Family therapists believe that the families of addicts display significant features

Despite their major differences, there is one notable area of agreement between psychodynamic and behavioral models of addiction: both place significant emphasis on past experience. For Freud especially, the famous line from Wordsworth’s poem, “The child is the father of the man,” was a profound truth, and he was convinced that adult character is shaped during the first 5 or 6 years of life. Child psychology and the study of human development have become cornerstones of modern psychology. And who are the most important figures in the developing child’s life? Clearly, members of the family.