Addiction, Friends and Families: Adriana Popescu and Dawson Church in Conversation

Adriana Popescu, PhD, is Chief Clinical Officer at Avery Lane recovery center in Novato, California, and the author of EFT for Addiction. As well as working directly with clients, she provides coaching and mentorship for the Avery Lane clinicians and leadership team. In her practice as a psychologist, she has treated a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain and grief. Research into Avery Lane’s results has shown that Adriana’s energy psychology methods produce much larger reductions in symptoms and relapse than traditional treatment programs.

Here she and Dawson discuss:

Energy Psychology

Addiction as a family disease

Why it is essential to include significant loved ones in the treatment plan

The misperception that the client is the person with the problem

Start with information about how families are a system

Case history of the clients who drank together

The difference between healthy support and enabling

The neuroscience of stress and recovery

Recognizing the slippery slope that leads to relapse

How grief and trauma can often trigger old ways of coping