Bending the wind ‐ psychodynamic approaches to addiction

Abstract

Addiction is never a straightforward matter. There are hundreds of models and thousands of commentators. Many models have profound implications on the interventions encountered by people with drug problems. The school of psychodynamics is one such school. It has its own language and its own set of understandings, interventions and theoretical underpinnings. In this, the fifth of our series, Bill Reading outlines some of the defining characteristics of psychodynamic approaches. In this concise summary we look at how the different approaches can be used to good effect in the demanding world of addiction.

Citation

Reading, B. (2005), "Bending the wind ‐ psychodynamic approaches to addiction", Drugs and Alcohol Today, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/17459265200500013