Dr House Addiction Summary

Dr. House seems to display many underlying concerns, however his primary issue is addiction. It's been demonstrated that he has remained unsuccessful when it came to building intimate relationships and he has been unable to maintain effective addiction treatment supports. It's essential for individual’s to have support systems when in situations like these, it can greatly impact the outcome of treatment plans, however not all patients have that. From a Psychoanalytic perspective, the main goal of treatment is to help the patient gain insight into where his exaggerated fear of vulnerability roots, and how it has negatively impacted his ability to keep social relationships. It is crucial to bring to the light any unresolved issues that

It seems as if it is mostly caused by his inability to form emotional connections with others. Those suffering from addictions are often ill equipped to handle strong emotions which leaves them turning to drug abuse and that creates a bigger risk for relapse. Dr. House has created defense mechanisms which for the most part, have been successful in his attempt at keeping his inner-self protected. However, when Dr. House began treatment for his chronic leg pain, he found a new way to cope with his

Without it, transference cannot be assessed. Because of the vital role transference plays in the healing process, I recommend that Dr. House connect with his feelings about me during our sessions, and openly confront and express them. We can then begin to match these emotions with other instances of similar feelings and their root cause. In the Psychoanalytical therapeutic model, insight provides a look into the emotional and logical though process. The goal of insight is to find how Dr. House’s insecurities were formed and provide him with an opportunity to correctively deal with these experiences. Self-realization of past conflicts and perceptions of feelings that have been repressed will allow Dr. House to form other options for reactions, and develop other behavior patterns.
However, insight alone is not enough. It is vital that Dr. House makes a connection between insight and an emotional experience. Substances themselves are such strong behavior reinforcements, that patients need a strong emotional counteract-ant. This will hopefully ensure the client can counter the strong compulsion for them. Dr. House likes to solve problems. This makes him feel adequate, and feeds his need for validation. I would like to challenge him to see himself as a puzzle, and ask him to seek himself for insight on his