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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.

Wherever you are located in New Jersey from Atlantic City to West New York or even Newark, or anywhere else nearby, 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.

New Jersey Substance Abuse Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Explore your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and beliefs and focus on what is feeding into your anxiety, depression, or keeping you locked in feelings of "not being good enough."

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I integrate a neurobiological approach & provide more than just talk therapy. My specialty areas include working with anxiety, depression, trauma, and core beliefs of "not good enough" shame, rejection & deeply entrenched internalized judgment.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Alcohol
  • Anxiety
  • Caregivers
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Substance Abuse Intervention
  • Trauma
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Congratulations on taking the first, most difficult step in your therapeutic journey! I am so excited to get to know you better and find out how we can work together to create the life you have been envisioning for yourself.

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I utilize different techniques that will help you reframe your negative and unhelpful ways of thinking into positive thoughts, and give you the skills you need to be fully in control of your emotions.

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  • Addictions
  • Aging Parents
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Chronic Illness
  • Communication Skills
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • Families
  • Fear of Failure
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Gaslighting
  • Grief
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Intrusive Thoughts
  • LGBTQ+
  • Loneliness
  • Mood Disorders
  • Motivation
  • Perfectionism
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Procrastination
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Vulnerability
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Collaboratively help you to understand the underlying factors contributing to your distress, teach you ways to more effectively work through the symptoms you're experiencing, and increase your sense of engagement and enjoyment in life.

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I work from an integrative approach, drawing on evidence-based interventions, clinical instincts, and the therapy relationship. I often use cognitive behavioral therapy as well as incorporate insight-oriented skills and emotional processing.

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  • Adjustment Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Substance Use
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We will discuss your current issues and explore the roots of the problems to help you cope.

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I will use various interactive approaches to help you accomplish your treatment goals.

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  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Creatives
  • Depression
  • Mood Disorders
  • Social Media Use
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Thinking Disorders
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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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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.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • 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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