Sher: Art Therapy Helped Me Defeat Cocaine Demon
Byline: Sophie Goodchild Health Editor
SIR ANTONY SHER told today how treatment at a London clinic helped him beat his addiction to cocaine.
The award-winning actor revealed he still has therapy once a week at Capio Nightingale hospital in Marylebone.
He has gone public about his struggle in the hope that more people will seek professional help. The treatment is a form of psychotherapy that helps patients "unlock" problems through painting and drawing.
This week the first exhibition of work by Capio Nightingale patients who have completed the treatment was unveiled at the hospital in Lisson Grove, which has treated Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty. …
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Article title: Sher: Art Therapy Helped Me Defeat Cocaine Demon.
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Newspaper title: The Evening Standard (London, England).
Publication date: November 27, 2009.
Page number: 25.
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