1107 - Whole Person Counseling: Addiction Assessment & Interventions

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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00:00 Welcome & Functional Health Overview 00:45 Defining Addiction & Relapse Vulnerabilities 01:57 Addiction Causes: The Whole Person Approach 02:22 Development & Progression of Addiction 03:25 Tolerance, Withdrawal & Recovery 05:06 Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) 06:36 Impact of Circadian Disruption in Recovery 09:12 Physical Causes: Stress, ANS Dysregulation 12:12 Consequences: Stress, Inflammation & Sleep 14:11 Interventions for Stress & Nervous System 16:06 Hypervigilance & Creating Safety 17:31 Sleep Difficulties, Apnea & Addiction Links 20:26 Sleep Hygiene, Circadian Rhythms & Interventions 23:37 Nutritional Deficiencies & Gut Microbiome 25:16 Interventions: Nutrition, Diet & Probiotics 27:01 Blood Sugar Regulation in Recovery 29:34 Immune System, Inflammation & Pain 32:28 Physical Health, Autoimmune Disorders & Recovery 34:07 Hormones, Cardiovascular Issues & Medications 37:30 Neurotransmitters & Dopamine in Healing 39:07 The Central Role of Stress Management 40:26 Interpersonal Causes: Self-Esteem & Isolation 42:00 Building Self-Efficacy & Communication 43:41 Attachment, Fears & Relationship Patterns 45:06 Dynamics of Boundaries & Safe Relationships 47:04 Unstable Relationships & Trust Issues 50:17 Family, Relapse & Generational Patterns 54:05 Adverse Childhood Experiences & Trauma 55:57 Emotional Regulation: Anxiety, Guilt & Grief 57:46 Cognitive Issues: Brain Fog & Executive Function 59:14 Tools for Memory, Thought Restructuring 01:00:28 Environmental Triggers & Meeting Basic Needs 01:01:14 Managing Triggers & Clutter 01:02:48 Spiritual Disconnection & Hope 01:03:54 Summary: Whole Person Interventions & Healing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'd like to welcome everybody today's presentation on addiction assessment and interventions,
0:07.4	a functional health approach for clinicians. I'm your host, Dr. Donnelly Snipez.
0:14.7	Have you gotten stuck in a loop of feeling powerless? Because even if your clients are doing
0:20.0	exactly what they're supposed to,
0:22.2	many of them relapse, I know I struggled with this a lot when I was working in community
0:27.6	behavioral health, especially my first four or five years. What I learned was that failure to
0:33.8	address the recovery of the whole person leaves significant vulnerabilities for
0:39.2	relapse.
0:39.9	And that's really what we're talking about today.
0:43.4	Just briefly, in case you haven't studied addiction a lot, I'm going to define addiction
0:49.3	and pause.
0:49.9	And then we're going to examine what I call the CCI, the causes, consequences, and interventions
0:56.1	in each of the pieces of life.
1:02.8	Addiction is continued use of a person, place, substance, etc., to escape from pain or distress in one or more pieces of life.
1:14.2	And it is continued despite knowing that engaging in that behavior or using that
1:21.7	substance is causing problems as a result of use. People spend more time, money, or energy thinking about getting,
1:33.7	using, or recovering from use. Wow, there's a lot that goes in here. And this is where we can see
1:41.0	a lot of the behavioral addictions in addition to a lot of the substance
1:45.7	addictions because there is the constant thinking about it.
1:52.7	I don't want to go as far as saying obsessive nature, but the thoughts do take up a lot of
2:00.2	people's time. And giving up important activities or failing to meet
2:04.2	responsibilities in one or more areas of life as a result of use. So it always comes back to
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