Dr. Tom Horvath, Ph.D.

Dr. Tom Horvath, Ph.D., a California licensed and board certified clinical psychologist (ABPP), is the founder and president of Practical Recovery, a self-empowering addiction treatment system in San Diego. He is past president of the American Psychological Association’s Society on Addiction Psychology (Division 50), the world’s largest organization of addiction psychologists, and past president of the San Diego Psychological Association. He is the author of Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions (listed by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies as a “Self-Help Book of Merit”). He has been president of SMART Recovery, an international non-profit, which offers free, self-empowering, science-based addiction recovery support groups, for over a decade.

Education

St. John's College
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Liberal Arts
1975

California School of Professional Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
1981

References

Dr. Tom Hovarth, Ph.D. Realize Recovery.

Practical Recovery. Private Practice Website.

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