
Addiction Counsellor
Melissa Chapman, MA, MC, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
6 Gurdwara Rd, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 8A3 | 613-213-0060
Counselling to address addictive behaviour can lead to increased insight into the emotional, relational, and environmental triggers involved in your experience of addiction and help you to increase your repertoire of helpful and adaptive coping skills to address life's stressors. Counselling may also help you to set goals that increase your sense of wellbeing, improve your relationships, and open new doors outside of addiction.

Addiction Counselor
Adrienne Richardson, PhD MsED RP CSAT/CPTT SEP-A OCT
Registered Psychotherapist
Available for Online Therapy
Do you or a loved one need help for alcohol or substance abuse? Are addictions to pornography, sex and/or the internet hurting the people in your life? Do you have a gambling, drug, alcohol, food, sex, work, and/or shopping addiction (s) that are impacting your life? Are you impacted by your family member's addiction? Counselling for addiction and codependency is available. I am an adult child of an alcoholic. I am a recovering addict myself. It takes one to know one, and it takes one to help one! You do not need to struggle alone, let me be your one! I've Got your Back. We can work holistically and also utilize the 12 Steps. Note: I am a Cannabis Friendly Psychotherapist

Addiction Counselor
Yasmin Goldie, RP, RN
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Nurse
Available for Online Therapy
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Alcohol use disorder (AUD) can affect mental and physical health, relationships, work, and quality of life. There are many factors that contribute to drug and alcohol use and addiction counselling can help a person explore these factors as well discuss motivation to change the cycle of addiction. I use a blend of CBT and DBT to help give practical skills to help with cravings, emotional regulation and thought processes. Addiction counselling works to: • Strengthen a persons self-worth • Develop alternative ways to manage stress • Prepare and manage triggers • Develop skills to help manage cravings • Help with broken relationship

Addiction Counselor
Insight Neuropsychotherapy, Counselling, and Supervision
Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO)
Available for Online Therapy
Often, the focus of addictions counselling is abstinence. But my treatment philosophy focuses on getting at the feelings that lie beneath the symptom - the symptom of addictions or substance use. Substances or any addictive behaviors are driven by painful hurt, trauma, and losses/grief and working through these issues I can help you to better understand the role of substances in your life. You don't have to do this alone.

Addiction Counsellor
Kristie Brassard, MSW, RSW
Clinical Director, Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist & Guide
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0A6 | 1-844-612-6505
One of our lovely psychotherapists, Cher, has spent the majority of her career supporting folks struggling with addiction and addictive behaviours. It’s something she’s passionate about! Using a variety of therapeutic interventions and a harm reduction approach, she supports her clients to discover and develop their version of a happy and healthy life. This may include helping people gain new perspectives and strategies for addressing struggles with interpersonal relationships, facing difficult emotions, healing past wounds, and exploring and understanding one’s self in new ways. She greets each of her clients with non-judgment and meets you where you’re at.

Addiction Counsellor
Centre For Interpersonal Relationships
Registered Psychologists, Therapists, Counsellors
267 O'Connor St., Suite 600, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1V3 | 1.855.779.2347
The Addiction Psychology Service at the Centre for Interpersonal Relationships is a private, office-based service offering individualized and flexible psychological assessment and treatment of substance use and gambling difficulties. Substance use and gambling are part of the lives of many individuals. Occasionally, some experience problems with their physical and mental health, personal relationships, or school or work as a result of substance use or gambling. CFIR therapists offers scientifically-based, short-term or long-term psychotherapy options to assist clients in changing their substance use or gambling behaviour.

Addiction Counsellor
Suzanne More Kerr, MA (C Psych), CCC, RP #3526
Marriage & Family & Individual Psychotherapist
278 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1V4 | 1-613-238-2222
Gaining recovery from addiction will help you to feel empowered and more in control of how your life enfolds. You can begin to proactively choose beneficial goals and outcomes, rather than being at the mercy of a behaviour or a substance. Gaining the ability to live in the present--rather than, consciously or unconsciously, constantly focusing on capturing a future state promised by a substance or behaviour--can offer you new-found appreciation and joy in your everyday surroundings and bring you back to self-love.

