Our Services 

About our Services

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Harm Reduction Psychotherapy

Harm reduction psychotherapy recognizes that behavior change takes time. Transitioning from active substance use to complete abstinence is often unrealistic and not always necessary to reduce harm effectively. This approach focuses on gradual change, that small steps can lead to significant improvements in well-being. Coercion and punishment are not helpful and, in fact, impede the process of true change.

 

Harm reduction psychotherapy provides effective strategies aimed at reducing harm and saving lives. By focusing on personal growth and understanding, it fosters a supportive environment for meaningful transformation. It acknowledges that: ​​​​

• People use drugs/alcohol for different reasons. 

• Self-determination is key to motivation. 

• Change occurs in steps or stages – most of us are not ready for change at the moment we realize something is wrong. 

• Integrated treatment works best for people with multiple intersecting issues. 

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Co-occurring Conditions

Co-occurring conditions interact with each other, affecting a person’s symptoms and health outcomes. Common risk factors related to a person’s genes, individual characteristics, social environment, and other life circumstances can contribute to both substance use and mental health. When someone has a co-occurring condition, it is usually better to treat these issues at the same time rather than separately. Research suggests that this can make treatment more effective and improve health outcomes. 

 

We have extensive experience treating mental health conditions that may be present with substance use such as:

• Trauma

• Psychosis

• Self-harm

• Trichotillomania

• Grief/loss

• Stress

• OCD

• Life transitions

• Anxiety

• PTSD

• Depression

• ADHD

• Bipolar Disorder

• Schizophrenia

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Psychedelic Integration​​

The psychedelic experience has the potential to uncover repressed thoughts and emotions, offering a unique window into our inner selves. It can reveal hidden feelings and illuminate unconscious attitudes, beliefs, and memories that shape our lives. Embracing this journey can lead to deeper self-awareness and understanding. While the experience might unveil these important aspects of the psyche, it would be limiting to think the psychedelic experience alone can create sustainable life changes. 

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Psychedelics provide a temporary pause in ordinary reality. Altered states of consciousness like these can profoundly change someone, perhaps in ways that they aren’t aware of until in-depth investigation takes place. Psychedelic Integration helps individuals process and integrate psychedelic experiences they've had. It provides a safe, non-judgmental space for clients to explore the deeper meaning and insights they experienced while under the influence of psychedelics. The goal is to help individuals better understand themselves and how they can use what they learned during their psychedelic experience to make positive changes in their lives. 

 

Integrating the experience provides individuals with an opportunity to move forward by creating lasting change in their behavior patterns and life choices. Although psychedelics are not used during the therapy session, the personal experience of clients can be processed days/weeks after with a therapist who understands altered states of consciousness and how to safely integrate the journey.

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Cannabis Psychotherapy​

Cannabis has been used for millennia, and its popularity has grown in recent years. In fact, it is one of the most commonly used drugs in America, surpassed only by alcohol and tobacco. Cannabis has slowly been recognized by the medical community as a plant medicine with healing properties.

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Cannabis can work to alleviate a range of symptoms from various conditions. It’s been demonstrated to help with psychiatric conditions like PTSD, OCD, and Opioid Use Disorder. It has also been commonly used to address pain conditions like inflammation, arthritis, fibromyalgia, nerve conditions, chronic pain, and neuropathic pain for HIV-infected individuals. Cannabis has also been studied to address symptoms of neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. 

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Currently, around 90% of medical cannabis patients list chronic pain as one of the symptoms they use cannabis to alleviate. Many who begin using cannabis limit the use of their opioid medications or give it up altogether. In fact, most patients decrease their use of opioids by 40 to 60%, saying that they prefer cannabis much more. 

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The percentage of people who use cannabis to supplement or completely replace other drugs is significant. While cannabis certainly works to combat feelings of depression and anxiety, cannabis psychotherapy aims to uncover the roots of what is causing these symptoms. Cannabis serves as a tool allowing a client to connect to not only the deeper parts of their psyche but also do so with the help of a qualified therapist. 

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To learn more about our services, please contact us. We would love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have.

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