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01 Addiction as an Attachment Disorder
Attachment theory and self-psychology
Cross-poisoning
Addiction as an Attachment Disorder
Epidemiology of complex addictions

02 Substance abuse due to damaged attachment relationships
Is addiction the chariot of mental illness?
Do you need a pill?
Questions about the scale
Are you an addict or a substance abuser?
It is differentiated
Coexisting disorders
collaborative treatment
Personality Disorders and Addiction
1-axis failure
Trauma and Addiction
Relationship models.
Integration
The 12 Steps of the AA Program

03 Attachment Theory: Implications for Therapy
Attachment and Biology: Historical Influences
Implications for Treatment
Attachment: A General Theory of Love
Impulsive care

04 Addiction: An Attempt at Self-Repair That Is Doomed to Fail
self-psychology
Empathy
narcissism
Self-object
Self-object relations and transference
AA and self-object function
Approaches to Recovery
Restoring healthy self-esteem
Healthy and Unhealthy Narcissism
A new definition of addiction
Self-psychology as a defect theory
Self-prescription hypothesis and affect regulation
Emotion regulation theory
Dependence and Pathology
Self-object transference: Implications for treatment
Similarities between mental structures and internal working models
The need for self-objects and emotional regulation persists throughout life.
AA and Narcissism

05 Neurophysiology and Attachment
Attachment and Loss
Attachment is an experience the brain anticipates.
Biological Understanding of Attachment and Emotion
Anatomical dimensions of attachment
The Myth of Higher-Order Brain Functions
developing brain
Attachment and Development
compensation deficiency syndrome
Does secure attachment bring homeostasis to neurophysiology?
Implicit memory vs. explicit memory
Inexplicable knowledge
Attachment and Animal Research
fellow monkeys
Nurture vs. nature
Attachment and soothing receptors

06 Avoidant Societies: The Cultural Roots of Damaged Attachment
secure attachment
Attachment, Loss, and Emotions
Ainsworth and the Strange Situation
Attachment types
Attachment and self
Secure attachment, play, and self-awareness
Longitudinal studies of attachment
Attachment Types in Adult Relationships
Implications for addiction treatment
Addiction and Treatment

07 Rules to Know to Increase Treatment Effectiveness: Attachment Theory Perspective
Why and how is it treated?
implicit memory
The Rules You Need to Know for Effective Treatment: Candle's Principles of Psychotherapy
Addiction Treatment and Attachment

08 Early Treatment: Creating a New Attachment Figure
Initial treatment strategy
Addiction treatment strategies based on progression
Problems that arise early in treatment
Satisfaction vs. Frustration
Therapist's emotional availability
Building attachment skills
alexithymia
traumatic bond
neuropsychological impairment
A time of motivation and change
Relapse prevention
Life History: Oral History and AA from a Phenomenological Perspective
character flaws
Oral history and life story
Oral history and attachment
Finding the cause of addiction within yourself

09 Problems that arise in the latter half of treatment
Emotions: Discovering and Caring for Yourself
Relapse occurring in the second half
Anhedonia and addiction
Concerns in the second half of treatment
The Importance of the Therapeutic Alliance
Interrelationships and dependence
Summary: Attachment Disorder, Addiction Treatment

10 Attachment and Group Therapy
Group therapy for addicts
AA and group therapy
Individual vs. Group Therapy
The role of the group leader
group cohesion
Creating and maintaining an emotional atmosphere
Group, transference, shame, object longing
Group therapy in the second half of treatment

11 Attachment and the Therapeutic Alliance
Attachment-oriented therapy principles
Addiction and the Work Alliance
Research and Treatment Alliance
What is an alliance and why is it important?
Attachment Styles and the Therapeutic Alliance
Therapist's contribution
Empirical studies
Empathy
Empathy: The Condition for Relationships to Be Built
Empathy: Corrective Emotional Experience
Empathy: A Path to Better Relationships
Empathy: A vessel that holds emotions
pliability
experience, training, talent
Management of negative treatment processes
Restoring the Broken Healing Alliance
Patient contribution
Early stages of treatment
experimental hypothesis
Therapeutic Alliance and Addiction: Special Considerations
A crisis exposes a patient's attachment system.

12 Attachment and Attachment Theory-Oriented Therapy: Long-Term Implications
theoretical uncertainty

conclusion
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