Addictive behaviour doesn't just go away by itself.  

Counselling is a step to help you understand the pain beneath your addictive behaviours and then find more adaptive ways of living life.

Together we will:

-Assess the progression of your addiction

-Identify contributing factors eg. mental health and/or trauma

-Work to break through the denial and delusion that keeps addictive behaviour intact

-Create an individualized treatment plan

-Work to heal underyling trauma

-Develop Relapse Prevention Tools

-Promote Accountability and Integrity

Sex as well as the fantasy of romance, sex and/or love can become compulsive tools to mask emotional pain and deal with the wounds of unresolved trauma.  

Whether you are engaging in compulsive sexuality or compulsive sexual avoidance (as in the case of sexual anorexia), we will work together to heal the wounds underneath and pursue healthier connection with yourself and others.

If you love someone who is struggling with substance addiction, you know first hand how painful it is to be powerless over someone else. You might find yourself:

-Over-functioning when the addict under-functions

-Having difficulty drawing boundaries with the addict

-Putting the addict's needs before yours

-Never feeling safe and compensating by being hypervigilant

-Taking care of the addict excessively eg. Financially, emotionally

-Telling yourself things will change if you just help 'one last time'

-Lying awake at night in fear or having recurring nightmares

I WORK WITH LOVED ONES OF ADDICTS, EMPOWERING THEM TO FIND HEALING AND CONNECT TO HOPE