Women On The Couch

Women and Addiction

This video will draw on psychoanalytic theory to explore the problem of addiction for women. Anna will discuss how to develop effective practice with addicted clients and the impact of addiction on the therapeutic process. Specifically, both motherhood and prostitution will be discussed and the inherent relationship both internally and externally of power and control. Important in this work are the attachment and dependency patterns of the clients, which impact on their ability to sustain and internalize the therapeutic process. defenses such as denial, sublimation, projection, aggression and repetition compulsion are deeply embedded in addicted clients making the therapeutic task feel nearly impossible.