At RelationshipVision™, all addiction services are rooted in The Relationship Model of Addiction™ (TRMA), by Daniel Linder —a paradigm I developed over decades of work.

Addiction is a symptom of the human condition. Human beings have two basic needs: the need for love/connection and the need to relieve the pain when those needs go unmet.

We can break humanity down into two kinds of people: those who get their emotional needs met and those who don’t, and those who are driven by their need for connection and love, and those driven to relieve the pain from unmet needs.

Addiction is not a disease. Addiction is a relationship with a means of relief (be it substances, activities like porn, sex, and gambling, or with people, i.e., codependency) of pain, from unmet emotional needs.

Unhealthy, non-nourishing relationships are the spawning ground of addiction. The backlog of pain from unmet emotional needs or lack of nourishment is the underlying driving force of any addiction.

Recovery is a three-stage transitional journey out of unhealthy relationships and into healthy ones that continues over the course of a lifetime.

Are you concerned about a loved one you
think or know is in the throes of an addiction (or any other mental health issue, i.e., behavioral or emotional instability, psychosis, depression)?

Are you facing a crisis and you don’t know what to say or do? Feeling powerless? Standing by helplessly watching someone you love spiraling down, destroying their lives and relationships?

Feel free to set up a brief time for us to assess your situation and next action steps.