Top addiction therapists in 30025: Social Circle, GA.

"Thus God calls us, invites us, and even commands us, but God does not control our response. We alone bear responsibility for the choices we make.” ― Gerald G. May, Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions We are all addicts, some of us choose socially appropriate means while others of us choose more socially inappropriate activities to cope with life's pain. I look to the deeper driving force of addictive behavior and work to heal that so the person can behave differently, have greater self worth and see others as people.

Addictions manifest themselves in many ways through alcohol use, drug use, workaholism, gambling, codependency, pornography, internet usage and sexual acting out. The constant attempt to fill the void, numb the pain or feel alive, loved or significant leads to the excesses that promise but rarely deliver the desired outcome. Isn't time to discover what you really need, and work toward that end?

There are therapists at Anchored Counseling that specialize in addictions and understand how difficult it can be. Our therapists treat you with kindness and respect. We will work with you to uncover the cause, give you strategies to help you cope, and help you discover the tools to keep you sober. Addiction is difficult, but can be easier if you have the support you need.

When pills or alcohol are used excessively, it can ruin family relationships, affect your work performance and put you at risk of danger as your inhibitions are lowered. A substance abuse counselor is introduced to determine the extent of the abuse and to create a treatment plan to help affected persons make healthier and improved life choices. The treatment also depends on whether patients are indulging and becoming intoxicated owing to depression, anxiety and other psychological conditions.

I work a lot with clients who are dealing with addictions - whether it be to a substance, food, work, or relationships. While the specific content of an addiction might be a mystery to friends and family (they might have never used heroine) the experience of addiction is common to us all. We all, from time to time, have tried to use something or someone to make us feel better. At the core, that is what an addiction is. However, the problem it that it only works in the short run - in the long run when we use substances or people to distract us from our problems or pain, we end up crashing. I help people deal with the core issue so that they can live a purposeful, meaningful, joyful life.

Addictions (substance or behavioral) are often coping mechanisms you developed early in life to help you deal with anxiety, sadness, feeling like you don't fit in, feeling you don't matter, feeling powerless, or for numbing the pain of being criticized, abandoned, neglected, abused or traumatized in some other way. Traumatic events or a life time of upsetting events are often the root cause of addiction. I am a Certified EMDR Therapist with extensive experience in helping adults heal from and put in the past the upsetting events that contribute to their addiction. EMDR Therapy is highly effective and is offered at all the leading residential treatment programs for addiction recovery.

Conard Peacock and Robert Gillette, therapists at North Georgia Counseling Group have served in many different capacities with clients relating to additions. Their caring personality and knowledge have led them to be some of the very best in the surrounding areas. If you are required by the court system to receive anger management counseling, or own your own have decided to get some help in this area, Conard or Robert at North Georgia Counseling Group are ready to help.

When you come to us, you’ll undergo a complete medical and psychological evaluation given by our team of supportive professionals. The results of the medical examination will allow us to gain an understanding as to how dependent your body has become upon drugs as well as determine the presence of other drugs in your system (polydrug abuse). In addition, this examination will allow us to discover if drug abuse has caused you any medical problems that need to be addressed during your stay with us. The psychological examination will allow us to gain a bigger picture into your struggles. We’ll be able to determine the presence of co-occurring mental illnesses, how psychologically dependent you a