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This podcast is the narrated version of my article How to Treat Compulsive Shopping.
It’s useful to ask when the out-of-control spending began and what, if anything, changed during that time. So often a problem pattern is a sloppy and unconscious way of trying to meet a primal emotional need.
In this episode I talk about:
- June and her chronically leaking bank balance
- When did it start for June, and what is the need?
- What missing needs is the behaviour seeming to meet?
- Teach me to do your problem!
- Remove the problem from the client’s core identity
- Give them a sense of future past
Or watch this episode of the podcast on video below:
References/Notes:
- Maraz, A., Griffiths, M., & Demetrovics, Z. (2015). The prevalence of compulsive buying: A meta-analysis. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 111. 10.1111/add.13223.
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