Addiction

I worked as an substance use disorder counselor for 2 years and then continued to use these skills for the rest of my career as addiction problems can be co-occurring with many mental health matters. I utilize motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and recovery oriented language.

As a trained addictions counselor, I work with people who are experiencing emotional pain and want it to stop. We find that pain in a variety of ways and the suffering feels completely overwhelming. I get it. I overstand. Let's turn and face that something inside of that desperately wants to be healed.

I possess specialized expertise in addiction treatment, holding a speciality license in Colorado. In addition to my formal qualifications, I have undergone extensive training and supervision to enhance my knowledge and skills in this field. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of working with numerous clients and witnessing their success in overcoming addiction. I am dedicated to providing evidence-based interventions and personalized support to individuals struggling with addiction.

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.

I approach addiction from a trauma-informed lens, considering the "whole person" and their familial, societal, emotional, and behavioral influences that facilitate addictive patterns.

I am a Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor with a live recovery experience. I've specialize in addiction treatment for over 10 years, helping individuals and families find healing from addiction. My approach is holistic, utilizing a variety of modalities. I've worked in multiple inpatient and outpatient facilities and collaborate with community resources like rehab centers and support groups for comprehensive care. Recovery doesn't happen alone and help is here.

Life's challenges can feel dark, heavy, or even impossible to deal with. Most people who start Addiction Counseling feel stuck repeating the same painful patterns. Perhaps you can relate. Maybe you feel like you want to escape your life or you have caused harm to the important people in your life. You might feel embarrassed to open up about what you’re really going through, even to family and friends. Therapy provides a non-judgemental space for you to talk freely about what’s bothering you.

We have experienced addiction trained therapist who are especially good at navigating anxiety and OCD alongside addiction. We know that once you quit drinking or drugging, anxiety/OCD or your trauma is there lurking in the shadows waiting for you to relapse. And vice versa. The impact of trauma, anxiety, and OCD (all parts of the lizard brain/amygdala) weight you down and redirect your focus on invaluable acts, tasks, and relationships. Give us a call.

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.

Alcohol and other drugs can be so insidious. The pervasive use in our culture makes it really difficult to know if you're just a "normal" person who has a bottle of wine every night or an alcoholic. Where does it cross the line? I have experience helping clients to find their personal line, and set boundaries with themselves. I will never tell you what to do, but I can help you to reduce the harm that substances are having on your life.

I have worked with Substance Use conditions for 18 years! I treat clients with a non-judgmental, person centered approach. Harm Reduction is ok! I work to address the root cause of what is driving the problem behavior (mostly using EMDR) and help you establish a new routine and set of behaviors to help you meet your goals.

I believe that without recovery from substances that therapy will always be extremely limited. Therapy is a place on the journey to deciding what one wants to do for recovery. I advocate the use of self-help programs. I have known people who quit alcohol and drugs just from church and many, many more from 12-step programs. I have worked with people who have found great assistance through recovery groups like Refuge Recovery, which is Buddhist philosophy/meditation based.

I have worked with people of all ages, individually and in groups, around substance use – and the many topics and areas of life that are often interwoven, including relationships, work, school, finances, traumatic experiences, grief, depression, anxiety, and health conditions. The focus of our work will be shaped by your individual needs and goals, both of which may evolve over time. Wherever you are is a good place to start!

I am a CADC-II (Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor) with over 17 years of professional experience in addiction and recovery and have worked in detox, residential, outpatient, jail, and private practice settings. As a licensed psychologist with extensive experience in addiction and substance abuse treatment. I am dedicated to helping individuals overcome addiction and achieve lasting recovery. My approach is evidence-based, empathetic, supportive, and will evaluate level of motivation.

Treating those in early recovery.

I have many years of experience working with addiction and have met the most incredible people who are struggling with a widely misunderstood disease. My approach to addiction is trauma-informed and neuroscience-backed. In working with over 300 people with addictions I have many tools that I cater to you and your needs. Together, we discover what you define as recovery and work within your reality to achieve and maintain recovery.

You may have been to treatment or achieved sobriety on your own. But you’re realizing that getting sober isn’t the same as staying sober…and that’s what you really hope to do. You’re likely already aware of some of the stressors or triggers that can arise, and you know how important it is to be prepared to navigate those before you encounter them. Substance abuse counseling is a safe, non-judgmental, and supportive space to help you achieve your goal of long-term sobriety.

With experience working in corrections, I have a breadth of knowledge to assist clients in understanding cycles of addictions. We will work together to uncover the root of problematic behaviors, to facilitate lasting change.

Addicts isolate because they are pulling away from relationship. Its easier to go to the unhealthy coping mechanism of choice than to deal with some of the difficult realities of relationship, and yet at the end of our lives, nobody wants to end up alone. I am an addiction specialist. I treat all addictions, even an addiction to fortune tellers. People come to me for many reasons, but they stay because I get results and get results quickly!. Call me to lay the foundation of addiction recovery