While I support and work with clients who embrace 12-step programs and abstinence as goals, I also have training and experience using Motivational Interviewing and working with clients at their own stage of readiness for change whether it is pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, or maintenance.

 

I help clients explore ambivalence about changing their behavior and help them develop goals that are manageable and desireable for them. I can work with clients who are not ready to make any changes at all if they do not attend therapy within 24 hours of using a psychoactive substance, and if their wellbeing would not be better served by a more intensive addiction treatment program.