Addiction, Attachment, and the Myth of Normal With Dr. Gabor Maté
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.4 • 131 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Emily is delighted to welcome back Gabor Maté, MD, the esteemed physician and author best known for his breakthrough analysis of addiction as a psychophysiological response to childhood trauma and emotional loss.
Gabor co-wrote his latest work, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, alongside his son Daniel Maté. It became an instant New York Times bestseller, and the duo is already working on their next project, Hello Again: A Fresh Start for Parents and Their Adult Children. Emily and Gabor explore the pain behind addiction and the promise of wholeness.
Gabor touches on addiction as an attempt to solve a problem of pain, cites the demands and technical diversions of our modern lives as catalysts of the current mental health crisis, and invites readers to embark on a journey of reconnection through compassionate self-examination.
About Gabor Maté
A renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them. After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness.
His book on addiction - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction - received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing, he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Transforming Trauma is presented by the NARM Training Institute. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm your host, Emily Ruth, and I'm so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:15.0 | Hi, Transforming Trauma listeners. |
| 0:17.0 | If you're a licensed mental health professional working with complex trauma |
| 0:20.9 | and are interested in learning the neuro-effective relational model, we're excited to share with you |
| 0:25.8 | about our upcoming NARM therapist trainings. The Level 2 NARM Therapist training is a clinical training |
| 0:30.9 | designed for licensed mental health professionals, current mental health graduate students, and active |
| 0:35.7 | clinical interns and trainees, |
| 0:41.5 | where you will get trained in a comprehensive developmental framework and clinical approach for resolving the long-term impacts of ACEs and CPTSD. |
| 0:45.5 | As you are learning and integrating NARM, you will receive individualized support from a team of skilled, |
| 0:50.8 | passionate, and supportive trainers led by NARM Senior Faculty, Brad Cammer. |
| 0:55.1 | If you're interested in learning to support the healing of complex trauma, we encourage you |
| 0:59.4 | to register now to reserve your spot. For more information and to register, please visit |
| 1:04.2 | www. narmtraining.com forward slash schedule. |
| 1:16.2 | And now for our interview with Dr. Gabor Mate. |
| 1:22.1 | After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Matte worked for over a decade in Vancouver's downtown Eastside with patients challenged by drug addiction and |
| 1:26.5 | mental illness. |
| 1:28.7 | Gabor is known for his work on the mind-body unity, attention deficit disorder, as well as his breakthrough analysis of |
| 1:33.9 | addiction as a psychophysiological response to childhood trauma and emotional loss. An author of five books, |
| 1:40.2 | Gabor's latest is co-written with Daniel Mate and is titled The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. |
| 1:47.5 | It became an instant New York Times bestseller. |
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