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For those struggling with or trying to overcome from an addiction – whether it be to tobacco, alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex – counseling is an essential part of the recovery process.
Not only does the counseling process help provide an understanding of your addiction and the basis for it, but it can also furnish you with tools to identify triggers and ways to modify behaviors to counteract them.
Sadly, addictions do not end because people want them to – you need to learn how to manage addictions and stop them from taking over your life.
The Holistic Counseling Center of Long Island can help you retrace your steps that led you to a life of addiction.
It may be something that happened in your childhood, a marriage/relationship that failed, or a family trauma. Whatever the reason/s, counseling helps to separate the cause from the effect, and to seek alternative ways to deal with the pain, stress, and/or anxiety that made you take up an addiction in the first place.
It also offers a safe space in which to express your feelings. One of the hardest problems with any addiction can be a lack of honesty. People hide things from family, friends, spouses or work mates, either because they’re ashamed or too embarrassed to admit the truth. A trained therapist is someone in whom you can confide with, with no fear of being judged, and who can help you to clear your mind and focus on the recovery phase with no fear as to the repercussions.
A therapist can also help you come to the realization that you have an addiction in the first place – often the necessary starting place before any recovery strategies can be put in place.
There is no-one-size-fits all when it comes to addiction counseling. Every addict is different, with their own problems and reasons for adopting the addictive habit. Equally, the path to recovery is different for everybody, and a trained counselor will be able to tailor advice to what suits best the needs of the individual patient.
A counselor is not there to “save” you – ultimately, nobody can cure an addiction but the addict themselves. Instead their role is to help guide and support you, and equip you with the techniques and knowledge to be able to save yourself.
We can provide the necessary perspective and tools to help you create a future without the need for the addiction that has blighted your life to this point. An addiction therapist is ready to support you, even if there’s a relapse. Above all, a therapist is someone you can trust.
