Addiction Tag

27 Feb Privilege & Adolescent Addictions: A guide for treatment professionals

Posted at 03:55h in Addiction, Addiction & Substance Use Disorders, addictions, adolescent, adolescent treatment, Alcoholism, celebrity, dr. paul hokemeyer, Drug Addiction, Family Health, financial well being, Fragile Power, intervention, Mental Health, money, Parenting, power and celebrity, process addiction, recovery, teen narcissism, Teens, Tweens & Adolescents, Uncategorized, wealth by paul hokemeyer 0 Comments

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Privilege and Adolescent Addictions By Paul L. Hokemeyer, J.D., Ph.D. This article first appeared in Addiction Treatment Professional In my book, Fragile Power, I've created a new paradigm of treating people of wealth, power and celebrity for a host of mental health, addiction and personality disorders. My work...

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27 Jan Dr. Paul discusses celebrities and addiction treatment for iCAAD

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Death in the Spotlight: Why celebrities fail to get the care they need. A conversation between Dufflyn Lammers, Director of European Services for Connections in Recovery and Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, internationally renowned expert on the treatment of addictive and mental health disorders among celebrities and elite...

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01 Nov Dr. Paul's interview in Live Life Not Wasted

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In this interview by Life Lived Not Wasted, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer discusses why he come to the field of behavioral health and what guides him in his work. ...

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08 Sep Narcissism: The Character Pathology Underlying Addictions

Posted at 17:12h in abusive relationships, Addiction, addictions, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction by paul hokemeyer 0 Comments

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Narcissism: The Chronic Character Pathology of Underlying Addictions by Dr. Paul Hokemeyer I was closing down my Manhattan office late last Friday afternoon when my phone began ringing. I looked at the caller ID to see if it was someone I knew, but I only recognized the...

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30 Jul Wealth, Privilege and Adolescent Addiction

Posted at 10:05h in Addiction, addictions, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Parenting, Uncategorized by paul hokemeyer 0 Comments

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Addictions impact people in every socio-economic class. When they strike families of wealth and affluence- high functioning families- the issues and challenges to getting clinically and culturally competent treatment are great. In this article I explain what families need to look for when seeking out...

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27 Jul Dr. Paul Hokemeyer in the Robb Report: Wealth & Addiction

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Dr. Paul discusses the unique clinical needs of ultra high net worth patients in this Robb Report article: Courtney Humphries JANUARY 01, 2015 Some surprising new weapons are in development to aid those battling addiction. By many standards, Mark held the world in his palm. He had gone to...

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18 Jul Women & Treatment: Models of Success

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This article first appeared in Rehabs.com “A woman is like a tea bag. You can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Too often when professionals talk about addiction and other behavioral health issues among women, we share only...

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15 Apr Wealth, Power & Celebrity: Towards a New Cultural Competency

Posted at 00:33h in dr. Hokemeyer, Family Health, Infidelity, Uncategorized by paul hokemeyer 0 Comments

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This article first appeared on www.rehabs.com The other night I came across a YouTube video from the Jon Stewart Show[1] where he mocked of the phenomenon known as Sudden Wealth Syndrome. In the video, a “reporter” conducted an interview of the two clinicians whose research in...

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19 Nov Trauma and Compulsive Spending

Posted at 07:45h in Addiction, dr. Hokemeyer, Family Health, financial well being, money, trauma, Uncategorized by paul hokemeyer 0 Comments

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How trauma leads to destructive financial choices: By Erica Sandberg Child abuse. Warfare. Assault. A devastating accident. If you have endured one or more life-threatening events, you may be more likely to make destructive money decisions. Researchers discovered that post-traumatic stress alters the way a person thinks and...

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14 Oct Sex Addiction: Diagnosable and Treatable

Posted at 23:02h in abusive relationships, Addiction, marriage counseling, relationship, Sex and Relationships, Sexual Health by paul hokemeyer 0 Comments

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In the following article that I wrote for Rehabs.com, I discuss the phenomenon of sexual addiction and sexual compulsivity: “I don’t know how it got this far out of control,” Matt practically whispered during our first session. “It all started so innocently. I went on Ashley Madison...

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