Addiction
I have a deep background in treating addiction, having worked for years in substance abuse and mental health at a Manhattan Outpatient Clinic. I ran the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), recovery, relapse and anger management groups while seeing many private patients per week. I found that substance abuse was generally brought on as a means to escape more crucial and pressing emotional issues. My approach is to turn to the underlying issues while working to establish sobriety. I rarely work with people seeking sobriety/end of addiction in my private practice unless they are otherwise engaged in an IOP program or in an AA/NA with a sponsor, or are already in a form of recovery.