2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/17/2019 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Addiction as a Mode of Being: The Application of Mind-Body Bridging Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction | Wasatch Ballroom 1&2
Addiction as a Mode of Being: The Application of Mind-Body Bridging Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction
This presentation outlines the application of mind-body bridging therapy (MBBT) in the treatment of addiction (substance-use related and addictive disorders). MBBT is a psychological intervention that applies metacognitive and awareness-based strategies to increase a client’s psychological flexibility and resilience. The epistemological and ontological foundations of MBBT is based on the premise that an overactive I-System (a heuristic representing the collective biopsychological processes that are active under certain conditions) is a common psychological mechanism underlying emotional and behavioral disorders like addiction. When the I-System is overactive it limits cognition and behavior to certain predictable and habitual patterns. For addicted individuals their overactive I-System’s has shaped a particularly limited and contracted way of life, a mode of being characterised by habitual substance use and loss of control. This approach does not restrict itself to a biological and deterministic view of addiction, but rather points out that individuals can develop the capacity to choose which mode of being they would like to inhabit.
- Introduce MBBT
- Describe the applications of MBBT in addiction treatment
- Describe the philosophical Foundation of MBBT
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Guy Du Plessis
(), USU I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies, guy@guyduplessis.com;
Guy du Plessis has a Master’s degree in psychology from the University of South Africa and is a research consultant at the I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies at Utah State University. He has worked in the mental health field for over 19 years as a addictions counselor, program & clinical director, program developer, trainer, academic and researcher. He is the author of
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Kevin Webb
(), USU I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies, kevin.g.webb@usu.edu;
Kevin Webb is a clinical social worker with 29 plus years experience in the fields of disabilities, behavioral and mental health, domestic violence, addiction and substance abuse, and child welfare, with over 25 years as a clinical consultant and child and family therapist. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brigham Young University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Utah, and is a certified Mind-Body Bridging Therapist. He has trained clinicians worldwide in MBB, including the United States, Canada, Macau, England, Poland, Switzerland, South Africa, and Finland. Since 2007, Kevin has co-chaired the Board of Professional Standards for MBB Therapy training and certification. As the Associate Director of the USU I-System Institute he is excited to help others learn about and master the I-System Model and MBB!
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