Listen, Then Practice
Understand Addiction with Less Shame
Sue Beer explores the relationship between trauma, separation, and addictive patterns. An addiction can function as an attempt to regulate pain, protect against feeling, create relief, or restore a sense of connection.
Understanding the protective purpose does not remove consequences or replace specialized treatment. It can reduce shame and make more honest, supported choices possible.
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Getting Started
Workshop Sessions
- 10-01 · Childhood Trauma and the Primitive Brain
- 10-02 · What Is Trauma? Big T and Small t Trauma and the Formation of Personality
- 10-03 · Trauma as Separation — Why Connection Matters
- 10-04 · Understanding and Healing the Traumatized Body
- 10-05 · Questions and Answers — Session One
- 10-06 · The Mechanism of Trauma: How Trauma Turns into Pain Later in Life
- 10-07 · Healing Sexual Trauma
- 10-08 · How to Work with Past Trauma
- 10-09 · Healing Your Broken Heart: Tapping for Relationship Traumas
- 10-10 · Questions and Answers — Session Two
- 10-11 · Trauma and Addictions — current lesson
- 10-12 · Inner Tapping to Release Stored Trauma
- 10-13 · Treating Veterans: The Continuum of Trauma
- 10-14 · Trauma and Vows: Reclaiming Love and Power