Addiction and Codependency

Having been raised in a family with rampant addiction issues, I feel uniquely qualified to work with people with issues of addiction and codependency. Beyond my personal experiences, I have been the director of outpatient services at a treatment center for co-occurring disorders (this means working with patients who have both addiction and another mental health disorder). I’ve also worked in a prison where I taught classes on addiction and relapse prevention and with people on probation for substance use offenses.

Personally, I am in recovery from my own codependency and spent a few years attending Alanon meetings as a young adult. All these experience help prepare me for the kinds of addiction issues I’ve seen in my practice, including drugs and alcohol, shopping, eating, and sexual addiction.

Those working to recover from addiction may feel as though moving beyond the addiction leaves holes in their life. I work with people not only to work through the addiction issues, but also to fill these holes back up with something positive and beneficial for your health and well being.

My goals are to help people figure out what works best for them in this process. For some that’s a spiritual path, for some it’s AA (or another support group), and for others it’s finding healthier surroundings (people, places and things). No matter where you land, I’ll help you reduce the obstacles that threaten recovery, strengthen your desire, and help you commit to recreating your life.