Addiction Therapists in Arcade, NY.

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.

Whether it is Alcohol or other drugs, gambling, sex, food, or another addiction that your are troubled by, I offer over 20 years of experience with addictions to assist you in your recovery. Although abstinence is usually the central focus in the recovery process, we will also work to address and resolve issues in other areas such as mental health, family, social, and employment/education.

I work differently with Addictions than standard ten step models. Influenced by Dr. Lance Dodes, who wrote " The Heart of Addiction," I believe that all addicts suffer from THREE FEELINGS: They feel ANGRY, TRAPPED and HELPLESS. In my work, I help them feel more empowered to change the the things they need to change which makes them feel less helpless and when less helpless, less angry. I apply this to Sexual addiction, Alcohol Addiction, Drug addiction, Gambling Addiction, Overspending Addiction and even Sleeping Addiction, or Addiction to not going to sleep. This method is a huge contribution to our field and works beautifully.

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.

Addictions impact so many people in so many forms, including their loved ones, often in Co-Dependent relationships with the addict. But Addictions serve a role and meet a need, and that has to be identified and alternatives found, for treatment to succeed. Many people avoid and hide from pain and suffering in their lives. With support you can face it and get your life, future, and dreams back.