Blurb:

The global rise of addictions in the modern world is alarming. What the discipline of modern Western psychology refuses to acknowledge is the connection between the loss of a sense of the sacred, and the rise in addiction and mental illness. Due to the spiritual desolation prevalent in the present day, along with its traumatizing effects, the human search for wholeness and healing is all too often diverted into destructive and dysfunctional behaviors. It is only a spiritual approach to a more profound “science of the soul” that allows psychology to restore the categories of Spirit, soul, and body into its myopic perspective. This chapter examines the root causes of addiction in order to identify a better path towards wholeness and healing. In doing so, a more integrated approach is proposed in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of addiction.