Online Addictions therapists in Big Bear City, California CA
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Sean Brennan
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT
Addictions are the solution to a problem, not the problem itself. In order to truly resolve addictions, we need to go under the hood where the problem actually lies, or else 'sobriety' will just look like bouncing from one addiction to the next. If this sounds like you - let's get to work.
2 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Talia Chanoff
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I offer substance use support grounded in a person-centered approach that honors your autonomy, dignity, and lived experience as primary and fundamental to treatment. Maybe you are working towards harm reduction and shifting your relationship to substances, or maybe you are hoping to become or remain abstinent. Either way, rather than focusing on labels, our work centers on curiosity, compassion, and understanding your relationship with substances within the broader context of your life. Together, we explore what feels supportive, sustainable, and aligned with your values, creating space for change that is rooted in care rather than shame.
8 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA (Online Only)
David Strah
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I have helped several clients overcome addiction.
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Three Oaks Behavioral Health & Wellness
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LCMHC, LCAS
Support for individuals struggling with substance use, focusing on recovery, relapse prevention, and rebuilding a healthy lifestyle.
7 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Dr Pamela Helen Polcyn
Marriage and Family Therapist, Phd, MFT
Addictions can take over your life and keep you from focusing on what is really important to you and your family. Recovery can be achieved with the steady step by step uncovering of real issues. Regain control over your life and your choices with a new understanding of what addiction means to you..
35 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA (Online Only)
Jonathan Kruger Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Addiction of any nature is a profoundly challenging constellation of behaviors to understand, address, and ultimately replace with healthier choices. Addiction is further complicated by the strong likelihood that co-occurring conditions will accompany the addictive behavior: anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges often go hand in hand with compulsive behavior. As a result, grasping the full breadth of the patient’s behavior and background is vital to treatment, but that is just one piece of a holistic approach. Fundamentally, addiction treatment must address the fact that at the heart of compulsive behavior lies a sense of self.
The truth is, at some level we are all wounded or, indeed, fractured. The challenge for those suffering addictive behaviors is that the wounds are so profound that the only way to find relief is to engage in maladaptive behaviors. In fact, the truly nefarious aspect of addiction is that while it is rooted in a fractured sense of self, the addictive behavior itself blocks the patient’s ability to empower and re-structure their internal narrative. Addiction is not only the crutch that soothes the fractured self, it is also the barrier that prevents a new self-empowerment to emerge. This creates a vicious cycle, and the common emotional aspects of addiction then dominate the addict’s self-narrative: guilt, shame, hopelessness and despair.
The essence of overcoming addiction, and the core of my treatment philosophy, is the desire and ultimately the decision to live your life in a new and different way. This decision is extraordinarily difficult and requires a comprehensive set of tools to sustain it over a lifetime. The good news is that the scientific underpinning of addiction treatment is making extraordinary progress. My practice for addiction seeks to understand and suggest new therapeutic options, and to pair those with a deep exploration to the source of your maladaptive behaviors and the experiences that fractured your original sense of self. My goal is to create a safe, trusting and healing environment to explore these core issues and to re-create a new self-narrative, replacing addictive behaviors with new coping mechanisms and actions. Ultimately, my goal is to re-assemble the fractured self, leading to a newly empowered individual with the skillset to begin a completely new, nourishing, and rewarding life.
13 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Dr. Cassidy Blair, PSY.D.
Psychologist, B.A., M.A., Psy.D.
In encountering addictions, therapies focused on breaking old thought patterns and habits, such as dialectical and cognitive behavioral therapy represent positive and effective approaches.
18 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Dr. Lynn E. O'Connor
Therapist, PhD
I offer psychotherapy, usually in conjunction with 12-step or other addiction-specific group -participation. Conducting research and publishing in the field, I help people struggling with substance abuse overcome those long-standing pathogenic beliefs getting in their way. As clients achieve a clean and sober life, free of the chemical prison of addiction, an optimistic future opens up before them. I follow my clients as they overcome the challenges ahead and support their efforts as they redesign their lives while learning to use methods useful in relapse prevention.
34 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA (Online Only)
Julie Anderson
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Alcohol and drug abuse treatment with an intimate knowledge of twelve step programs and intensive outpatient and in patient treatment centers.
26 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Kathi Magnussen
Psychologist, Ph.D, Psy.D
When a patient no longer feels in control of their alcohol or drug use, in spite of destructive outcomes, I offer help and guidance to help them overcome their addiction.
