Addiction Counseling

With a passion for helping those with addictions, I continually stay up to date with the best practices in addiction counseling. Oftentimes there is a reason for people's addiction, and so I not only work on helping clients change their current behaviors, but also on the underlying reasons and past trauma. As with other mental health challenges, I offer a compassionate and non-judgmental approach, helping clients to offer themselves compassion and acceptance that is needed for persistent change

I have specialized training in addiction medicine and I work with individuals to build motivation to stop using substances, identify triggers, interrupt the thought-trigger-craving-use cycle, and develop healthy coping skills to promote long-term sobriety. I also work with individuals who are struggling with a loved one's addiction.

Are you struggling with behaviors or patterns that you can't seem to control? Addiction Counseling can help. My approach blends empathy, trauma-focused techniques, and real-life understanding to help you create lasting change and healing in your life. As the author of Sobriety Workbook for Women and as a former drug rehab counselor, I’ve helped many people navigate their recovery journey. Email me to schedule an appointment. I look forward to connecting with you!

I am a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist. I have worked with addiction related issues for over ten years. I have worked with individuals in methadone and suboxone treatment programs. I ran an intensive outpatient program, outpatient therapy groups, as well as, individual therapy for those struggling with addiction.

Certified Sex Addiction Therapist through the Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals, with over 120 hours of specialized continuing education and over 30 supervised clinical hours in the treatment of sex addiction.

I am a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) in North Carolina and have worked in a variety of addiction treatment settings. I've worked with individuals whose goal is to achieve or maintain sobriety and their family members, as well as those who want to create a healthier relationship with substances.

Quitting or slowing down on any addiction is scary. I work with motivational interviewing to get down to the true meaning of addiction and what you are really looking for from life so you can be more fulfilled than you ever thought possible.

The WORST thing addiction does is keep a person alone. Together we will not only face your addiction but overcome the underlying issues that are keeping you stuck in it so you can live with more freedom, fulfillment, and relational connection. Interested? Reach out via phone or email to set up a free consultation. Availability is limited.

With 10yrs experience as an addiction counselor, it is my goal to help you feel confident in your recovery. We will do a thorough review of triggers, coping skills, and your relapse prevention plan. During our sessions we will get honest and real about what is keeping you in your addiction and make a plan to move out of addiction into recovery. You deserve it!

Addictions (substances or behaviors) are all defenses based in physical and/or psychological pain reduction. If we can eliminate the cause of the pain, the need for the addiction can go as well. While this may sound simple, that doesn’t mean it’s easy or painless to do. We will address the pains that lead you to your addiction and work through the obstacles to abstinence and sobriety, if that is what you want, whether you choose to do so via a 12-step program or without it.

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.

Addictions Counselor since 2017

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.

My approach to addiction counseling includes elements of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and various mindfulness techniques.

Professor Bisher is an addiction specialist helping men quickly overcome compulsive sexual behavior (porn and sex addiction). He brings an empathic & empowering approach with a focus on achieving sustainable sobriety quickly.

I have a Master of Arts Degree in Addiction Studies: Advanced Practice and recently left Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation after seven years for private practice. I am well versed in the treatment of substance misuse on multiple levels of care and in varying stages of change. I am a believer in meeting each client where they are at, as they are the expert on themselves, and helping them show up in their lives the way they want to.

I have worked at every level of substance abuse and addiction treatment, from inpatient to outpatient to community education. I work with individuals coming in through self-referral and those with court involvement. Glad to help you work on your addictive compulsions in intensive or regular outpatient treatment.

Anxious, ADDICTED, and depressed people isolate because they are pulling away from relationship, it hurts too much, and in addiction, the momentary pleasure of my addiction of choice suppresses the psychological pain that the addict is responding too. We are addiction specialists and we will hold your hand through the process of addiction recovery. We walk you through a step by step system of addiction recovery that is rooted in evidenced based practices and lived experience. There is hope!

As a licensed addiction counselor I provide counseling for those who are affected by a loved ones alcohol or drug use. I also provide counseling for process addictions such as gambling, gaming, internet, pornography and other behaviors. And something new! Due to safety issues with Covid-19, I am introducing walk and talk therapy. Beach, state park trails, even Brookgreen Gardens can provide a peaceful backdrop for your therapy sessions. *Insurance may not cover this.