Maya has a severe shopping addiction. Every weekend, she spends hours browsing e-commerce websites and buying expensive designer clothes she cannot afford. Recently, she began sessions with an addiction specialist at the 'ValueSelf Clinic'. The specialist works with Maya to identify her distorted beliefs about how buying luxury goods improves her social status, while also teaching her practical mindfulness techniques and behavioral distractions to avoid impulse buying.
Which therapy for addiction seeks to change how a person thinks about their addiction as well as providing coping strategies to manage their behavior?
48 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Reducing addiction. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.