs. Contaminations and
Discounting, Strokes, Injunctions, Counter in junctions and Life Positions.
Biography
She works in my private clinic as well as in primary care NHS Foundation Trust to treat symptoms of anxiety, panic attacks, depression, low self-esteem, childhood
traumas, suicidal ideations and self-harming.