Help for Compulsive Digital Overconsumption
Therapy can help you break free from compulsive use of digital technology and internet addiction so you can reclaim your focus and move closer to your goals. When you recover from compulsive digital behavior, you may find it easier to give relationships your full attention and to be more present for the beauty and wonder of ordinary life. When free from obsessive compulsive tech behavior you may have the mental space and motivation to go after your goals and take appropriate risks that help you feel alive.
When you kick internet addiction, you may find it easier to experience pleasure from everyday experiences and people. You may find it easier to think clearly and your ADHD-type symptoms may drastically reduce or disappear—you won’t feel so scattered. Adult responsibilities are likely to feel more manageable and you may find it less difficult to keep burnout at bay. When not compulsively using your phone, you’ll likely have more brain power to advance in school, your career, or important relationships.
Restore balance in your relationship with technology
Compulsive smartphone use
Compulsive social media use
Internet Gaming Disorder
Compulsive online shopping
Compulsive googling and research
Compulsive online gambling
Compulsive consumption of adult content
If you find your online behavior troublesome and it feels like you can’t stop despite the negative consequences, therapy can help. If you feel like you’re ignoring responsibilities or running away from something painful each time you scroll, you’re not alone. If you are avoiding your real life in favor of a virtual one and this pattern feels wrong to you, change is possible.
Therapy for digital health
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
DOPAMINE Fasting by Dr. Anna Lembke, MD
Reverse your tech habits
Start fresh with help
Are you feeling a nagging pull to reset your digital habits? Have you been day dreaming about a digital detox or a long break from certain platforms that have become toxic time wasters?
Have you tried digital detoxes but they didn’t produce the results you were looking for? Did you ended up going right back to old ways of compulsive and excessive use and feeling frazzled again?
Therapy for compulsive tech use can help you reverse habits that feel concerning to you. Therapy can help you develop a health-promoting lifestyle for the longterm rather than short-term digital detox fads. You can learn to use tech in alignment with your values, rather tech using you.
If you’d like professional help kicking internet addiction or compulsive use and you’d like to embrace a less cluttered digital life, reach out to get started with therapy. It’s possible to decide your technology use rather than feel compelled.
Therapy can help
Increase mental focus
Regain freedom and choice
Identify life goals
Clarify personal values around tech use
Optimize the science of motivation
Have an accountability contact to stay committed to the process
Create a plan for experimenting with what works
Overcome common obstacles to reducing tech clutter
Effectively communicate your choices to skeptics
Stay the course at work and in your personal life
Maintain progress living in alignment with your values and goals
“All that distracting yourself with devices may be contributing to your depression and anxiety. It’s pretty exhausting avoiding yourself all the time. I wonder if experiencing yourself in a different way might give you access to new thoughts and feelings, and help you feel more connected to yourself, to others, and to the world.”
— Anna Lembke, MD