ADDICTION IS NOT THE PROBLEM

A Free Training for Clinicians Who Know There Has to Be Another Way

Presented by Lou Lebentz - Award-Winning Global Trauma Therapist, Renowned Speaker, and Creator of The Voyage® Methodology

This webinar is for therapists, coaches, and wellness professionals who work with addiction - and feel like something is missing from the traditional approach.

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Traditional addiction models are failing our clients.

You see it every week - clients trapped in shame cycles, stuck in patterns, struggling to get “better” despite being sober.

What if addiction isn’t the problem?
What if it’s a survival strategy?
What if we could finally understand what clients are really trying to heal?

In this free 60-minute webinar, you’ll learn:

✅ Why addiction is a trauma response, not a moral failing

✅ The 5 damaging myths that keep clients stuck (and what to say instead)

✅ How the nervous system drives addictive behaviours

✅ What clients are really chasing when they relapse or can’t stop

✅ Simple, effective tools you can bring into your next session

🗓 When: 10th July 2025 at 6:00pm UK Time

(1:00pm EST / 10:00am PST)

📍 Where: Live via Zoom

💌 Replay available to all who register

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“If addiction could be healed through willpower alone, we wouldn’t have a crisis.”

– Lou Lebentz

This is for you if you are:

Therapist, coach, social worker, or healer supporting clients with addiction
Clinician who's tired of outdated models that shame clients into sobriety
Trauma-informed practitioner looking to deepen your understanding
Professional ready to feel re-inspired, empowered, and equipped with new tools

It’s not about more theory.
It’s about learning to work with addiction in a way that is compassionate, practical, and rooted in what clients actually need to heal.

In this live session, Lou will guide you through:

The neurobiological link between trauma and addiction

Why white-knuckling recovery doesn’t work

How to assess addiction through a trauma-informed lens

A live Q&A with Lou to ask your real-world questions

A sneak peek into the Trauma & Addiction Masterclass (plus a special offer for attendees)

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What past participants say about webinar:

Lou changed the way I work with addiction—this should be required training.

I finally understood my client’s relapse not as failure, but as unhealed trauma.

Her presence is compassionate, grounded, and profoundly insightful.

Great webinar.Power packed for an hour ,loads of info.Hope to learn more.Time well spent.Highly recommend

Joyce Dube

Very good as always Lou. You demonstrate how important it is to show how trauma affects addiction.

Peter Setchfield

It was really insightful. Most important thing was a reminder that it is not about the lack of will as people mostly say to put the responsibility on the person trying to sooth their pain through addiction/substances. Things were not really new for me being a trained therapist but it refreshed my knowledge and understanding without any charge. So I am really grateful for that. Thank you very much!

P.D.

Tremendously helpful and informative. The integration of different models and approaches, plus the neurobiological basis, makes this not only unique but a much needed humanistic and compassionate approach. We need to view addiction through a trauma lens. This has been long since neglected. Lou offers a wonderful, comprehensive and practical approach to exactly what is needed.

David Lee

Lou presented this webinar in a very clear, articulate and easy to follow way. It was great to look at addiction thru the lens of trauma informed therapy and the importance of regulation and safety. Empowering.

Lorraine Smith

Lou was wonderful as always. Clear, concise explanations that come from the heart. As with any of the courses I've done with Lou I always come away with something new or a twist on something I already new.

Emma Levinson

Meet your host:

Award-Winning Global Trauma Therapist • Renowned Speaker • Creator of The Voyage®

Hi, I’m Lou, and before I became a globally recognised trauma therapist, I was someone deeply lost in my own pain.

I know firsthand what it’s like to sit across from professionals who miss the mark. I spent years in and out of recovery rooms, battling addiction, anxiety, and the aftermath of childhood trauma - all while being told I was the problem.

No one ever said:
“Lou, your addictions make perfect sense in the context of your trauma.”

That simple truth could have changed everything.
And now, it does - for the thousands of clinicians and clients who’ve worked with me since.

Today, after over 20 years as a psychotherapist, trauma clinician, and public speaker, I teach a different lens. One that moves beyond shame, pathology, or willpower - and toward compassion, regulation, and lasting change.

I created The Voyage® to help clinicians like you understand addiction not as a flaw, but as a deeply intelligent survival response.

In this webinar, I’ll show you how to bring that insight into the room - so your clients feel truly seen, and you feel truly equipped.

Reserve Your Free Spot Now

This is more than a webinar—it’s an invitation to shift how we see addiction, from shame to compassion, from surface fixes to lasting transformation. Spaces are limited. Join the movement toward trauma-aware recovery.