Is cognitive or harm reduction therapy appropriate for all behavioral addictions?

Is cognitive or harm reduction therapy appropriate for all behavioral addictions?

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I believe that the harm reduction model could be applied to everyone that comes through the door with an addiction. However, there are people who find small gains and then relapse or who occasionally find getting involved in their destructive behaviour to be so dramatic that it's better to leap the entire way; to go to abstinence the first time and try to stay there. So, yes, there are limitations; there are people that probably shouldn't try a harm reduction model, rather they should try to limit the amount of involvement in their addiction behaviour as quickly as possible, because there's often massive loss of control and great danger if they engage in even small portions of their addictive behaviour.