Discreet, Whole-Person Therapy for High-Profile & Celebrity Families with Aaron & Lin Sternlicht

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
It's well known that addiction is an equal-opportunity disease that impacts every socio-economic group with its destruction. For families and individuals who live under a spotlight of fame, recognition, and elite status, addiction brings about circumstances and challenges not readily faced by the average person. 

Aaron and Lin Sternlicht founded Family Addiction Specialist (New York City) as a boutique, concierge practice meeting the needs of high-net-worth, high-profile and celebrity families and individuals. We cover:

• how staff at treatment programs can be highly inspirational and influential in a person's recovery
• addiction as a problem money can't solve
• why those with unlimited resources may feel less pressure to go "all-in" at rehab, treatment or therapy
• the lack of "natural consequences" for kids of prominent families 
• funding an addiction and how having an abundance of money can actually be a hindrance
• the importance of treating the whole person vs the addiction alone
• their take on medication-assisted treatment

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403287/
• https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/adhd-and-substance-abuse-is-there-a-link#1
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1047279712001706?via%3Dihub
• https://theweek.com/articles/461011/why-are-smart-kids-more-likely-drugs
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/oppositional-defiant-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20375831
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/drug-addiction/symptoms-causes/syc-20365112
• https://www.healthline.com/health/sensory-overload#related-conditions
• http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/findings.html
• http://blogs.psychcentral.com/addiction-recovery/2012/03/emotional-trauma-addiction/
• https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/index.html
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
• National Institutes of Health

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