|  PSYCHOTHERAPY
AND
THE WISDOM OF RECOVERY
Mark Fromm
Since C.G. Jung first sent his alcoholic patient in search
of a "spiritual experience" which became Alcoholics
Anonymous, the paths of psychotherapy and recovery have often
intertwined. Most therapists have a basic understanding of
working with addictions, and at least a passing familiarity
with the recovery movement and 12-step process. Taking the
time to develop a deeper understanding of these can enhance
our effectiveness with a wide range of addictive and nonaddictive
issues and, as with incorporating any spiritual perspective,
enliven and enrich our therapy practice.
Workshop participants will leave with a better understanding
of how:
• Recovery work is a spiritual path with a unique logos
for unlocking otherwise intractable behavioral and characterological
issues;
• Recovery work can appear similar to, yet fundamentally
differs from, psychotherapy, and what each uniquely has to
offer;
• Therapists can help integrate a client's recovery
work with our psychotherapy with them, so that each enhances
and optimizes the other;
• We can creatively apply various principles and practices
from recovery programs to psychotherapy with a wide variety
of client issues.
| Mark Fromm, Ph.D.,
is a licensed psychologist with a private practice
seeing individuals, couples, and families in Oakland
and San Francisco. He has been a columnist for
Psychology Today magazine and is currently
vice president of PsychologyToday.com and executive
director of its "Ask Our Therapist"
service. He has been an expert consultant to the
Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Sciences,
and is a professor at CIIS and other Bay Area
graduate schools.
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