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Privilege and Adolescent Addictions By Paul L. Hokemeyer, J.D., Ph.D. This article first appeared in Addiction Treatment Professional In my book, Fragile Power, I've created a new paradigm of treating people of wealth, power and celebrity for a host of mental health, addiction and personality disorders. My work...

Key words: Election 2020, Election Stress, Thought leadership, HNW, Mental Health, Addiction Treatment, Author, Therapist, Innovation, Fragile Power, Election Results, LMFT, Thought leader, Political Non Fiction, Media Expert Today's election was remarkable in several ways. The first was how it created an intense division in our...

by Dr. Paul Hokemeyer While most treatment professionals acknowledge that addictive disorders don’t discriminate based on socioeconomic class, too few are able to negotiate the unique dynamics that arise in the context of ultra high net worth (UHNW) families. This unfortunate trend continues in spite of...

In the following article, Dr. Paul shares the intimacies of the psychotherapeutic process with The Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Bernstein. ******* LIFE HEALTH BONDS What Your Therapist Is Really Thinking Yes, therapists sometimes get bored; excerpts from an interview with psychotherapist Paul Hokemeyer Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, a psychotherapist, says ‘a...

"Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, a sober doctor who has appeared repeatedly on Good Morning America and specializes in sex addiction among other topics, says that sex industry work can be classified as a “process” addiction. “You can get addicted to the affirmation of being valued by someone for...