Substance Abuse Recovery
Do you struggle in your closest relationships? Do you wish you were healthy and felt better physically every day? Are your finances a mess? Or maybe you are just “sick and tired of being sick and tired”? Do you find yourself turning to drugs or alcohol to cope with the daily pressures of life?
We can begin to approach the problem first by examining your goals, hopes, and dreams, your motivations for use and triggers for use. It can be particularly helpful to learn how stress and past pain or disappointments factor into the urge to use drugs or alcohol. We will address the conditions of use along with the use itself.
We build on your strengths and the passion you have for life and work to create the lifestyle that you want, whether the ideal lifestyle includes drug and alcohol use or not. The assumption is, that as we strengthen your healthy self, the impulses to use in an unhealthy manner will decrease. Using a harm reduction strategy I work hard to meet you “where you are at” and together we determine the path forward.
I have many years experience working directly with individuals who want to stop or decrease their use of alcohol and other drugs. I have worked extensively with people who are in a 12 step program. I have a deep understanding of that philosophy and can utilize the principles of 12 step recovery in the therapy session. I also have in-depth experience working with people from a Harm Reduction point of view, meaning we work to mitigate the harm drugs or alcohol is causing in your life. To learn more about Harm Reduction, click here.