Addiction Therapists in St Paul, MO.

Addiction can take many different forms in our lives. From career to pornography, addiction can be all consuming and if left unchecked can destroy families and lives. By helping you to think differently about how you see yourself and the possible reasons you are struggling, I want to help you work through the issues at the core of your addiction and help you learn to cope in a new way.

Substance Abuse often times occurs when there is unresolved pain and feelings of aloneness. Fortunately, with help there is hope. Together we will work to understand what drives you to use, gain insight into the powerful drug you are up against, strengthen your skills for managing difficult situations and feelings, develop and list of resources for help in those trigger moments and create a plan to keep you on track with your goals.

We currently are living in a world in which the word "addiction" is cast about carelessly. Addiction, simply put "is an ongoing, out-of-control pattern of compulsive...behavior that is causing problem in...life (Sex Addiction 101, Weiss. p.1). As the definition indicates almost anything can become an addiction - food, gambling, substance abuse, alcohol, sex, and work to name just a few. My approach as a therapist is to get to the root desire or wound that drives addictive behavior. Once identified, this is where the real work and real change take place.