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In Mindfulness for Addiction Problems, Dr. G. Alan Marlatt demonstrates his meditative technique for helping clients with substance addictions. Studies have shown that heavy drinkers who begin meditating show a decrease in the amount they drink. In this session, Dr. Marlatt works with a 46-year-old woman with alcoholism who has recently relapsed into drinking. He talks with her about her compulsive behaviors, which include her alcoholism, and then walks her through a mindfulness technique for handling strong cravings.
Mindfulness has its origins in Eastern philosophy, and Dr. Marlatt's approach is based on Buddhist meditation practices. He considers this approach to be nonreligious, as he describes Buddhism more as a philosophy or science than a religion, the teachings of the Buddha being a "manual of how to deal with the behavior of your mind."
G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, is a professor of psychology and director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana University in 1968. After serving on the faculties of the University of British Columbia (1968–1969) and the University of Wisconsin (1969–1972), he joined the University of Washington faculty in the fall of 1972.
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