Releasing Addiction: 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:

Adriana's background

Discovering EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)

Using The Prochaska Stages of Change Model to determine readiness to change

The importance of numerical assessment of symptoms

Partnering with Vista Research to collect data using standardized instruments

Assessments of patients in addiction treatment programs

The fight flight freeze response

The limitations of traditional talk therapy

How tapping calms the nervous system

The way EFT can reach the brain through the connective tissue and calms the amygdala