Andrew H Hahn

Title : The body holds the key: Healing addictions at the source with life centered therapy

Abstract:

To heal addictions, we must be able to do 7 things. 1. Heal the trauma. 2. Heal the way we protect ourselves from ever experiencing the trauma again. 3. Contexts. 4. Triggers. 5. The habit itself. 6. Elators. 7. Anticipatory fears we will focus on the first two of these. we will demonstrate how an addiction can be a symptom of a trauma and how it can protect us from experiencing the trauma while inviting us to remember, heal and grow. For example, addictive drinking can be a way to protect ourselves from failure and simultaneously invite us into healing failure. We will present a way of integrating mindfulness, somatic and transpersonal therapy into an inclusive framework that can be used to understand the broader contexts of the addiction, the addiction itself, and how to heal it. Participants will be able to use these tools immediately in their practice.

Audience Take Away Notes:

• They will get quantifiably better results while working with people with addictions.
• We will be presenting a different paradigm for understanding life and the implications for understanding and healing trauma. Other faculty can use this immediately in their teaching.
• We will present an extremely practical resolution for understanding and healing trauma.

Biography:

Dr. Hahn received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Hahnemann in University in 1985. That same year he became an assistant professor in the graduate counseling department at Leslie University and the training Director at the Charles River Counseling Center. In 1997 he became the founder of an institute that is now called the life centered therapy training and healing Institute. He is the co-author with John Beckett of the book the one our miracle.