* Provides readers with a graphic model of addiction that integrates new neurobiological findings in brain research, a learning model of addiction, and subsequent clinical approaches that address embodied trauma therapies
* Has broad appeal to mental health professionals who work in clinical practice, graduate students interested in the field of addiction, as well as a general non-professional audience curious about the field of addiction. Useful as a text in psychotherapy courses, addiction programs, social work, nursing, occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychology and osteopathy since it provides an overview of the field both in theory and practice. Of special interest to readers interested in Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Trauma Therapy, Addiction Recovery, body practitioners including naturopaths, cranio-sacral practitioners, somatic experiencing, sensorimotor and EMDR practitioners, focusing teachers and focusing oriented therapists.
* Combines the ground-breaking work of doctors Stephen Porges, Marc Lewis, and Eugene Gendlin