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Aug 2018
40m 26s

Why Is Abstinence Still Being Used To Tr...

Sony Music Entertainment / Jonathan Van Ness
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Dr. Adi Jaffe is a specialist in mental health, addiction, and shame who has spoken at multiple TEDx events and has a doctorate in psychology from UCLA. He joins Jonathan to discuss addiction and alternative treatments, the negative consequences of shame, and how abstinence-based treatment is not the only method to recovery. Find Dr Adi Jaffe’s work on Inst ... Show More
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