Addiction Therapists in Oakland, MD.

Addiction counseling can be beneficial for people who want to work on preventing relapse or discovering why they turned to an addiction in the first place. You can discover what triggers your addiction, how to manage cravings and other relapse prevention strategies. Addictions can be cunning. It's important to be aware of times you are rationalizing that your addiction is beneficial to you in some way. People with addictions often need more coping skills and social support to deal with times when they are more vulnerable to their addiction.

To help you manage addictive behaviors and dependence on any mood altering substances, we will start with reviewing the history of your addictive behavior and the impact it has on your relationships, health, employment, and functioning. Sometimes addictive substances or behaviors have served to mask underlying sources of pain, such as mood instability, anxiety, relationship stressors, or emptiness and loss of meaning. These underlying factors can be addressed in psychotherapy along with learning new resources for managing addictive behaviors, such as educational lectures, family therapy, 12 step groups, and/or referral to a medical doctor for medication that aids your overall recovery.

Still searching?   We want you to know we have GREAT therapists for you to speak with who practice online therapy.  There are many licensed therapists on Theravive who practice online.   Working with an E-Counselor from Theravive is real therapy, not a quick gimmick or a chat app, but actual counseling governed by ethics and regulatory bodies.  Search our online therapists who provide professional counseling services over Skype, Email and/or Phone. All therapists on Theravive are licensed and registered professionals.