Personal Addiction Counseling

Sometimes we need professional assistance to break free from unhealthy cycles or patterns that characterise addictive behaviour.

I create individual treatment plans to examine and address the unique behaviours, thoughts, emotions, and environmental factors that contribute to your addiction. This often involves working together to determine the origin of your addiction, any real life triggers that maintain your addiction, and, most importantly, learning skills and strategies to achieve the change you want.

Have experience in treating addictions with the following substances or behaviours:

• Alcohol
• Drugs
• Gambling
• Gaming
• Internet/social media
• Pornography
• Smoking
• Work

When to seek help

It may be time to seek help if a habit is taking more of your time, money or energy than you want it to, if you have tried to cut back without success, or if it is affecting your relationships, work or health. You do not need to wait until things are at crisis point. Getting support early makes change easier.

How therapy can help

Therapy looks beyond the behaviour itself to the thoughts, emotions and life experiences that drive it. Treatment may draw on cognitive behaviour therapy, schema therapy and clinical hypnotherapy, tailored to your goals. Some people want to stop completely, while others want to regain control. We work together on the change that is right for you and on strategies to prevent relapse.

Related services

Find out more about personal addiction counselling, hypnotherapy for alcohol, hypnotherapy for drug addiction and hypnotherapy for gambling. Sessions are available in Elsternwick and by telehealth. Request a call back for a free 15 minute phone consultation.