A. Tom Horvath
Ph.D., ABPP (Clinical); California Psychology License
Collaborative addiction care Expert
A. Tom Horvath Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Addiction and Recovery
- Best Sellers
- Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions
- Career Focus
- Psychologist
- Affiliation
- Practical Recovery
A. Tom Horvath, Ph.D., ABPP, founded Practical Recovery Psychology Group in 1985. Practical Recovery (practicalrecovery.com) offers a self-empowering alternative to disease-model, 12-step addiction treatment. Practical Recovery is a leader in collaborative outpatient addiction care. Dr. Horvath is author of Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions (Impact, 2003, 2nd ed.), co-founder and past president (1995-2016) of SMART Recovery (smartrecovery.org), an international, self-empowering, science-based addiction mutual help group, and past president (1999-2000) of the American Psychological Association's Division on Addictions (Div. 50), the world's largest organization of addiction psychologists (apa.org). He is a fellow of the San Diego Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. His presentations nationally and internationally are helping professionals and societies expand their perspectives about how to address addictive problems.
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Why Would Someone Choose a Non-12-Step Recovery Approach?
If you were a woman with breast cancer, you’d probably want to know that there were several treatment options you had: radical mastectomy, lumpectomy, radiation, chemotherapy, holistic services, nutritional approaches, some combination of these options, or doing nothing, with new options emerging continually. You might be inclined to let your physician decide what to do. However, most individuals would want to make a decision of this magnitude for themselves.
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Coping with craving
If you have had strong cravings, you may not need a description of one! Like hunger (which is what we call craving for food), craving is a complete (cognitive, emotional, and physical) experience. Your mind is distracted. You feel tense and/or frustrated. You get physically uncomfortable. Craving motivates us to engage with whatever we are craving. Craving is specific, although we may gain some relief by using a substitute. If you are craving red wine, beer would be a (poor) substitute! If you are just craving alcohol, beer or wine will do.
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How society should view addiction
Although individuals will view addictive behavior in many ways, based on their own beliefs and situations, society needs a comprehensive view of it. Addiction is one of the compelling problems of modern life. Almost all individuals need to manage desire better in a world increasingly filled with tempting activities and substances, and decreasingly filled with counterbalancing forces. Rather than just relying on individual self-control, perhaps our larger communities and society itself can help us respond better to our desires. Addiction affects nearly everyone.
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Court Ordered 12-Step Attendance is Illegal
This article is not intended to convey legal advice, which can only be provided by an atto ey licensed in your state. What follows is an addiction psychologist’s summary of a legal issue he has been following for over a decade. The “establishment” and “free exercise” clauses of the US Constitution’s 1st Amendment state that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” In everyday speech we say that there is “separation of church and state” in the US.
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A. Tom Horvath, Ph.D.
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8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, Suite B214
La Jolla, CA 92037
858-453-4777
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