Addiction Counseling

Addiction can take many forms and can be experienced with both substances (drugs and alcohol, for example) and behaviors (such as gambling). Typically, addiction involves repeating an activity despite the problems or negative consequences it is causing in your life. Addiction can cause changes in the brain’s wiring that make it difficult to stop the drug or behavior. But the good news is, you don’t have to figure it out on your own. If you or someone you know is suffering from an addiction, contact one of our addiction counseling specialists today to get help.

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The path of personal growth is exciting and inspiring. Regardless of the modality used, it is my goal to help you discover and uncover your highest potential.

— Jessica Morrison, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Our addictions therapists have years of experience working with substance use disorders in treatment centers and IOP.

— Stephen Rodgers, Clinical Social Worker in Denver, CO
 

I have a certificate in Drug and Alcohol Counseling.

— Kristin Roberts, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Seattle, WA

Since 2012, I have worked in residential treatment centers, intensive outpatient treatment centers and was a manager of Kaiser Permanente's Addiction Medicine and Recovery Services clinic in Santa Clara. I have years of experience and training in many approaches to addiction treatment, including abstinence-based care, harm reduction, 12 step and non-12 step modalities, Relapse Prevention, Medication Assisted Treatment, Co-Occurring Disorders, and Family Codependency Treatment.

— Lauren Hadley, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Campbell, CA
 

Addiction is a brain disease that affects your thinking, judgment, perceptions, emotions, and affects you spiritually. It's not "your fault," however, It affects all aspects of your life and your family members' lives as well; that 's why it's called, "A Family Disease. " It's important to know, even though it is a chronic, relapseable, progressive, often fatal disease, you can live a full happy life in recovery, which keeps me coming back: Hope and Recovery, from addiction to Recovery.

— Joanne Baum, Clinical Social Worker

I have worked with this populations for over 3 years in different settings. Harm reduction is the core of my work with clients but this is not the only method I use.

— Alex Gomez, Licensed Professional Counselor in Austin, TX
 

Working with addiction is about accepting who you are while also asking you to change. People with addictions are blamed, and yes you need to be held responsible, but you also need to find the part of yourself that knows that you didn't consciously choose this for yourself and that you want better for yourself and others...in spite of all of the evidence others have of you being selfish, uncaring, and irresponsible.

— Catherine Ferreira-Babor, Clinical Psychologist in Walnut Creek, CA

Addiction can be a difficult cycle to break, but with the right support and treatment, recovery is possible. Our addiction counselors are here to help you overcome addiction and develop a healthy, fulfilling life in recovery. We offer a variety of evidence-based treatments for addiction.

— Robin Schelling, Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in Sugarland, TX
 

Addiction counseling focuses on the 4 "C"s of addiction which are: compulsion, cravings, consequence, and control. Sessions will focus on why the addiction happened and the motivations of the person affected. The goal is that once aware of their actions the gain is a better understanding of themselves which assists in promoting recovery.

— Stephen Ricco, Addictions Counselor

To some degree, we all use behaviors to escape reality and cope with suffering. You or your loved ones may be concerned that your relationship to substances or repetitive behaviors has become a barrier to your healthy functioning. Let's explore this relationship further and gather insight into how you might learn to meet your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs in ways that do not limit your potential.

— Maryann Bavisotto, Social Worker in Buffalo, NY
 

My approach to addiction counseling is adjusting therapy to meet the needs of people suffering from addictions because no two people are alike. I mix several techniques using neurosciences, relapse prevention, brain associations and psychotherapy to autopsy patterns of relapse/lapse that have become problematic to evoke lifestyle changes. I also draw off personal addiction experiences as well as the freedom, peace, and integrity I've experienced in my own recovery-based lifestyle.

— Patrick Varney, Drug & Alcohol Counselor in Phoenix, AZ

The addiction counselor's role is to guide the recovering person and help them grow according to their capacity and values, allowing them to have the resources they need to live a drug-free or alcohol-free life. There are four levels of addiction: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. We will discuss each level in-depth and provide tips for overcoming addiction.

— Renee Eddy, LMSW, Master CASAC, Life Coach ACC, Licensed Master of Social Work in New York, NY
 

Because addiction is a disease, substance abuse treatment professionals use several approaches to help individuals heal and recover. Among these approaches are evidence-based and holistic treatments. Each treatment is utilized during substance abuse treatment and is often used together. Here at our addiction treatment center in Illinois, our experienced and compassionate team of counselors, therapists, and medical professionals routinely use addiction counseling to improve recovery outcomes.

— Nicole Digironimo, Licensed Professional Counselor in NEPTUNE, NJ

Prior clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of substance and behavioral addiction disorders in outpatient and residential treatment facility settings.

— Landon Coleman, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in New York, NY
 

To some degree, we all use behaviors to escape reality and cope with suffering. You or your loved ones may be concerned that your relationship to substances or repetitive behaviors has become a barrier to your healthy functioning. Let's explore this relationship further and gather insight into how you might learn to meet your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs in ways that do not limit your potential.

— Maryann Bavisotto, Social Worker in Buffalo, NY

I got started in therapy because of my personal journey with addiction. I have extensive experience working at inpatient, outpatient, and faith settings.

— Anthony Sung, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Prairie Village, KS
 

So called “experts” on “sexual addiction” erroneously take clients with paraphilic disorders into treatment. These paraphilic disorders, such as voyeuristic, exhibitionistic, frotteuristic , masochism, pedophilic, fetishistic, and nonconsensual behavior disorders are wrongly placed in “sexual addiction” treatment under the excuse that these behaviors often include sexual obsession. The “sex addiction” “expert” is then unable to adequately treat these, by definition, deviant behaviors.

— Sex Addiction, Sexual Misbehavior, Infidelity Expert James Foley, Psychotherapist in Los Angeles, CA

As a previous substance abuse counselor, I have experience with a harm reduction model as well as the 12 step model in order to offer a comprehensive take on addiction.

— Susannah Couch, Therapist in Athens, GA