Addiction Counseling

I have specific training around working with people struggling with addiction, specifically around alternatives to 12-step models.

I leverage a person-centric approach with motivational interviewing, as well as I leverage advanced EMDR protocols (such as DeTUR and FSAP).

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.

I am a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor in the state of Texas. Approximately 2 decades of experience.

I'm in expert in this area because I completed professional training over 30 years ago and have frequently used it in my practice to help numerous people.

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.

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.

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.

I have worked in addiction services for a number of years, helping people develop and maintain long-term recovery, using group and individual counseling and supporting medication assisted recovery services.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

We approach addiction treatment from a biopsychosocial perspective and help people understand the needs being fulfilled through their use via the self-medication hypothesis. There's a reason(s) people begin to develop unhealthy relationships with drugs or alcohol. Instead of shaming people for doing their best to cope, we help them reduce negative consequences of substance misuse while increasing values-based, compelling alternatives.

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.