Many people, myself included, experience treating addictions as the beginning of a transformational process.  

I work with people at different stages in their recovery journey. For some clients, I am the first person they discuss their addiction with. Some clients after talking decide to seek further help from recovery groups or inpatient or outpatient programs. I refer these clients to trusted programs and then look forward to being part of their aftercare and ongoing recovery. Other clients have been sober some time and are ready to address underlying issues and go deeper. I also see many couples where one or both partners are in recovery.

Recovery is a lifetime process and the growth never ends! Some therapists (and people) stigmatize and lack understanding about addiction and 12 step recovery. That’s not me. Many clients appreciate that I am intimately acquainted with the 12 step recovery process.

I provide my recovering clients:

• vital skills for relapse prevention

• an opportunity to process the issues underlying your addiction

• education about addiction valuable resources

• an opportunity to develop spiritually and open up to the gifts of recovery

• depth therapy to deepen longterm recovery

What is Codependence? 

Codependence inhibits intimacy and fuels addiction. People recovering from addiction or people close to recovering addicts greatly benefit from treating codependence. Early relational trauma or difficulty impacts our development in key areas. Codependence recovery is about identifying arrested development and continuing to develop in these key areas:

• Self-esteem - developing innate self worth and value

• Boundaries - developing an emotional, physical and energetic filtration system

• Reality - having a deep sense of your own truth

• Self-care - ability to identify and meet needs and wants

• Moderation - developing the ability to regulate emotion

Codependence is not what pop-culture says. It’s not about being codependent “on someone.” The truth is we are all codependent to some extent because 1) we all had imperfect parenting and 2) we can always develop more, especially in these key areas. I lean on the comprehensive model of codependence as developed by Pia Melody to help my clients understand how early relational trauma impacted their development. Processing this trauma helps my clients continue to grow and develop in these key areas making life and relationships better and better.