Addiction Therapy — What Treatment Actually Involves
“I can help someone stop. That is the easier part. The harder part is helping them build something worth staying sober for.” — Philippe Jacquet
Addiction therapy is not primarily about stopping. Most people with a serious addiction have stopped many times. The question is not how to stop — it is how to build a life in which the addiction is no longer necessary.
What therapy addresses
Effective addiction treatment works at several levels simultaneously. The immediate compulsion. The psychological function the addiction has been serving. The patterns of thinking and relating that sustain it. The damage it has caused — to relationships, to self-esteem, to physical health. And the question of what recovery actually looks like for this particular person.
“I can help someone stop. That is the easier part. The harder part is helping them build something worth staying sober for.” — Philippe Jacquet
The therapeutic relationship
The addiction has typically been a private world — conducted in secrecy, surrounded by shame. The therapeutic relationship offers something different: a space in which the addiction can be spoken about honestly, without judgment, without catastrophe. For many people, this is the first time they have told the whole truth about what they do.
Bespoke outpatient treatment
Philippe Jacquet offers intensive one-to-one outpatient treatment as an alternative to residential rehab. This approach allows the person to remain in their life — at work, with their family — while receiving the level of clinical support that residential treatment provides. It is tailored to the individual, their substance or behaviour, and the specific conditions that gave rise to the addiction.
Philippe trained at the Hazelden Foundation and has supervised the clinical teams at PROMIS Recovery Centre (London and Kent) and Cardinal Clinic (Windsor).
Book a consultation with Philippe Jacquet — addiction specialist and psychotherapist, London.