Course curriculum

    1. Bolstad, R. Tranforming recovery NLP and addiction. Transformations NLP Consultations and Training. httpstransformations.org.nztransforming-recovery-nlp-and-addiction

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    2. Peele, S. (1997). Out of the habit trap Five stages to freedom. httpwww.peele.netlibtrap.html

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    3. Reed, S. (2014). Just say no Eden Robinson and Gabor Mate on moral luck and addiction. Mosaic An interdisciplinary critical journal, 47(4), 151-156.

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    4. Shaw, M., & Black, D. W. (2008). Internet addiction Definition, assessment, epidemiology and clinical management. CNS Drugs, 22(5), 353-365.

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    5. Alcohol withdrawal scale

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    6. Fisher, J. (2000). Addictions and trauma recovery. International Society for the Study of Dissociation.

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    7. Edwards, M. E., & Steinglass, P. (1995). Family therapy treatment outcomes for alcoholism. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21(4), 475509.

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    8. Mokhtari, M. R., Alavi, M., Pahlavanzadeh, S., Weimand, B. M., Visentin, D., & Cleary, M. (2020). Comparison of the effectiveness of a 12 step substance use recovery program on quality of life. Nursing and Health Sciences, 22(2), 390-397.

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    9. Fisher, C. E. (2022). Its misleading to call addiction a disease. The New York Times. httpswww.nytimes.com20220115opinionaddiction-disease.

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    10. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. (1999). Brief family therapy. In Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 34. Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (US).

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    11. Sheean, L. (2011). Addiction A disorder of choice. An interview with Gene Heyman. Psychotherapy in Australia, 17(4), 26-31.

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    12. Stofle, G. S., & Harrington, S. (2008). Treating addictions on the internet Can it be done_ A dialogue. Journal of Social Work Practice and Addictions, 2(2), 85-92.

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    13. Gersabeck, N. J. The basic nature of substance dependency.

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    14. Gainsbury, S., & Blaszczynski, A. (2011). A systematic review of Internet-based therapy for the treatment of addictions. Clinical Psychology Review, 31(3), 490-498.

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    15. Lembke, A. (2012). Time to abandon the self-medication hypothesis in patients with psychiatric disorders. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 38(6), 524-529.

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    16. Widyanto, L., & Griffiths, M. (2006). Internet addiction A critical review. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 4, 31-51.

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    17. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2012). Brief interventions and brief therapies for substance abuse. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

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    18. Szasz, T. S. (1971). The ethics of addiction. The International Journal of Psychiatry, 51-61. copy

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    19. Wiers, R. W., & Verschure, P. (2021). Curing the broken brain model of addiction Neurorehabilitation from a systems perspective. Addictive Behaviors, 112, 1-10.

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    20. Lembke, A. (2020). Curbside consultation Tapering long-term opiod therapy. American Family Physician, 101(1), 49-52.

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    21. Lembke, A. (2018). Why addiction should be considered a disease. The Judges Journal, 57(1), 4-8.

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    22. Klostermann, K., & O'Farrell, T. J. (2021). Couple and family therapy in treatment of alcoholism and drub abuse.

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    23. Khazaei, F., Khazaei, O., & Ghanbari-H, B. (2017). Positive psychology interventions for internet addiction treatment. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 304-311.

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    24. Miller, S. D., Mee-Lee, D., Plum, W., & Hubble, M. A. (2005). Making treatment count Client-directed, outcome-informed clinical work with problem drinkers. Psychotherapy in Australia, 11(4), 42-56.

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    25. Mentha, H. (2001). How does the drug use fit in_ Psychotherapy in Australia, 7(2), 38-41.

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    26. Steinglass, P. (1987). Chapter 11 Family therapy approaches to alcoholism. In Treating the alcoholic family. Basic Books.

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    27. Wurm, C. (2001). Is addiction a helpful concept_ An existential view. Psychotherapy in Australia, 7(2), 20-25.

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    28. Groves, P. (2014). Buddhist approaches to addiction recovery. Religions, 5, 985-1000.

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    29. Assessment no 34-1

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    30. Assessment no 34-2

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    31. Assessment no 34-3

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    1. Video lecture on Working with Addictions - 205 minute

    1. Brownell, P. (2011). Chapter four The nature of individual experience. In Gestalt therapy for addictive and self medicating behaviors (pp. 76-87). Springer Publishing Company.

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    2. Dominitz, V. A. (2017). Gestalt therapy applied A case study with an inpatient diagnosed with substance use and bipolar disorders. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 24, 36-47.

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    3. Friedman, H. R. (1999). A gestalt approach to sexual compulsivity. The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 6(1), 63-75.

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    4. White, J. R. (1999). A Gestalt approach to working with the person-drug relationship. Gestalt Review, 3(2), 147-156.

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    5. Brownell, P. (2011). Chapter six The sense of the situation. In Gestalt therapy for addictive and self medicating behaviors (pp. 121-146). Springer Publishing Company.

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    6. Pintus, G. (2017). Addiction as persistent traumatic experience Neurobiological processes and good contact. Gestalt Review, 21(3), 221-232.

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    7. Matzko, H. M. G. (1997). A Gestalt therapy treatment approach for addictions Multiphasic transformation process. Gestalt Review, 1(1), 34-56.

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    8. Shub, N. (1996). Chapter 3 Gestalt therapy over time Integrating difficulty and diagnosis. In E. C. Nevis (Ed.), Gestalt therapy Perspectives and applications (pp. 79-112). Routledge.

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    9. Leung, G. (2010). A Gestalt perspective on the phenomenal world of addiction. Gestalt Journal of Australia and New Zealand, 6(2), 20-38.

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    10. Clemmens, M. C, & Matzko, H. (2005). Chapter 15 Gestalt approaches to substance useabusedependency Theory and practice. In A. Woldt & S. Toman (Eds.), Gestalt therapy History, theory and practice (pp. 279-300). Sage Publications.

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    11. Carlock, C. J., Glaus, K. O., & Shaw, C. A. (1992). Chapter 8 The alcoholic A Gestalt view. In E. C. Nevis (Ed.), Gestalt therapy Perspectives and applications (pp. 191-237). The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Press.

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    12. Wolfert, R. (1998). The broken doll A survivors journey into life. Gestalt Review, 2(3), 189-211.

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    13. Shub, N. F. (1999). A Gestalt approach to the treatment of gambling. Gestalt Review, 3(3), 190-204.

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About the presenter

Steve Vinay Gunther

Dr Steve Vinay Gunther

Steve Vinay Gunther has studied Gestalt therapy since 1985 and founded Gestalt institutes in Australia, South Korea, and China. Since 2000, he has been an international Gestalt trainer, teaching in Asia, Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, Colombia, and the USA.

In addition to Gestalt therapy, Steve is trained in family therapy, narrative therapy, somatic therapy, career coaching, and family constellations. He has practiced and studied meditation since 1973 and previously served as a professor of Spiritual Psychology at the Ryokan Institute in Los Angeles.

Steve pioneered relational psychology with his concept, The Unvirtues, and designed the Relational Parenting system. He is the father of five children and grandfather to four boys.