Addiction Therapists in Jackson, CA.

Although I do not provide addictions counseling, I work with individuals and couples who are in recovery from addictions. I am familiar and comfortable working with people who are in recovery from both substance (alcohol, drug) as well as process (sex, gambling, food, shopping/spending) addictions. Addictions can have a devastating effect on both the addict as well as those she or he loves, and I will help you work toward healing some of the wounds created by active addiction and help you become more supported in your recovery. We know that people who recover from addictions are best supported in their recovery when they have strong, stable, and secure relationships with others.

Marriages often suffer from sex addiction. I will assist you in regaining a sense of excitement in your relationship and guide you in overcoming obstacles to your sexual fulfillment. Emotional problems have many various expressions and sex is just one of them. Pornography addiction, hyper-sexuality, extra-marital affairs, and excessive masturbation are avenues that people find to deal with stress and poor self-esteem. If pornography has intruded into your relationship, there is help for you.

An Eating Disorder (ED) is also an addiction. I can help you and your family navigate this very challenging path of recovery. By providing a safe, knowledgeable, and supportive environment we can uncover the core to the disorder and address the psychological problems associated with it. Through therapy, family education, and ongoing support, I can help you feel alive again and step back into your limitless potential...

Addiction is a mental health condition and I treat addiction by a multi-pronged process predominately from a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) model. I help my clients understand the reasons they use a substance or engage in an addictive behavior, teach them skills regulate their emotions and tolerance distress that might otherwise lead them to engage in their addiction, and address any underlying issues that contribute to their addiction. I also help clients with with concerns about their substance use or compulsive behavior to avoid developing addictions.

The 12-Steps are vitally important for a person to acknowledge an addiction and, in a community of support, begin working on achieving and managing a life commitment sobriety. I find clients working the steps some of the most dynamic, courageous and compassionate people. I support them at every level in their working and living the steps and use my experience to help clients address and heal from states of unaddressed chronic emotional pain. This swirling state of emotional chaos is what makes sobriety achievement and sustainability so difficult. Addressing and resolving these areas of chronic emotional pain greatly reduces the fuel source that supplies the engine of addiction.

In this generation, the growth of individuals with addictions is very significant. Addictions originally were isolated to alcohol and drugs. Today’s addictions are understood to also include, food, sex, money, gambling, video, internet, internet games, internet chatrooms, internet pornography and other types of prolonged, repeated and out of control behaviors and actions. Addictions take over a person’s ability to have of self- control of the action which leads to the fogging of any will power to stop the addictive activity even when a matter of great importance comes in conflict with the addiction. Addictions ruin people and all relationships surrounding them. Addiction counseling explores underlying factors leading to the addiction and looks to find...(view profile to read more)

Addictions can come in many forms. Alcohol, drugs, food, shopping, overworking, codependency on others and they all cause problems personally and in relationships. Seeking help is important. We usually find ourselves using other substances, things and people, when we don't have the coping skills to handle the stresses, or unresolved issues that we have. Therapy can give you the tools you need to avoid using your addictions.

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.

Are the substances in your life controlling you? Do you find yourself turning to drugs, alcohol, food, sex, gambling, or love to numb yourself out from the overwhelming emotions that you feel on a regular basis? Has your behavior become out of control? There is help. Come in for individual, couples, or group sessions and get the information and support you need to kick your addiction, whatever it may be. Learn helpful skills to manage your impulses and be more present in your everyday life. You deserve wellness and we can help you get there.

Does the fact that the desire is natural permit the man to indulge his lust? The answer is no. The desire to look at the female form is insatiable and irrational. It is driven by the most primitive part of our brain where the sense to survive is stored. It is impersonal and detached. If indulged, it will weaken the man's bond with his mate and decrease his sexual desire for her. Researchers have discovered that the effects of repeated exposure to standard, non-violent pornography increases the man's callousness toward women; distorts his perceptions about sexuality; devalues the importance of monogamy; decreases satisfaction with his wife's sexual performance, affection and appearance and raises doubts about the value of marriage.