Where problem-solving becomes stuck,
addiction begins to speak.
Diction Resolution Therapy listens at that point.
Andrew Dettman | BACP Member | Enhanced DBS | Fully insured | Hull and online
Begin a conversationWho this is for
Diction Resolution Therapy is for anyone who has tried to change and found themselves returning to the same point. If problem-solving has become stuck at the addiction, DRT works at that exact place.
Addiction and relapse cycles
Alcohol, substances, painkillers, gambling, food, sugar, work patterns.
Recovery and reflection
For those in recovery who want to understand the pattern, not just manage it.
Compulsive behaviours
Patterns that feel automatic, unwanted, and resistant to willpower alone.
Emotional overwhelm
Anxiety, depression, and cross-cultural or religious disorientation.
Meaning and direction
For those asking deeper questions about purpose, identity, and what comes next.
The architecture of DRT
Addiction is not simply something to be removed. It is an interruption.
In healthy problem-solving, the mind moves through a natural sequence: commitment, contradiction, conscience, resolution. When that pathway breaks, life narrows. The same pattern returns regardless of effort or willpower.
The diagram shows where that break occurs and what restoration looks like. It is not an illustration of DRT. It is the originating architecture from which the approach developed.
The fracture occurs between AD (toward) and CONTRA (against). That is the precise point where the capacity to hold contradiction, to let conscience do its work, is lost. DRT works at that exact point.
Recovery is not becoming only good. It is becoming whole. The restored wheel reconnects MALE and BENE, holding both together within conscience rather than denying either.
Understand the full architecture
About Andrew
I am a counsellor with decades of experience working with addiction, compulsive behaviour, and the deeper human search for meaning.
My approach brings together CBT, long-term mindfulness practice, and 12-Step proficiency into a single focused method. I work with people who have tried other routes and found themselves returning to the same point. That is exactly where DRT begins.
More about Andrew and DRTWhat clients say
"
After many years of alcohol and substance abuse, I finally see a clear strategy for staying clean. Six sessions. Life turned around.
M, December 2017
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Ten sessions. Clean. Understood the illness and myself. If you are in this, get in touch. He will open your mind.
AS, June 2018
Begins with a conversation
No pressure. No commitment. Just a first step.
Face to face
Ellesmere Centre, Holderness Road, Hull
Online via Zoom
Fully encrypted. Effective for most needs.
Initial conversations
No obligation. A chance to ask questions and see if DRT feels right.
Confidential
Professional standards. Ethical practice. Everything discussed stays private.
Andrew also works with managers and institutions. Find out more.
Artificial intelligence used as a bridge. Human intelligence doing the work.
