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Does Entitlement Contribute to Addiction in Childhood Actors?

March 13th, 2010 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Drug Addiction - (14 Comments)

My goal this week was to get away from the topic of Celebrity addiction, but, of course, you couldn’t turn on the television without some newscaster broadcasting about the tragic and sudden death of teenage heartthrob and childhood star Corey Haim. Most likely the cause is related to drug addiction although the reports are unclear. …
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Is watching the Academy Awards an Addiction?

March 8th, 2010 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction - (2 Comments)

As I watched the Academy Awards last night, I couldn’t help but wonder is this an addiction? Every year we have an Academy Awards party. Every year all the guests bring the same food: crab dip, meatballs, chili, hot-dogs, chicken wings and the list goes on. When the show begins, my mom shouts, “Everyone be …
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Pot Smoking Baby Boomers on the Rise

February 28th, 2010 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Marijuana Addiction - (22 Comments)

So why is it baby boomers can’t just say NO to pot smoking? Maybe it is because they are part of the me generation. Perhaps it is because they have the largest disposable income available to them to purchase drugs. Maybe they are in a time warp and still believe it is the 1960’s. No matter what the …
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Can Addicts and Alcoholics Benefit From Body Psychotherapy

February 24th, 2010 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Alcohol Addiction - (Comments Off)

I spent the last four days at a workshop centered around getting in touch with the sensations of the body to work through past traumas. The trauma could be an automobile accident, sexual abuse, physical abuse, an earthquake, and anything that has caused you deep emotional and sometimes physical pain. I started to wonder could …
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Are Media Psychotherapists Narcissistic?

February 15th, 2010 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction - (10 Comments)

I have noticed, as it is getting closer to my appearance on Celebrity Rehab 3’s VH1 Vlog, I am feeling excited and ambivalent at the same time. I am asking myself what does that mean? Am I feeling this way because I wonder how my appearance will rate with my colleagues (other professionals in the …
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Does Entitlement Contribute to Addiction in Childhood Actors?

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