When an old friend invited me to an iboga ceremony, I hesitated. I feared taking the psychoactive substance might threaten the sobriety I had worked so hard to protect. I was 10 years clean from all substances; what if my piqued curiosity was simply drug-seeking behavior? Continue on Newsweek ›

If you find yourself with your phone in your hand by default, you might be an addict. No, really. Jungian psychologist and addiction expert Carder Stout, PhD, sees clients struggling with dependence on alcohol and drugs, sure. But also: dependence on connection, vanity, resentment, love, overthinking. In his new book, We Are All Addicts , Stout posits that any fixation that disconnects you from your innate humanity can be considered addiction. If your phone has become a problem, he encourages small steps—followed by bigger ones—toward digital sobriety. Continue on Goop ›

By all standards, I grew up in privilege. I was educated in private schools in Washington, DC and New Hampshire. My father was a prominent businessman who founded National Journal magazine, and my mother was a socialite. But the privilege of my parents’ attention was rarely granted to me… Continue on Newsweek ›

Throughout the world, there is discord around the theories of addiction. Many believe it to be a disease or a chip in one’s DNA that leaves them predisposed to its throes. My curiosity led me to the work of Carder Stout, Ph.D, MFT. A Los Angeles-based psychologist who has worked with hundreds of addicts, Stout believes that addiction is a psychological energy; a fluid power that—much like other emotions—has the capacity to visit us and also to leave us. “I feel... Continue on MariaShriver.com ›

We went to therapist Carder Stout, PhD, with one of the most common questions we’ve gotten about addiction and sobriety in the past year: How do you overcome new substance issues spurred by the stress and isolation of the pandemic? Continue on Goop.com ›