A Podcast about SMART Recovery
Posted on April 26, 2024
By Tom Horvath, PhD On 4/9/24 the Society of Addiction Psychology (Division 50 of the American Psychological Association) released an interview with me about SMART Recovery. The interviewers are Noah Emery and Sam Acuff, both psychology professors. This podcast about SMART Recovery runs one hour and 10-minutes, and is an interview with sections on: the early history of SMART
the four foundations of SMART’s approach, which is self-empowering, science-informed, progress-oriented, and holistic
the efficacy of SMART (which based on the evidence thus far is comparable to AA)
the importance of staying open to new ideas
how SMART’s language will evolve over time (and already has)
how SMART’s tools ultimately help someone arrive at new interpretations of themselves, th...
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