Top addiction therapists in 30145: Kingston, GA.

The clinicians at Underwood Counseling & Consultation, PLLC have a combined 50 years of experience in treating substance addiction & process addictions (e.g. gambling, video, & shopping). We believe that successful addiction treatment requires exploration & resolution of the underlying emotional issues. We assist clients & families in understanding the patterns of their addiction; developing healthy alternatives to addictive behavior; & establishing healthy support systems to maintain a sober life.

Being stuck in your addiction can feel like being locked in prison. You feel out of control, unable to stop using despite the many losses that you might be suffering from. No matter how much you try or how desperate you are to change, you often find yourself slipping right back into your same patterns of addiction. I can help. Together we will begin working toward healing and recovery. Whether your addiction is to drugs and alcohol or pornography and sex, I will gently walk through the stages of change with you to a place of sobriety and peace.

I help clients whose lives have been affected by the trauma of addiction. I use non-pathologizing approaches to help clients get to the root of their unwanted addictive behavior. I also help loved-ones who have been caught in a cycle of relational distress with an addicted family member or spouse. I can help make sense of the experience of the addictive cycle and aid clients in regaining a sense of control over their lives.

Addictions (substance or behavioral) are often coping mechanisms you developed early in life to help you deal with anxiety, sadness, feeling like you don't fit in, feeling you don't matter, feeling powerless, or for numbing the pain of being criticized, abandoned, neglected, abused or traumatized in some other way. Traumatic events or a life time of upsetting events are often the root cause of addiction. I am a Certified EMDR Therapist with extensive experience in helping adults heal from and put in the past the upsetting events that contribute to their addiction. EMDR Therapy is highly effective and is offered at all the leading residential treatment programs for addiction recovery.