![]() He says that this method will require a high level of motivation, should be practiced daily and used whenever urges arise, and that the work should be written down in a journal. ![]() Maté argues that addiction involves a very similar “brain lock” and suggests that these same steps can be useful in overcoming an addiction. Schwartz’s book is entitled “Brain Lock” which is the phenomenon of stuck neurological gears that lead the person to act out thoughts before those thoughts can be stopped. ![]() ![]() Several of my blogs now have been singing the praises of Gabor Maté’s “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts.” This blog is an unabashed summary of his chapter entitled, “The Four Steps, Plus One.” Maté adapts Jeffrey Schwartz’s “Four-Step Self Treatment Model” which was developed to overcome compulsions (such as hand-washing) that are part of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). ![]()
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