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Are substance abuse problems causing issues in your relationships and making life more challenging? If so, it’s time to seek help. A substance abuse therapist can help you calm cravings, identify triggers, and remedy mental issues so you can stop using substances and start celebrating sobriety.

Whether you are located in downtown Paterson, the suburbs of Paterson, other nearby places such as Passaic, Hackensack, or anywhere else in New Jersey, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Need Substance Abuse Therapy

Many people use substances, but get overwhelmed with them and are not sure when or if to stop. It can be difficult to know when it’s time to seek help for substance use. So, here are some signs to look out for:

  • You have cravings for drugs and other substances.
  • You want to give up substances but can’t seem to kick the habit.
  • Your drug or alcohol tolerance is building.
  • You have withdrawal symptoms when you’re not using substances.
  • Your substance use is affecting your relationships.

If any of these signs describe your situation, a substance abuse counselor can help you immensely. In a new article, licensed therapist Mark Levine writes about the stages of change when getting ready to handle an addiction to drugs.

Help is Available: Get Substance Abuse Counseling Today

A licensed therapist can use various techniques and tools to support you emotionally, help you identify triggers, curb your cravings, and rewire your thought processes so you can bid your drug habit goodbye. Luckily, finding a quality therapist is easy with Mental Health Match! Start by browsing below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Get acquainted with you and your concerns. I will listen well to you as a unique person and focus on what you want to be better in your life. Then the homework begins. Things get better when you begin to apply new ideas and behaviors to your life.


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Get acquainted with you and your concerns. I will listen well to you as a unique person and focus on what you want to be better in your life. Then the homework begins. Things get better when you begin to apply new ideas and behaviors to your life.

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I don't waste your time, but I do want to get a thorough understanding of your situation before I make action suggestions that will make things better. By the third or forth session, you should be able to tell that things are getting better for you.

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  • Depression
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Marriage
  • Relationship Skills
  • Substance Use
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We provide an integrative approach using Catholic values and evidence-based psychotherapy approaches to heal wounds and encourage flourishing.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Assertiveness
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Boundaries
  • Communication Skills
  • Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Family Conflict
  • Mood Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Pornography
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
  • Religious Trauma
  • Self-Harm
  • Substance Use Disorders
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Discuss broad themes include addiction, mental health disorders, and relationship challenges. We'll navigate these issues collaboratively, working towards growth, understanding, and improved well-being.


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Discuss broad themes include addiction, mental health disorders, and relationship challenges. We'll navigate these issues collaboratively, working towards growth, understanding, and improved well-being.

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Growth-oriented and evidence-based, I specialize in addiction and mental health. Trained in CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy for a comprehensive approach.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Stress
  • Addictions
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Adulting
  • Adults
  • Alcohol
  • Anger
  • Anger Disorders
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Assessments
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Behavior Change
  • Burnout
  • Career Burnout
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Stress
  • Codependency
  • College Students
  • Communication Skills
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complex Trauma
  • Coping Skills
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Drug Use
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Emerging Adults
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Emotional Intimacy
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Exercise Addiction
  • Family Conflict
  • Family Trauma
  • Financial Stress
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Graduate Students
  • Grief Due to Addiction
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health Anxiety
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness
  • Intimacy
  • Job Stress
  • Life Changes
  • Life Transitions
  • Loneliness
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Manic Depression
  • Marriage
  • Mental Disorders
  • Meth Addiction
  • Mild Depression
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivation
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Parental Burnout
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
  • Psychological/Neurocognitive Evaluations
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Senior Citizens
  • Situational Stress
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Skills
  • Starting College
  • Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Substance Abuse Education
  • Substance Abuse Education for Parents
  • Substance Abuse Intervention
  • Substance Abuse Prevention
  • Substance Use
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Work Stress
  • Young Adults
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Together, we will find the issue/block that is troubling you as a whole person. We view wellbeing as a combination of the heart, mind and body.

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I ask the question: what disrupts your connection with yourself and the world around you? Whether the cause for the disconnect be traumatic events, bouts of depression. persistent anxiety or the inability to cope.

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  • Abuse
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adoption
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Alcohol
  • Ancestral Trauma
  • Anorexia
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Birth Trauma
  • Body Dysmorphia
  • Bulimia
  • Bullying
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Complex Trauma
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Congenital Disease
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Developing Secure Attachment
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Eating Disorders
  • Failure to Launch
  • Fear of Failure
  • Fears and Phobias
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Life Transitions
  • Medical Trauma
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Motherhood
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Religious Trauma
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Social Anxiety
  • Spiritual Trauma
  • Substance Use
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Vicarious Trauma
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navigate your distress and celebrate your successes so that you can feel confident and comfortable in being you. You will become more aware of your core beliefs and better understand your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.


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navigate your distress and celebrate your successes so that you can feel confident and comfortable in being you. You will become more aware of your core beliefs and better understand your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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I will strive to make you feel seen, heard, understood, and inspired to positively impact your mood, functioning, and interpersonal relationships and connect with yourself, others, and the world around you.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Adulting
  • Adults
  • Affair Recovery
  • Affairs and Cheating
  • Age 20s & 30s
  • Alcohol
  • Alternative Relationships
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bisexuality
  • Boundaries
  • Breakups
  • Burnout
  • Cannabis
  • Career
  • Career Burnout
  • Career Change
  • Change
  • Children of Parents With Substance Use Disorders
  • Communication Skills
  • Confidence
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Coping Skills
  • Corporate Leaders
  • Dating and Romance
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Drug Use
  • Emerging Adults
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Intimacy
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Failure to Launch
  • Gay
  • Gender Identity
  • Graduate Students
  • Graduating
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • High-Achieving
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Infidelity
  • Intimacy
  • Job Stress
  • Leaving Home
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Life Balance
  • Life Skills
  • Life Transitions
  • Marriage
  • Medical Marijuana Assessments
  • Middle Age
  • Millenials
  • Mood Regulation
  • Mood Swings
  • New Job Transition
  • Open Relationships
  • Polyamory
  • Procrastination
  • Professional Women
  • Recovery
  • Relationships
  • Rumination
  • Sadness
  • Self-Actualization
  • Self-Awareness
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Regulation
  • Self-Worth
  • Separation
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Shame
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Isolation
  • Social Skills
  • Starting a Business
  • Starting College
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Trauma
  • Vaping
  • Withdrawal
  • Women’s Health
  • Workaholics
  • Working Professionals
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Workplace Issues
  • Young Adults
  • Young Professionals
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