Addictions therapists in Ridgecrest, California CA
Addictions or Substance Abuse
Eric van der Voort
Psychologist, PsyD, CST, CSWT
Thinking about changing your drinking or substance use can feel daunting or overwhelming. After all, drinking and using do offer some benefits, such as experiencing pleasure, feeling more social, or perhaps even enhancing your sexual experiences. On the flip side, many people also experience numerous downsides, side effects, or unwanted repercussions when they use. Taking inventory of what you have at stake can be helpful in making a decision about whether or not to change. Those reasons can be especially helpful in moments of distress or temptation.
Exploring what might be underneath your drinking or substance use is crucial. Sometimes painful experiences from your past propel you to find a quick solution to the pain. Alcohol and drugs can be effective at numbing pain, but you may be left with unresolved grief, trauma, anger, shame, or guilt. Treatment requires an integrative approach that addresses both the substance use and your emotional pain.
If you have decided that you’d like to change your drinking or substance use, therapy can help you accomplish your goal. There is no “one size fits all” treatment approach when it comes to treating addiction or substance misuse, so let’s work together to determine what will best help you live the life you want. Give me a call me today to get help reaching your substance use treatment goals.
9 Years Experience
Addictions or Substance Abuse
Helen Star, MFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT, SEP
We build on your strengths and the passion you have for life and work to create the lifestyle that you want, whether the ideal lifestyle includes drug and alcohol use or not. The assumption is, that as we strengthen your healthy self, the impulses to use in an unhealthy manner will decrease. Using a harm reduction strategy I work hard to meet you “where you are at” and together we determine the path forward.
I have many years experience working directly with individuals who want to stop or decrease their use of alcohol and other drugs. I have worked extensively with people who are in a 12 step program. I have a deep understanding of that philosophy and can utilize the principles of 12 step recovery in the therapy session. I also have in-depth experience working with people from a Harm Reduction point of view, meaning we work to mitigate the harm drugs or alcohol is causing in your life. To learn more about Harm Reduction, click here.
33 Years Experience
Addictions or Substance Abuse
Barry Lipscomb
Hypnotherapist, CHT
Maybe you are working the 12-steps but keep relapsing. Or you find that meetings are not keeping you clean and sober. You know that something deep is driving you to drink or drug and you just can’t stop it. Your life has grown unmanageable, and you no longer have control over the decision to take a drink or do drugs though you desperately want to stop. You know that you need something more if you are ever going to have a clean and sober life.
Using guided meditation and hypnotherapy, we work together to understand the underlying patterns and trauma that lead you to drinking and drugging. I help you understand and heal what is underneath this destructive behavior. We tap into your own inner wisdom and intuition as a resource for healing and charting a clean and sober path forward for a more fulfilling and productive life.
Contact me to schedule a complimentary 15-minute information session to learn more about Depth Hypnosis counseling sessions and how we can get traction in your sobriety.
4 Years Experience
Addictions or Substance Abuse
Vanessa Ffrench
Pre-Licensed Professional, Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (103346), Certified Yoga & Meditation Instructor
I have experience working with clients who have addiction and substance abuse issues. I also am a recovered substance use client
13 Years Experience
Addictions or Substance Abuse
Ilah Brock - Central Valley Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapist, C.Ht
The three (3) most popular reasons why someone would seek the services of a hypnotherapist would be #1 - Smoking Cessation - I have two programs I offer, The first is "quit in one day" One and Done" with two follow up appointments. And that's it. The second Quit Smoking program is to quit at a future date and we work together to prepare you to quit and then on your quit day you just do that ... you quit.
#2 Reason - Weight Loss and Hypnotherapy. The goal here is to help adjust how you view food and eating and eliminate the reasons of emotional eating. Getting passed that and learning new amazing solid nutritional information that helps you stay motivated, organized and gives you proper knowledge. My program is 9 sessions - there is no obligation in this program. I ask at the first session if you are ready to change your way of life in eating, forever? Diet is not a 2 week or 6 month ordeal and then go back to your old habits. We establish new habits to combat those weight causing ones you use to have.
Reason #3 - Anxiety - This is actually a very big issue in our society now more than ever. I have a very unique technique and it is very effective with helping you overcome anxiety and panic attacks. I teach you tools you can use in your own daily life to rid yourself of that uncomfortable sense that anxiety causes. Are you anxious? Where do you feel it? Throat? gut? back? Head? Other?
There are other popular reasons why someone would seek my services - These three are the most popular.
#4 Grief/ Loss
#5 "I'm Stuck and do not know how to get passed my 'xyz" situation and I just want to be successful and happy. Let's find your "impetus" and get you moving.
And so on and so forth
7 Years Experience