I have worked in the addiction treatment industry for many years. Well–more accurately, I have worked with clients struggling with addiction in ways that land them outside of the mainstream rehab industry.

I have chosen to collaborate with other healthcare professionals on providing alternative approaches to addiction, because I hold firm beliefs about how problems with drugs and alcohol come to be, and how people can find freedom from these problems.

I am not interested in placing the blame and a permanent label on you, the individual. Instead, I see addiction as a coping mechanism in response to dynamic personal and social factors.

Our conversations will challenge the dominant practice of boiling addiction down to a problem that lies within your biology or your genetics. Instead, we will tease out the many complexities that make up your addiction.

While I understand that your past experiences and biological makeup may contribute to your current issues with substance use or problematic behaviors, I also know that it’s not that simple.

I have witnessed the effects of loneliness, isolation, trauma and societal pressures on my clients. From this, I have learned that a life lived with more community, connections, purpose and belonging can help stand up against the experience of feeling alone, broken, and doomed.

I know that addiction can be a monster, and I believe that you and I can find the way to your dreamed of life.