Your Way Out
Re-gain control and choice for over your addictive behaviors. With Matt’s engaging support, unblock yourself to start handling issues that pilled up over the years. Start to recognize the source of your overwhelming emotions.
The desired change will be achieved by joint work on your motivation to abstain or reduce the addictive behavior, and simultaneously on learning the ways to fill in the gap that emerged after the change of lifestyle.
With growing self-confidence, a wider understanding of your mechanisms and continuous support, you will tidy up your life, get ahead of your cravings and bring back joy and a greater sense of fulfillment to your life.
Addictive behaviors that we can work on:
| Substances | Sex | Love | Relationships | Net Compulsions |
| Alcohol Drugs Medicines Other | Online and offline Compulsive flirting and dating | Information Seeking Gaming Social Media YT and films |
Work is structured in accordance with 4-point SMART Recovery program
- Building and Maintaining Motivation
- Coping with urges
- Managing Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors
- Living a Balanced Life
Matt applies evidence-based tools and approaches, taken from REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), MET (Motivational Enhancement Therapy) and MBCT/MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy /Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction).
- Well-structured Directive Style
- After session assignments for better insight and behavior modification
- Continuous Motivation enhancements
- Inspiring reading & listening materials
- An occasional family member’s or partner’s participation for better results
People affected by addictive behaviors of loved ones – co-addicts
Being in a close relationship with someone who engages in (self) destructive addictive behaviors, can be a frustrating, painful and sometimes lonely journey, in which it is easy to lose oneself. It is common to develop a variety of unhelpful habits in response to the addiction: nagging, pleading, threatening, self-medicating with food or other substances, weak or non-existent boundaries. It is crucial to fully understand the limitations of what they can do, to free ourselves up from guilt and to be able to, at least to some extent, to get off that continuous rollercoaster.
During sessions with Matt, we will take a look at some of their habitual responses to their Loved Ones. We will explore whether they are helpful or not, and will provide tools as well as a new perspective for making changes.
We work on finding ways to restore emotional and behavioral balance in your life so that you can calmly and effectively deal with the challenges you face. Clients will learn to better come with stress and uncertainty, as well as to establish healthier relationships with their loved ones.
“Ultimately there is no better treatment for individuals with addictive behaviors than learning…It rewires the brain; gives purpose, excitement, and feeling of being in control; feeling of accomplishment and commitment.”
— Matt
Matt’s Qualifications & Certificates
- MPsych in Clinical Psychology
- SMART Recovery Facilitator (Zur Institute, the USA)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certificate (CBT Australia)
- Certificate in Addiction (Zur Institute)
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy MBCT teacher in training (University of Oxford)
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner (NLP Institute Warsaw)
- Member of the American Psychological Association
How the sessions usually look like?
Online sessions that focus on addictive behaviors and issues co-occurring are well-structured with a rather directive style. They are followed by regular assignments that give invaluable insight into the thought and emotion processes occurring between sessions. After meeting tasks also reinforce planned behavior modifications. Also, the various inspiring reading & listening materials are suggested.
From time to time, if there’s such need and willingness we will include a family member or partner. Such a joint session proves out to be very useful and practical.
That all helps maintain motivation and boost the recovery process.
Session length & Fee
Session is usually 50 minutes long, scheduled once a week, or later on twice a month.
In the emergency, a short 20 minutes session, can be scheduled within very short notice.
Fee: is 1500 HKD per 50 minutes session, paid by PayPal or HK HSBC bank transfer
Confidentiality & data protection
Sessions are confidential. The rare exceptions to it (expressed intention of serious harm or self-harm) are briefly discussed during the first session.
Online Sessions are usually done via SKYPE or WhatsApp. For anyone who needs a more secure connection, DOXY.ME ( HIPAA Compliant) is used.