Professional Therapies for Alcoholism - Drug Abuse and Addiction

Professional Therapies for Alcoholism

• Cognitive therapy.
• Family therapy.
• Psychodynamic therapy.
• Organizations such as AA have been the most successful in reversing alcoholism. Support groups provide a sense of “family”; the patient becomes part of the group, helping others while helping himself. More importantly, the group provides a safe environment in which to acknowledge one's powerlessness over the addiction and to ask “higher powers” for help.