Behavioral Addictions
When we think of addictions we usually just assume substance addiction; which is when an individual is addicted to a substance. But there are behavioral addictions as well that are just as damaging and sometimes there is no legal regulation of the things that can lead to behavioral addictions unlike substance addiction. Examples of behavioral addictions are smartphone or gadget addiction, video games social media addiction, gambling, shopping etc. Recently, social media and gadget addiction have been getting global attention due to new information about the cognitive and psychological effects they have on individuals irrespective of their age. Some countries like Australia has banned social media usage in children and other countries have put certain restrictions on children's usage of social media.
Therapy for behavioral addictions
we provide services for the following behavioral addictions
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Gadget Addiction
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Social Media Addiction
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Gaming Addiction
Note: For other forms of behavioral addictions, please message us.
Our approach to behavioral addictions
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Our approach to behavioral addictions involve looking at all the nuanced details and factors that maintaining the addiction in both the individual and the type of behavioral addiction.
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We also believe in identifying the psychological root causes for the addiction.
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A holistic understanding helps us tackle the addiction through structured goal formation, tracking and measurement of the progress.
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Family and home environment are also important part of the process. Empathy, support and patience are of utmost importance during this process. Parents are educated on the behavioral addictions and supported on how to help on their part.
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We approach behavioral addiction through a very solution focused lens prioritizing practicality in solutions, sometimes along with the parents who can aid them in this process.
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Like our motto 'Connection before correction'- understanding between parent and child can make this process easier.
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Our approach to behavioral addictions are a mix of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy. This allows us to be solution oriented but also tackle the psychological root causes that shape our thoughts and thoughts play a major role in creating and maintaining behavior.
Contact us- help is available
Behavioral addictions start to become an issue when it starts to affect your daily duties and functioning. It often feels like there is no going back, but that's not the case. It can be dealt with, with some help.
You can simply just reach out to us or for any queries or questions you have.
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