Dr Scharff, Addiction Research, Cliffside Malibu, USA. Constance has a PhD in Transformative Studies, specializing in addiction recovery. She is the Senior Addiction Research Fellow and Director of Addiction Research at Cliffside Malibu Addiction Treatment Center and coauthor with Richard Taite of the Amazon.com #1 bestselling book, 'Ending Addiction for Good'. Her analysis of integrated, holistic addiction recovery methods is being heralded as “groundbreaking” and “lifesaving". Dr Scharff writes for a variety of journals and speaks worldwide to healing professionals on the science and spirituality of addiction recovery –- from the neuroscience of addiction recovery and depression and trauma as related to addiction, to the concepts of vulnerability and hope. She has also traveled extensively in Asia, Africa, and North America, learning how to help individuals evoke life-transforming experiences and use those experiences to heal addictions and trauma.