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"Being the Best," One Man's Experience with Steroids: An Interview with Josh

Bernes, Kerry; Bardick, A. D.; Nixon, G. (EducationUniversity of Lethbridge, 2008)

This article describes one man’s experience with weight lifting and steroid use. Men may engage in heavy weight lifting and steroid use in order to change their bodies, possibly developing behaviours associated with eating ...
Beyond “Dry Drunkenness”: Facilitating Second Stage Recovery Using Wilber’s “Spectrum of Consciousness” Developmental Model

Nixon, Gary (Haworth Press, Inc.School of Health ScienceUniversity of Lethbridge, 2005)

The usefulness of Wilber’s “Spectrum of Consciousness” developmental model in the treatment of substance abuse is demonstrated by a case study that illustrates how underlying emotional pain and intimacy issues can be ...
Blackfoot traditional knowledge in resolution of problem gambling: Getting gambled and seeking wholeness

McGowan, Virginia M.; Nixon, Gary (Canadian Indian/Native Studies AssociationSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2004)

This paper examines problem gambling and its resolution in an exploratory phenomenological study among Blackfoot individuals. Significant factors in the development and resolution of problem gambling are identified and a ...
Bungee jumping in the abyss: working through issues of the mind, heart and guts after awakening

Nixon, Gary (Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2011)

In this article, challenges after awakening are considered. While being in the awakened flow can be very captivating, we see issues of the mind, the heart, and the guts may still emerge that need to be worked through. ...
The Counterfeit Hero’s Journey of the Pathological Gambler: A Phenomenological Hermeneutics Investigation

Nixon, Gary; Solowoniuk, Jason; McGowan, Virginia (SpringerSchool Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2006-07)

This research study sought to interpret and strove toward understanding the lived experience of 13 pathological gambler from an archetypal–mythic perspective. Through a phenomenological hermeneutics inquiry, 11 clusters ...
Deconstruction, disability, and sex addiction: Embracing the narrative perspective.

Nixon, Gary (International Disability Research CentreSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2002)

The disease model of addictions has expanded from its original alcoholism base to include many substances and processes. Twelve step groups have flourished in North America. One area that has rapidly grown in the last ...
"Double trouble": The lived experience of problem and pathological gambling in later life

Nixon, Gary; Solowoniuk, Jason; Hagen, Brad F.; Williams, Robert J. (Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2005-09)

Objective: The objective of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of older adults who engage in problem or pathological gambling. Method and sample: Older adults who gambled were ...
Female gambling, trauma, and the not good enough self: an interpretive phenomenological analysis

Nixon, Gary; Evans, Kyler; Grant Kalischuk, Ruth; Solowoniuk, Jason; McCallum, Karim; Hagen, Brad (SpringerHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2013)

A gap exists within current literature regarding understanding the role that trauma may play in the initiation, development, and progression of female problem and pathological gambling. The purpose of this study is to ...
From authenticity to thick description and externalizing the problem: A turn to narrative therapy in working with people dealing with schizophrenia

Nixon, Gary (International Disability Research CentreSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2000)

The author noticed that his existential-humanistic counselling approach with its focus on authenticity and self-actualization seemed to be counter-productive in working with people dealing with schizophrenia issues. This ...
How Financial Planners Can Collaborate with Professional Counselors

Taylor, Terra D.; Bernes, Kerry B.; Gunn, Thelma; Nixon, Gary (Financial Planning AssociationEducationSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2005-04)

Financial planners are dealing with more than just money. Clients are increasingly seeking the advice of financial planners for financial situations that are intrinsically interwoven with personal and psychological issues. ...
Impacting attitudes towards gambling: A prison gambling awareness and prevention program

Nixon, Gary; Leigh, Gordon; Nowatzki, Nadine (Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2006-08)

Research indicates that approximately one third of prison inmates meet the criteria for problem or pathological gambling (Williams, Royston, & Hagen, 2005). However, despite this rate being among the highest of all gambling ...
In Pursuit of Physical Perfection: Weight Lifting and Steroid Use in Men

Bardick, Angela D.; Bernes, Kerry B.; Nixon, Gary (Zone of ExcellenceEducationSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2006)

This study used a qualitative method to examine eight men’s motivations for weight lifting and steroid use. Results indicated that these men desired self-improvement, but their goal of obtaining the ideal masculine body ...
An insider's look into the process of recovering from pathological gambling disorder: An existential phenomenological inquiry

Nixon, Gary; Solowoniuk, Jason (Professional Advanced Services, Inc.School of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2005-11-21)

An existential phenomenological method of study was implemented to better understand the recovery process of 11 pathological gamblers. After analysis, seven recovery themes were generated, which brought to light that ...
Introducing the Hero Complex and the Mythic Iconic Pathway of Problem Gambling

Nixon, Gary; Solowoniuk, Jason (SpringerSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2008)

Early research into the motivations behind problem gambling reflected separate paradigms of thought splitting our understanding of the gambler into divergent categories. However, over the past 25 years, problem gambling ...
Introducing the hero complex and the mythic iconic pathway of problem gambling

Nixon, Gary (SpringerHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2009)

Early research into the motivations behind problem gambling reflected separate paradigms of thought splitting our understanding of the gambler into divergent categories. However, over the past 25 years, problem gambling ...
Introducing transpersonal phenomenology: The direct experience of a sudden awakening

Solowoniuk, Jason; Nixon, Gary (Paradoxica: International Journal of Nondual PsychologyHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2009)

This paper introduces a transpersonal approach to conducting phenomenological research with the emphasis on illuminating a first person account of a sudden awakening. Although within Eastern cultures awakening is typically ...
Linking gambling and trauma: a phenomenological hermeneutic case study using Almaas' transformation of narcissism approach

Nixon, Gary; Solowoniuk, Jason; Boni, Lauren Julia; Grant Kalischuk, Ruth (SpringerHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2013)

The purpose of this article is to examine the phenomenon of pathological gambling and addiction from the perspective of writer and teacher A.H Almaas. By drawing on his Diamond Mind approach we trace the origin of addictive ...
Nondual psychotherapy and second stage sexual addictions recovery: transforming "Master of the universe" narcissism into nondual being

Nixon, Gary; Theriault, Brian (SpringerHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2012)

This article describes the process of working through the “dry drunk” second stage of sexual addiction recovery through transforming the narcissistic “Master of the Universe” personality into the experience of nondual ...
Nondual psychotherapy: letting go of the separate self contraction and embracing nondual being

Nixon, Gary; Sharpe, Nancy (Paradoxica: Journal of Nondual PsychologyHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2009)

This article summarizes the pivotal task of moving into nondual awareness by seeing through the veil of the separate self. Formerly this nondual state was understood as the final stage in an arduous journey of ego-transcendence; ...
Psychosis and transformation: a phenomenological inquiry

Nixon, Gary; Hagen, Brad; Peters, Tracey (SpringerHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2010)

Conventional views towards psychosis typically portray psychosis as an illness of the brain with a generally poor prognosis, even if treated with antipsychotics. However, there is a growing body of literature which ...