Top addiction therapists in 98512: Olympia, WA.

My approach to working with addictions and compulsive behaviors is grounded in curiosity, compassion, and understanding rather than judgment or control. While I don’t specialize in treating substance addictions like drugs or alcohol, I do work with people who feel caught in patterns such as overworking, striving for achievement, seeking approval or status, gaming, gambling, numbing, or shopping. Using Internal Family Systems therapy, I help people understand the parts of themselves driving these behaviors, often protective parts trying to manage pain, stress, or deeper emotional wounds. Rather than trying to eliminate the behavior outright, we work to understand what it is trying to do for y

Addictions have a wide range and can vary from drugs and alcohol to pornography or cell phone or video game use to love addiction in relationships. Codependency can also become a compulsive or addictive relational pattern. I work with clients struggling with addiction to have the support to address and work through the underlying emotional hurts. As clients work through and replace their addictive behaviors with healthier ones, they see their confidence return and a new ability to find and maintain healthy relationships.

Uncomfortable, powerful feelings from negative life experiences can cause some people to turn to the use of addictive subtances (alcohol, opiods, etc...) or behaviors (gambling, sexual choices, etc..) to provide relief from these feelings. When the use of these substances or behaviors increases to the point that it becomes a problem, or even unmanageable and paralyzing, then it needs to be addressed. My approach is to provide practical tools to help manage the addiction, while also unpacking the causes for the need for the substances or behaviors in the first place, and finding hope in the restoration of a life without addiction.

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.