You might recognize some of these patterns:

• Drinking or using more than you planned — or more often than you want

• Using substances to manage anxiety, trauma, depression, or stress

• Feeling shame, guilt, or secrecy around your use

• Relationships, work, sleep, health, or mood suffering because of substances

• Repeatedly trying to cut back or stop without long-term success

• Using substances to “feel normal” instead of to feel good

These are very common experiences — especially when trauma, childhood experiences, or chronic stress are in the background.

My Approach to Substance Use & Addiction Counseling

I meet you exactly where you are, no lectures, no forced labels, no one-size-fits-all program.

We work together to:

• Understand the real reasons substances became important (they usually made a lot of sense at first)

• Address underlying issues — especially trauma, PTSD/complex trauma, anxiety, and depression

• Build practical, realistic coping skills you can actually use

• Create a path that matches your goals (abstinence, moderation, harm reduction — all are valid)

• Heal the deeper emotional pain that often drives the cycle

Therapeutic tools I frequently draw from include:

• Trauma-informed care & EMDR-informed processing

• Somatic/body-centered awareness

• Mindfulness & nervous system regulation

• Cognitive-behavioral strategies

• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) when appropriate for treatment-resistant depression/anxiety/trauma