What is Addiction Counseling?

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Addiction Counseling is for individuals who have substance use issues, including alcohol or other substances. Counselors perform Addiction Counseling in an inpatient or extensive outpatient program.

You can expect individual and group therapy sessions focused on learning skills to help you recover. These skills include identifying triggers that make you want to use substances. Once you learn your triggers, you can then practice coping with them when they arise.

Addiction Counseling emphasizes:

  • Building a support network of sober individuals
  • Pausing to breathe when stressful events or emotions arise
  • Fostering a practice of yoga, meditation, or another form of exercise
  • Maintaining healthy habits
  • Finding creative outlets that work, such as journaling or art
  • Attending a support group or self-help meetings
  • Staying in contact with a mental health professional

Addiction Counseling may involve a detox program, a space to get the substances out of your system before undergoing treatment. Additionally, Addiction Counseling emphasizes developing and practicing behaviors that work for each individual. Counselors recognize that everyone has different stressors that might cause a relapse.

Therapists Who Specialize in Using Addiction Counseling

Are you addicted to sex, porn, or online activities? Alter your thinking and habits to break your addiction. Save your relationship and your sex life/drive. I have a dozen years' experience working with all forms of client sex issues, infidelity, escorts, porn, sexting, online/anon sex, deviance, and shame. I can help you cope with sexual anxieties, body image, impotence. to be clear, I also he...
Phoenix Rising Behavioral provides treatment programs and resources for addiction, dual diagnosis, and mental health conditions. Decades of clinical and recovery experience separate our team from the rest! Our programs are designed to meet you where you are at in your recovery, whether starting out or continuing your journey. We are here to help you every step of the way. Call our Admissions te...
Barrington Addiction Recovery (BAR) is a group of addiction specialists within Barrington Behavioral Health & Wellness offering services to individuals and families struggling with alcohol or drugs. From intervention services to long term recovery, we have been specializing in the field for the past 20 years. Our clinicians are non-judgemental, compassionate, and clinically excellent. We meet y...
We offer chemical dependency counseling, family counseling, individual counseling, relapse prevention, anger management, ADIS classes and DUI assessments Monday through Saturday 9:00AM-9:00PM. We offer intensive outpatient services (IOP), level 2.1 as well as level 1 outpatient services (OP). We offer customizable UA’s for a drug free workplace, EAP and HR programs as well as UA’s for walk in...
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My services would best help someone who feels lost and hopeless in their situation. Someone who has completed treatment for substance abuse, but still struggles to maintain sobriety. Clients who seek my help will receive the utmost in professional care. This journey will not be easy, but I will be by your side guiding you and giving you the tools to break free from addiction. I can be your...
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My services would best help someone who feels lost and hopeless in their situation. Someone who has completed treatment for substance abuse, but still struggles to maintain sobriety. Clients who seek my help will receive the utmost in professional care. This journey will not be easy, but I will be by your side guiding you and giving you the tools to break free from addiction. I can be your...
**Accepting New Clients** Are you mandated by the courts to attend Substance and/or Alcohol Abuse treatment? Are you tired of feeling stuck in the cycle of addiction year after year and it seems like there is no end in sight? You say to yourself " I want help and I want it now!" Well, you've come to the right place! I work with individuals who are in Family Court, Child Protective Services,...
Hello, My name is Nick Ciaccia. I am the owner of Addiction Counseling Services, LLC in the Belford section of Middletown, NJ. I specialize in the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction. I have been working in the field of addictions for over a decade and I have a master’s in addiction counseling from Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ. I also have been in the recovery process for over 14...

Lydia Arlene Christian

Brooklyn

New York

As a therapist I first begin by meeting my clients where they are. My second aim is to understand the client as a whole and not just their diagnosis/issue. I don't focus on the diagnoses/issues, i like to assist my clients in being the best version of themselves. I believe that everyone is an individual, even in sharing the same diagnosis or life issues, I strive to treat every client as an...
If you or a loved one are struggling with addiction I know the challenges of this lifestyle. You do not have to go to 'rehab' to make lasting changes in your life. Leaving your family, job, school or other responsibilities for an extended period of time is not always needed to get yourself healthy and on the right track. Being caught in the cycle of addiction is hard...feelings of anxiety, fear...
Libby is an Provisionally Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She holds a masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and an additional masters in Addiction Counseling. Libby sees children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly....
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