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Need help with alcohol or drug problems? What’s stopping you?

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Need help with alcohol or drug problems? What's stopping you?

Alcohol and drug addiction doesn’t discriminate. All around the world, there are people from all walks of life trying to get by while abusing drugs or alcohol. In the US alone, over 40 million people fit the criteria for clinical addiction, yet only 10 percent of  them will seek treatment.

If you are starting to think you might have a problem, what is stopping you from reaching out for help?

You think your problem isn’t serious enough.

Maybe you just binge drink on occasional weekends. Or perhaps you just have a few beers or glasses of wine a night. You might be functioning well on the outside, going to work, looking after your children, exercising, etc, but on the inside, you feel unfulfilled. [Read more…]

Ruben Bernardo III ICAP 1, CRC – Therapist

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Ruben Bernardo III ICAP 1, CRC, Substance Misuse CounsellorI’m Ruben, an internationally certified Substance Misuse Counsellor and Recovery Coach. 

I have spent the last 20 years working in premier residential addiction treatment centres in both the Philippines and Thailand. 

I have an experience working with a wide range of treatment methods including the Minnesota 12 step model, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Brief Solution Therapy and Relapse Prevention Therapy. 

In addition to my extensive professional experience, I also have personal experience of addiction. I overcame a 15 year dependency to methamphetamine using many of the techniques and skills that I now share with my clients to help in their own struggles.
 

I place a lot of emphasis on helping clients develop and implement new tools and strategies that will help them in their journey to creating a life free from addictive patterns. I do this by allowing clients to formulate a recovery plan that is goal oriented, measurable, realistic and simple.

With life’s complications and difficulties coupled with substance dependence, going back to basics is something that will help the journey of recovery easier to understand. It’s not just about being abstinent from mood altering substances or managing our alcohol, it’s also about addressing important aspects of our lives in areas like social, spiritual, emotional, psychological and biological.

In trying to achieve health by identifying our needs in areas mentioned above, working and exploring ‘with’ client, as opposed to a directive approach is important in creating a toolbox that is personalised, realistically usable and unique to client’s needs and life circumstances.

Talking is not enough.  What’s needed is a focus on behavioural change through practical exercises no matter how simple or difficult the exercises may seem as it is equally important as the cognitive aspect of the therapy process.

A lot to say, to explore, to understand and do… Questions? Let’s start with a Complimentary Consult.

Jennetta Carter BSc, LCDC, COPSD, QCC Therapist

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Jennetta Carter BSc, LCDC, COPSD, QCCJennetta has been in the field of addiction science since 2002 and is a licensed chemical dependency counsellor and clinical supervisor.

She uses her degree in Human Services and Health Care Management to gain understanding of the social aspect of addiction and the complex role it plays in the family unit and in the clients social structure.

Her studies in co-occurring emotional disorders and addiction have given her an in-depth understanding of the complexity of addiction.“Addiction just does not happen in a bubble” is her outlook when working with an individual or with a family unit.

In 2003, she worked with specialized females in low-income areas of Houston, Texas (USA) to address the problems of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and its relationship to the continual patterns of substance use and addiction.

Since that time, she has devoted her career to addressing the origins of behaviors that lead to disorders such as eating disorders, gambling, sex-addiction and substance addiction. 

Jennetta is based in Houston, Texas

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