Best Addiction & Substance Abuse Counselors in Gardner, MA

It is important to me that you have a healthcare experience that addresses you wholistically. I am dually licensed as both a Family Therapist and Genetic Counselor in Florida with a combined 14 years of professional work experience. If you have daily hassles, life transitions, or chronic/acute health conditions that are becoming overwhelming, please consider reaching out. My therapy style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, including our country's service men and women. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, motivational interviewing techniques and schema therapy. I will tailor our dialogue and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards change. If you are ready to take that step, I am here to support and empower you.

I have over 10 years of experience working with people who have experienced homelessness as well as serious mental health and addiction. I received my Master's degree and went on to become a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). Besides counseling, I have done a great deal of social work for those who are low-income, facing many challenges including housing stability. My approach is to work at each person's own pace and learn as much as I can about who you are to better help provide support. This leads to providing what treatment approach will work best for the individual (or couple). I also highly draw upon Solution-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the work I do with clients. My goal is to provide you with a therapeutic experience that allows you to feel relief and shifts sooner rather than later and to give you a sense of confidence moving forward in both yourself and the therapeutic process. As my client, you can expect to be treated with respect, care, compassion, and have someone walking beside you who will support you in becoming the best version of yourself that feels right, true, and honest to you. I look forward to meeting you, getting to know more about what is going on in your life right now, and beginning to help you feel better through our time together. For your reference, my online office hours are Monday-Saturday. Sunday is my personal day and I am not available for messaging or sessions that day. Any messages I receive after Saturday evening will be responded to on Monday. For the foreseeable future, for any new clients I begin working with, I am available via messaging and live chat sessions only (not phone or video).

I am licensed in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island with 26 years working in the areas of Child Protection, Emergency Psychiatric Evaluations, Substance Use Disorders, Trauma, Partner/Spousal abuse and private practice therapeutic work using an eclectic approach tayloring treatment to the needs of each individual - as well as being trained in EMDR ( Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, relationship issues, & trauma and abuse. I have worked with a diverse population and a wide range of emotional issues. I believe that you are the expert when it comes to your own story and that you may possess the many strengths needed to overcome whatever challenges you may face. I look forward to working with you to build the life you want to live.