Addiction is a treatable, chronic disease. Genetics, brain chemistry, environmental factors, and life experiences all play a role in the disease, and past trauma is often at the root of many addictions. For many who struggle with addiction, it can be helpful to know that risk factors and levels vary by person, but like any chronic condition, focusing on the cause and the symptoms in treatment offer the best chance for recovery.
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Are you struggling with marital, family, or mental health issues? I am here to help families, couples, adolescents, and children. I am also interested in helping families who are immigrants or have diverse backgrounds. I want to commit myself fully to restoring families. When I see individual clients, I try to help them resolve their problems and promote their well-being in the context of their...
Life does not have to leave us beaten down and exhausted. It doesn't have to leave us unsure of who we are and where we fit in. We don't have to just survive each day, full of negative or self defeating thoughts. You can be centered, in control of your thoughts and ready to be present with yourself and those you care about. All of the answers are already within you, and I would be honored to he...
You are looking for someone to help put the pieces back together after everything came crashing down. You know you are resilient and strong but the pain of dealing with the every day can feel like you can't breathe anymore. Everything feels like it could send you over the edge and you haven't relaxed your muscles in so long it would feel foreign if you didn't. No one would know you are struggli...
Life is a journey and sometimes we may need a little help along the way. On life's journey we may experience anxiety, depression, grief or trauma which me may lead us feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, fearful or angry. Sometime we may need someone to walk beside us on the journey to assist in overcoming and healing from life's ups and downs. I completed my internship with the U.S. Army Chaplain’...
Do you need help with issues related to depression, anxiety or substance use? Are you a teenager struggling with gender identity issues, bullying or uncontrollable anger? If you identify with any of these things then maybe counseling could be beneficial to your mental stability and overall health. I specialize in working with the adolescent population to address concerns related to mental healt...
I am currently accepting new clients of all ages. I specialize in working with children and families who've experienced trauma and offer therapeutic supervised visitations as well as individual counseling. I also work with individuals of all ages experiencing a range of symptoms due to Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, and more. I want to share with you ways to manage these symptoms, and manage your...
When we experience emotional pain, our attention can become very narrow and we tend to focus on all that is going wrong. This is more so when that emotional pain has its roots in trauma. It becomes even harder to widen our lens to access strength and recovery. As a trauma-focused therapist, I’ve devoted my career to helping others find their pathway to healing from childhood adversity, sexual...
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Hello, I'm Dr. Assouline (Dr. A). Welcome to my Psychology Today page. I am currently accepting new patients with same week appointments available. My role as a psychotherapist involves joining you in uncovering underlying stressors as well as your strengths in order to create change. Life's challenges can be difficult and can even seem impossible to overcome. We may not know it in the moment b...
I offer a space for change by nurturing diversity and inclusion. I hope to positively impact the African American community, and all communities, by decreasing the stigma of mental health and offering a place for people of color to utilize therapy and live in more authentic and whole ways. I work with communication, anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, low self-worth, shame, body imag...
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I have been fortunate in my professional experiences over the last 36 years. I have been able to work two to three positions at the same time. I was a child protection supervisor for 30 years. I have been a facilitator in groups at a batterers intervention program. For 24 years I have been an emergency mental health clinician with an emergency service program (ESP) seeing patients at area...
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