Sober by the Bay is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Chronic Relapse, Codependency, Divorce, Dual Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Stress, and Women's Issues. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
Being a person in long term recovery, 28+ years, I understand this search might feel challenging. Sober by the Bay provides a compassionate and empathetic approach to drug & alcohol counseling, incorporating the many underlining issues that increase our desire/need to self medicate. I like to ask, in the words of Dr. Gabor Mate’, ‘why the pain, not why the addiction?” We know that addiction is often the way we manage pain that feels unmanageable. A coping skill if you will. The pain and ‘dis-ease’, and dis-comfort could stem from an underlining mental health disorder, unresolved feelings related to grief and loss and often trauma My intention is for us to create a path to Recovery, whatever that means to you, to recover and discover who you really are and who you want to be. To uncover that underlining dis-ease. We will meet you where you are (phone and video sessions available) assisting you in getting you to where you want to go. This work is simple, not easy. I am ready, a