Body Psychotherapy Activates Long-Term Recovery from Addiction: Anatomy of a Resentment

Abstract

Older paradigms in addiction research equated abstinence with recovery. Current literature focuses on systems and relationships to support long-term recovery. This article investigates literature on long-term recovery, the gap in resentment deactivation, and utilizing body psychotherapy to boost clinical treatment of long-term recovery. A theoretical foundation is presented for the model, Anatomy of a Resentment, in which the structure of resentments is examined using cognitive and somatic techniques. The prototype is offered as a clinical tool to bridge cessation of use with long-term recovery and reignite adult development, scaffolding increased quality of life for individuals in long-term recovery from addictions.

KEYWORDS:

• Body psychotherapy
• long-term recovery
• addiction
• resentment
• development

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to Mike Lithgoe, MA, Rita Berglund, MA, LPC, Susan Bellevue, MA, Delle Moore, MA, LMHC, Betty Wall, PhD, and William Nelson Stecher, MD.