Addiction Counselor
Magdalena Karakehayova, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Available for Online Therapy
Substance use can often feel like the only effective way of coping with traumatic events or challenging life circumstances. I believe that therapy should open space for clients to discuss their experience with substance use and what purpose this serves in their lives. I take a de-pathologizing stance and work collaboratively with clients to explore what substance use means to them and see how this fits with their ideas and hopes for their life and future. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to ensure we are a good fit.

Addiction Counsellor
Omar Waheed, MA RP CSAT
Registered Psychotherapist | Sex Gambling Gaming Addiction Specialist
Online Therapy, Ottawa, Ontario K2G 1E3 | 905-758-5444
Addiction is my specialty. I am an addict with 16 years of recovery and I have seen hundreds of clients with all kinds of addiction issues. My method is to address past issues that drove the formation of the addiction while simultaneously dealing with the daily here-and-now issues that prevent it from ending. I use a task-based approach to recovery where each task includes a combination of a variety of therapies. It gives the therapy a framework and backbone. And it also involved some homework on your part. Addiction recovery is not as complicated as it may sound. You do have to give it your all. And it helps to have someone in your corner.

Addiction Counsellor
Marc Whitehouse, MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker
563 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 5P2 | 613-402-1544
I have a harm reduction approach to addiction. I am able to work with individuals that are managing their addictions and are wanting to decrease their usage. I can help with developing a plan to avoid triggering situations, developing safety and support plans. I can also help individuals to utilize coping strategies to better deal with powerful thoughts. However, I want to stress the importance of attending a treatment facility if the issues are severe.

Addiction Counsellor
Tory Baker-Reed, MSW
Therapist/Registered Social Worker (MSW) and Clinical Director of the Thrive Centre
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1J6 | 6132050822
Addiction is a complex coping strategy and illness. Often deeply connected to attachment struggles, together we will map out the role addiction has played in your life, and create strategies for wellness and balance. Addiction often requires a team approach, with family, medical practitioners, and others working together to support you. I would be honored to be part of your wellness team as you address addiction in your life.

Addiction Counsellor
Erefaa Ogbuaku Jnr, MACP, RP, C.C.C.
Registered Psychotherapist
880 Taylor Creek Dr , Ottawa, Ontario K1C 1T1 | 6138790125
Many people who don't understand addition would say to someone struggling with addiction to just quit or stop the behavior, but addiction is a disease. You don't have to do it alone. I understand that the will is not the issue, let's work collaboratively together on your journey to take control of yourself and redirect your focus to what matters most to you.

Addiction Counselor
Ryta Marie Peschka, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Available for Online Therapy
While substance use typically begins as recreational activity it can become habit forming and often develops addictive behaviors interfering with other areas of our lives, such as relationships, jobs, and finances. To increase awareness and insight into the reasons for using, I offer evidence-based treatment while providing you with options along the continuum of the Harm Reduction approach towards abstinence. We will explore any underlying emotional needs and relationships. By gaining insight to any ambivalent thoughts and feelings around changing patterns of substance misuse I will support you in the setting and achieving of personal goals. Schedule a free consultation today.

Addiction Counsellor
Casper Watras, RP, MACP, BSc
Registered Psychotherapist
237 Carruthers Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 1N8 | 6138541818
Addiction can be a scary thing that is often surrounded by ambiguity and confusion: why do I continue to use when I know it is bad for me? Why do I want to use in the first place? Why cant I seem to stop using and why cant I change? In working with clients, step one of our work is figuring out the answers to these questions and figuring out why addiction occurs in the first place. After this, we explore tools, resources, and therapies that will best work for clients in helping them create the changes they need and to promote the lives they want.

Addiction Counsellor
Conny Barry, RP, M.Ed. (Counselling), CCC
Can. Cert. Counsellor and Registered Psychotherapist
Ottawa South, Alta Vista, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 5T7 | 613-733-1422
In a supportive and empathic environment I help people suffering from an addiction to develop trust, build motivation to change, implement and maintain strategies to change as monitor their recovery process and journey of self-discovery. I work with both cognitive and behavioral techniques on the cycle of addiction as well as insight-oriented methods to develop a healthier and more productive whole person.
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