Addictions happen in clusters, and all the substances and behaviors drive the same Acting Out and Acting In cycle. Even when you get clean from one drug, there is likely a handful of other substances of behaviors. And even when you’re no longer acting out in destructive ways, you might still be Acting IN in socially acceptable ways.

Rhys Pasimio outlines the concept of Addiction Interaction, as well as several ways of understanding the Acting Out/Acting In Cycle.

This episodes continues a series of lectures delivered at a Masters in Counseling Program at a Protestant University in an Overview of Addictions class.

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

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The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Addiction is primarily an intimacy or bonding disorder. As a result of failed or distressed attachments, the person bonds with a substance or compulsive behavior, and the destructive behaviors follow.

In this lecture, Rhys concludes his explorations of the question, “What is addiction?” with a brief review of attachment theory, and how seeing addiction as a relationship may offer the most solutions to suffering people.

This episodes continues a series of lectures delivered at a Masters in Counseling Program at a Protestant University in an Overview of Addictions class.

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

Please visit www.patreon.com/smartcounsel to learn how you can support the podcast. Thanks!

The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Spiritually speaking, what is addiction? And is there a way to understand the spiritual components of addiction other than just calling the addicted person a sinner? Rhys says the spiritual framework for addiction is both much more complex and more hopeful than condemning people in the name of God.

Further, Rhys makes the case that addiction is essentially a trauma response, including dissociation.

This episodes continues a series of lectures delivered at a Masters in Counseling Program at a Protestant University in an Overview of Addictions class.

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

Please visit www.patreon.com/smartcounsel to learn how you can support the podcast. Thanks!

The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Rhys Pasimio continues asking the question “What is Addiction?” in a lecture series in an Overview of Addictions class in a Master in Counseling program. In this lecture, he discusses what addiction is through the lenses of Family Systems Theory, the Diathesis Stress Theory, and the BioPsychoSocial Model. Throughout, he advocates for holistic approaches that treat the whole person.

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

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The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Rhys Pasimio continues his lecture series in an Overview of Addictions class in a Master in Counseling program. In this lecture, he discusses a variety of theories that answer the question of What is Addiction? These include the Enlightenment Model, Genetic Model, Disease Model, Evolutionary Model, Educational Model, Psychological Model, Developmental Model, and Socio-cultural model. He spends the most time on the Disease Model, examining implications of regarding addicted people as “Sick” rather than merely “Deviant.”

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

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The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Can pornography really be addictive? If so, how do we tell the difference between problematic and non-problematic porn use? More to the point, when it IS a problem for people, how do we help them?

Rhys and Ben interview their CSAT colleague Mateusz Gola, a clinical researcher from University of San Diego. Gola shares his evidenced based perspectives on the topic, as well as introduces an app that can predict relapse.

Information about the AppstAIner app can be found here - http://nalogometr.pl/en/

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

Ben Poling – benpolingcounseling.com

Mateusz Gola - [email protected]

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The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Rhys delivered a series of lectures in an Overview of Addictions class in a Masters in Counseling program. This lecture is the first of five lectures asking the question, “What is Addiction?” and exploring various models of how addiction is understood. In this lecture, he explores “The “House of Addiction,” which describes the major components to consider in what addiction is. He alsodiscusses the Moral/Criminal Model and the Temperance Model of Addiction and make comments about their limitations, particularly as relates to the failed War on Drugs.

This episode was recorded live and periodically the flow of conversation breaks to interact with students. Please pardon the sound quality, and enjoy the conversation!

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

Please visit www.patreon.com/smartcounsel to learn how you can support the podcast. Thanks!

The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Joshua Moore is BACK…from the archives!!

Rhys and Josh go LIVE in this exciting discussion about Abstinence versus Harm Reduction Models of Addictions Counseling. We explore pros and cons of each side and discuss the radical middle.

This episode was recorded in a class that Rhys taught, and periodically the flow of conversation breaks to interact with students who did not have mics. Please pardon the sound quality, and enjoy the conversation!

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio - newpatterncounseling.com

Joshua Moore – neurofeedbackcare.com

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The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Jesus loves me, this I know…if my parents were attuned to my feelings…and if my church presented God as a secure attachment figure. Easy. Right? Well…

Rhys Pasimio and Krispin Mayfield tackle the intersections, tensions, and sometimes contradictions between Attachment Science and Theological beliefs and practices typical of many American Protestant Evangelical Churches. We compare and contrast Protestant concepts of God, Sin, Love and Relationship with the same concepts viewed from perspectives of Attachment Science, and Eastern Orthodoxy. We look at how healthy attachment is formed, how healthy attachment is confused, and what counselors and churches can do differently as we nurture our people.

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

Krispin Mayfield – krispinmayfield.com

Krispin can also be found on the podcast Attached to the Invisible.

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The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.

Let's say you have a teenager or young adult child who needs support for mental health and/or recovery challenges. What would you do? Where would you turn?

Consider Newport Academy!

Marcus Robinson introduces the vision and method of Newport Academy's inpatient program, in particular the skillful and holistic application of Attachment Based Family Therapy.

Newport is currently accepting new clients, but let the inquiring family member beware; recovery and mental health are not a spectator sports - the whole family gets involved!

This episode of SMART Counsel features the following professionals:

Rhys Pasimio – [email protected]

Marcus Robinson - [email protected]

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The Master’s in Counseling program at Multnomah University and New Pattern Counseling present this podcast as a resource for aspiring and current professionals, as well as members of the greater community. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Multnomah University or its faculty or New Pattern Counseling.