Addiction Therapists in St Petersburg, FL.

All addictions are the result of a "hole" or void in your soul (mind and emotions). What are you trying to replace by using alcohol, drugs, gambling, complulsive internet, sex? This ministry is able to help you identify what is lacking in your life, the "hole" that you are filling with a dangerous addiction. Once identified, we can do the work of bringing healing and wholeness to your soul. Every addiction will cripple you, destroy the life and destiny you were born to have and has the power to cause you an early death. Don't wait to deal with your addiction. Face it, come out of denial and contact me today!!

Nathan has extensive experience in the field of addiction and trauma recovery and has completed training for certification as a Certified Trauma Therapist. He also has personal experience with combating addiction and trauma together as a multiplied force, and processing the trauma that underlies and fuels addiction. He will provide support in a safe and encouraging environment, and will utilize evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to your specific needs in order to help you claim progress in your efforts to heal and recover from addiction and trauma.

While most treatment approaches to addiction include 12 step programs, rehabs, and now sober living houses, Grey Matters International, Inc. provides a wildly successful alternative to traditional models of addiction treatment----that keeps the brain in mind. That is, talking to the conscious brain while the primal brain is deciding things even before you are consciously aware? Well, that is the problem to solve in addiction. We have the solution utilizing a new cutting edge neuroscience-centered brain rebalancing system. Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or call 877-606-6161.

Rooted in a holistic approach, I believe that addiction stems from early-life adversity and trauma, causing individuals to seek belonging in substances or behaviors. I emphasize the importance of compassion, self-acceptance, and addressing underlying pain as key components of recovery. I do not agree with this cultures approach of criminalizing drug use and clearly see how this belief has done a disservice to people who ultimately need healing. Healing trauma through experiential therapy can be rewarding and life changing. I have an advanced degree in addiction treatment and prevention studies. In working with me you will be treated with respect. You will learn to tolerate difficult emotions.

My approach toward addiction is to discover, with the client, what it has been accomplishing for him or her. In other words, what the purpose of the addiction is, its specific cause. The factor or factors that have been keeping it in place. I also tend to use cognitive-semantic processing and skills training because, very often, a person's unexamined thoughts and beliefs about self, life, and addiction may be an obstacle to his or her recovery. Examining these from a new and fresh perspective can bring about renewed insight, opportunity, and motivation.

If you’re struggling with unhealthy habits or addictive behaviors, in some way it’s working for you. After all, they provide relief from stress and pain. But, if you’re reading this you also know that they aren’t a long-term solution. It’s common for successful men like yourself to use over-working, pornography, alcohol, technology, and emotional eating to cope with the stressful demands of life. As a Certified EMDR therapist, I won’t give you band-aid approaches to manage your stress or make you quit these behaviors. But if you’re actually ready for a change, I can help. Like an emotional surgeon, I'll help you identify the sources of your stress and pain, and heal them at the source.