A New Perspective on Alcohol and Drug Addiction

Princeton, NJ – January 5, 2017 Do you know someone whose life has been turned upside down because of alcohol or drug addiction? How can families cope with addiction, and what effect do family dynamics have on the addict? How do 12-step programs like A.A. work? To better understand the problems both addicts and their loved ones face and to find some answers, join psychiatrist Edward Chastka, M.D. for “A Functional Look at Alcohol and Drug Addiction” a presentation on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ from 4:00PM to 6:00PM. Admission is free.

Dr. Chastka will be sharing experiences from his 20 years of working with addicts and their families. Among the topics he will be talking about is the misuse of prescription drugs, the use of illegal drugs, alcoholism, adolescent addiction and family conflict. He will also be discussing a type of therapy that helps addicts learn how to tolerate the emotions and feelings that drive them to substance abuse in the first place and helps them learn how to cope with anxiety and unpleasant feelings in the absence of drugs or alcohol.

Dr. Chastka graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Drama and an M.D. degree and is board-certified in psychiatry. Dr. Chastka is in private practice in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania where he treats children, adolescents, adults, and families. He has consulted for the past 16 years at Caron Treatment Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, founded a dual-diagnosis clinic for indigent patients at The Reading Hospital in Pennsylvania, and is currently supervising family practice residents in psychiatry and addiction from Lancaster General Hospital, Reading Hospital, and Lehigh Valley Hospital. He is a Clinical Associate of the American College of Orgonomy (ACO) and coordinator of the ACO Sociopolitical Orgonomy Course. He has also spoken on a wide range of topics as well as published numerous articles in the Journal of Orgonomy.
Admission is free thanks to the generosity of our supporters. Suggested adult, non-student donation is $45. Reservations are recommended. Call (732) 821-1144 or make your reservation online by visiting www.orgonomy.org.

Contact:
Debra Sansanelli
Executive Director
The American College of Orgonomy
aco@orgonomy.org
(732) 821-1144
P.O. Box 490
Princeton, NJ 08542

The American College of Orgonomy (ACO) is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization located near Princeton, New Jersey, that is devoted to setting and maintaining standards for work in the field of orgonomy, the science developed by Dr. Wilhelm Reich.

The College conducts a postgraduate medical orgonomy training program for qualified physicians and psychiatrists. Medical orgonomists offer a unique form of treatment that is based on a scientific understanding of the connection between the mind and the body. This approach effectively treats a wide range of emotional illnesses, usually without medication.

Elsworth F. Baker, M.D., a psychiatrist who trained and worked with Dr. Reich, founded the ACO in 1968. Reich, a student and colleague of Sigmund Freud, discovered that all living things contain an energy that he called, “orgone energy.” He originated the science of orgonomy based on his scientific observations. Today, this science informs an energetic understanding and approach to psychiatry, medicine, biology, the physical and social sciences, and atmospheric environmental research.

The ACO also offers its Social Orgonomy Training Program which applies orgonomic principals to the social realm. In addition to its professional educational programs, the College sponsors conferences, a speakers’ bureau, lectures, and laboratory courses for professional and interested laymen. The ACO conducts and supports basic and applied research, publishes The Journal of Orgonomy, a newsletter, and is a source for books about orgonomy.

The American College of Orgonomy
P.O. Box 490
Princeton, NJ 08542
Phone: (732) 821-1144 FAX: (732) 821-0174
Email: aco@orgonomy.org
Website: http://www.orgonomy.org

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