You might remember distant times before you could access your bank account on your phone at 2am and splash the cash without having to wait for the shops to open - without having to leave the sofa (and even on a Sunday!)
Increased opportunity, including an array of online shopping 'events' such as 'Black Friday', and ease of spending is, I suspect, the reason compulsive buying has increased.
When treating compulsive shopping, identifying the needs the habit is trying to fulfil is a useful first step and in this video I share 5 ways I helped a client stop compulsive shopping. These tips can be useful when treating clients not just for compulsive shopping, but any compulsive behaviour.
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00:00 Introduction 00:19 Why has compulsive buying increased? 01:30 What is shopping addiction like? An example from June 03:03 5 tips that helped June overcome compulsive shopping 03:13 Tip 1. When did it start, and what is the need? 04:33 Tip 2. What missing need is the behaviour seeming to meet? 05:13 Tip. 3. 'Teach me how to do your problem!' 06:32 Tip 4. Remove the problem from the client's core identity 08:35 Tip 5. Give them a sense of future past
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++About Mark Tyrrell++
Psychology is my passion. I've been a psychotherapist trainer since 1998, specializing in brief, solution focused approaches. I now teach practitioners all over the world via our online courses.
