Drug Rehab Center

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses researcher Joaquin Trujillo’s findings on what is appealing about the use of crack cocaine as part of a search for what a drug user is trying to find or replace in their life.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, offers a review of the disease vs. anti-disease debate regarding addiction, discussing researchers who do not agree that addiction is a disease.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses Dr. Nora Volkow’s belief that not only is addiction a disease, it is specifically a brain disease.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses the ongoing debate on whether or not addiction is a disease. He refers to Dr. Vaillant’s argument that there are beneficial reasons for classifying addiction as a disease.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses the disease model and the controversial theory of addiction as a disease with a biological basis.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses finding new and positive ways to look at problems or difficult situations.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, talks about shifting how you make sense of the world towards a let go and let God attitude.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for the Sunshine Coast Health Centre, discusses why sometimes the best way to deal with a situation is to do nothing, giving yourself a chance to step back and reflect.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for Sunshine Coast Health Centre, talks about making sense of a situation to ensure that your thoughts match the reality.

Geoff Thompson, MA, CCC

Geoff Thompson, Program Director for Sunshine Coast Health Centre, talks about learning to live comfortably in the gray areas of life. He notes that this can be very difficult for individuals in early recovery as they often feel a need to try and control everything.