Lance Dodes

About the Author

Lance Dodes, MD, is a distinguished psychiatrist and psychoanalyst with over four decades of experience in the field of addiction treatment. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he served as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital in Boston before becoming a supervising and training analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Dr. Dodes has dedicated his career to challenging conventional approaches to addiction, advocating for evidence-based methods over unproven ideologies. His groundbreaking work exposes the flaws in traditional recovery models, offering a compassionate, science-driven perspective that empowers individuals to achieve lasting sobriety without reliance on dogmatic programs.