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People First: Addiction, Depression & Recovery
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David Deakin MBA; BA (Hons) Counselling; MBACP
Psychotherapist | Executive Director, Chasing Zero
We are pleased to be able to welcome David Deakin – an ISAAC member from the UK to our meeting as our speaker. David wears a number of hats in his professional life – one of which is Psychotherapist Counsellor at a men’s Christian rehabilitation centre.
He has an interest in how developmental stress and trauma is a key cause of adult addictions. He is interested in its treatment using modern psychotherapies such as EMDR – with specific addiction protocols – and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. As well as drug and alcohol addictions he focusses on other addictions such as sexual, gambling, smoking, eating disorders etc.
David has a keen interest in Africa. He shares, “in Africa I have worked in HIV prevention and treatment – especially the role of churches in communities. In this context I am also interested in mental health issues such as depression, linked to HIV. The project I set up which Chasing Zero supports is called IMPACT (improving parent and child outcomes). It is essentially a HIV, Maternal and infant health programme which I started in Malawi (2011) and Nigeria and then it expanded to DRC, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Uganda. I am also part of an NGO Board delegation that is part of Unitaid that focuses on enabling access to key medical diagnostics and treatments in resource limited settings.”
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