37 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Juliette Kuhlmann
Marriage and Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
I have three years experience working as a primary therapist for an outpatient treatment center. I am skilled in providing therapy and support for those navigating sobriety, sober curiosity, aftercare, and/or chronic relapse. As a sober person, I understand the cycle of addiction and the nuances of 12 step, treatment, and family dynamics.
3 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Growth and Change Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I am an addictions specialist with specialist. I work with both process addictions like pornography, gaming, gambling, internet, and social media, and substance addictions like drugs and alcohol. If you have the desire to break free from addiction, you have come to the right place. We walk you through the process of addiction recovery and support you in your recovery journey.
8 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA (Online Only)
Laura Anderson LPCC, Eff Shame Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC
have extensive experience and am happy to support those struggling with substance abuse and other behavioral addictions. I work from a harm reduction, client-centered approach using CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing and trauma-focused recovery methodology. Please be aware that while I support those for whom the beliefs may work for, I do not work from a twelve step based perspective on 'addiction.' I work with people struggling with a variety of issues--not 'addicts.' We are each so much more than that! Moreover, shame does not heal.
12 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA (Online Only)
Chris Doorley
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT, MA
I specialize in abstinence approaches to substance use, and can work with individuals both interested in 12-step programs as well as alternatives to 12-step. Treating addictions of any kind— alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, ecigarettes/ vaping, etc.— is a multi-modal approach providing supporting the body, the mind, the emotions, and the whole spirit of the person. The simplest way to start dealing with habits and addictions is by dealing with cravings. From there, we build capacity through healthy practices.
8 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Celeste Tomasulo
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
If you're struggling with addiction, please know you're not alone and that you're not weak for not being able to stop. I follow the disease model of addiction which provides evidence supporting that there's so much around our dependency for substances that's greater than simply mind over matter. Addiction is not the issue, it is a symptom of the issue. Together, we work on exploring the rooted belief systems that drive the need to either suppress or enhance emotions and/or situations.
5 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
KIM RICHARDSON LINDLEY
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, I CADC II
It has been an honor to work in the addiction field for many years in Residential, IOP, and aftercare.
17 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Susana Scotti, Journey Psychotherapy
Psychologist, PhD
I am a Licensed Psychologist specializing in treating addiction, with a strong background in inpatient and outpatient recovery settings. Together, we understand how mental health challenges and addiction are often interconnected, with substance use frequently serving as a way to cope with emotional pain. Many people find recovery difficult when underlying mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, PTSD and ADHD remain untreated. I work with you to address those issues and strengthen sobriety skills. I support individuals seeking outpatient services to establish or maintain a healthier relationship to substances and those transitioning from residential treatment or intensive outpatient programs. Whether your goal is abstinence or harm reduction, I provide evidence-based support to help you gain and maintain recovery, prevent relapse, and build a meaningful life in sobriety. I work with you to understand the patterns driving substance use and to change behaviors that no longer serve you.
13 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA (Online Only)
Kim Gibson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, ATR
I have over 20+ years experience working with those in recovery. I've worked with clients in several settings including IOPS (intensive outpatient programs), a detox setting and in my own private practice.
25 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Ryan Muldoon
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Addiction doesn't need to take over your life. If you're ready to heal, you can do it, and I can help if you'd like. If you're NOT ready to heal, I get it, and I'll still be on your side. My own experiences with addiction and recovery have equipped me with more tools to help than my master’s degree ever could. I'm ready when you are.
5 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA
Russell Wilkie
Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT
Understanding your triggers to relapse is the best tool for staying clean and sober. A few counseling sessions digging into the triggers can save you a lot of grief as you begin to grasp why it's hard to stay clean. I have a solid understanding of 12-step treatment and recommend it for ongoing support, helping you find identity, purpose and direction. If you need help getting clean/sober for the first time, I can walk you through that process too.
34 Years Experience
Online in Big Bear City, CA (Online Only)
Addictions therapists in Big Bear City, California Statistics
Addictions therapists in Big Bear City, California average 17 years of experience and charge around $210 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Addictions or Substance Abuse (100%), Anxiety or Fears (87%), and Depression (72%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$210
Gender ID
| 48% |
Female |
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| 46% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 65% |
In Person and Online |
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| 35% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Addictions or Substance Abuse |
| 87% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 72% | Depression |
| 69% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 56% | Loss or Grief |
| 56% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 46% | Stress |