
Nicole Kosanke
Clinical Director at the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), licensed clinical psychologist specializing in substance use disorders, and co-author of Beyond Addiction.
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Jul 27, 2026
Caregiving Through Addiction w/ Dr. Nicole Kosanke
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41:05Mark GropoleskiHOST
Can you expand on that? Because I know you alluded to several approaches that you use in your adaptation of the framework, but I think it's important for our listeners to understand that.

Nicole KosankeGUEST
Yeah, so, I mean, you're highlighting, like, how to make decisions in the here and now, how to assess whether or not there is...

Nicole KosankeGUEST
So how do we understand what this behavior, what is the function of this behavior that we find so upsetting, right? Whether it's alcohol use, gambling, sexuality, like whatever is being compulsive and negatively impacting the family, the relationship, like how do we understand why this is happening? So we think of substance use disorder problems as a biopsychosocial problem.
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60:39speaker_2PANELIST
And is that treated differently in your profession than substances are?