Urge Shift

Urge Shift is a private recovery tool for adults who want to change unwanted compulsive online habits and build healthier responses to difficult urges. It was created by James Costigan, a qualified psychotherapist with extensive experience supporting people with addiction and recovery. The guidance is practical, direct and designed to be used when you need one clear next step—not another lecture. The therapeutic foundation is Carl Rogers’s person-centred approach: empathy, honesty and respect for each person’s capacity to understand themselves and choose their own direction. ONE STEP AT A TIME Start with what you are feeling. Urge Shift then guides you through a short series of simple choices and helps you select a realistic action for that moment. SUPPORT WHEN THE PULL FEELS STRONG Use the two-minute reset to slow the moment down, settle your body and create enough space to make a…