Kris has been practicing for over 45 years in counseling and psychology with a specialization in psycho-spiritual crisis, trauma, and women’s empowerment. Most recently, Kris has become a Certified EMDR therapist integrating EMDR with Transpersonal therapies, with a focus on addiction and spirituality.
We will be talking about addiction and spirituality with an emphasis on high functioning addiction and the path that leads us out of it – the path to spirituality.
Here are a couple excerpts from our discussion:
“People can develop addictions to a range of things. In addition to substances, there are many things a person can develop an addiction to, unfortunately. For instance, in people can develop process addictions, which are compulsions to engage in specific behaviors. The person may engage in these behaviors, even if it brings emotional, mental, or physical consequences.“ – Lydia
“Many people with addictions deny religion or spirituality because they have heard that there is a spiritual element to recovery, and they do not feel that they can function within a spiritual framework. What they fail to realize is spirituality and addiction recovery go hand in hand.” - Caroline
“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.” - Swami Vivekananda
May you always be one with your horse,
Caroline