Addiction

I offer a compassionate yet practical approach to reducing or eliminating your alcohol use. I believe alcohol is one of the most damaging drugs around & if you want to stop or reduce your intake, then you are one of the smart ones! It is crazy to me that oftentimes people are judged as "having a problem" or being "abnormal" if they don't drink. If you are ready to stop or reduce alcohol, you are in the right place and I look forward to helping you finally become free of the chains of alcohol.

Part of my work includes being a Care Manager at Exodus Recovery in Los Angeles. This includes working one-on-one with folks in recovery as well as facilitating groups.

I am interested in working with folks looking to change their relationships with alcohol and drugs. I am trained in harm reduction psychotherapy and provide a client centered approach around these topics. I believe that abstinence is a form of harm reduction AND it is not the only solution to our complex relationships with substances. I am here to meet you where you are at and work with you to get to where you want to be.

I am a compassionate and knowledgeable substance abuse counselor that will work with you where you are to develop your path to sobriety based on your goals. I have experience with harm reduction, tapering down and abstinence. Mental Health therapy can also help with individuals currently in a medication management program. There are several paths to sobriety; don't give up before you experience your unique path to healing.

As a person in long term recovery, I incorporate the 12 step principles in my therapy. I have 7 years of experience in treating substance use disorders, and how depression and anxiety are often underlying mental health conditions that affect achieving long term recovery.

Provided medication management and psychotherapy in a Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) for substance and behavioral addictions.

Has your work performance suffered from substance use? Are you dealing with financial fallout, legal troubles or other serious challenges as a result of substance abuse? Have the resulting behaviors from substance use put a strain on your relationships? If you use substances, including alcohol, you may be in denial that your behaviors are unhealthy. If substance abuse is impacting your life, recovery with our help at The Relationship Suite in New York can help you overcome unhealthy behaviors,

Have you been trying to cut back on drinking but keep finding yourself back in the same old pattern? Are you tired of feeling sick, out of control, and reliant on alcohol? You don't have to do this alone. By working one on one in therapy, we can identify ways that you can find relief and successfully reduce or abstain from drinking. Having a therapist that's experienced in alcohol abuse will support you in addressing underlying issues that have been keeping you stuck.

Many times addiction at its core, is a result of a behavior that is used to get relief, replacing a bad feeling with a good feeling, or numbing the bad feeling so that there is nothing to feel at all. Having specialized in this field for years, I understand what works and what doesn't. I will help get to the root cause and provide discovery to independence from the binds of addiction. If talk therapy or AA is not giving you sustained results, my work is for you.

I am a licensed addictions counselor and have worked inpatient facilities for the past decade. I am also in recovery from addiction.

I have worked in the substance abuse field since 2007. I have worked with clients from acute inpatient treatment through sober living and aftercare

When it comes to working with different types of addictions some starting question are: 1. What is the person trying to escape? 2. Where is the emotional pain coming from? 3. What purpose does the addiction serve? 4. What was life like before the addiction? I help people emotionally navigate through these questions and arrive to their own inner-clarity and truth about themselves and the relationship they have with their substance/behavior addictions.

I started my work in mental healthcare with people struggling with substance use/misuse, and have extensive knowledge in this area. Together, we can create a way for you to analyze and change your relationship to substances or gambling (or other addictive habits).

I have experience working at inpatient and outpatient rehabs for addiction treatment. I am versed in relapse prevention, coping skills, etc.

I have many years of experience working in the field of addiction recovery, from both abstinence-based and harm reduction standpoints.

As an individual in long-term recovery, I intimately understand the challenges of getting and staying sober from alcohol and other substances. Loss of friends and your social circle, persistent feelings of isolation, and finding new means of coping with difficult situations/emotions/stress are just a few of the issues I tackle with clients in recovery. I am uniquely equipped to help both newly sober individuals as well as those in long-term recovery.