Addiction Therapists in Montecito, CA
Issues such as family conflict, retirement, grief, illness, substance abuse, creativity, and life transitions are a large part of my practice.
If you are facing a difficult transition in your relationship, depression, addiction, trauma, or simply wanting to increase your life's potential, contact me with questions concerning psychotherapy. Addressing the presenting problem, we will identify past memories, present behavior and emotions, and their impact on living a creative life. By engaging your imagination, we gain access to your hidden potential, hindered by negative belief patterns. Together we will transform your life's most difficult challenges and develop the courage to create opportunities to live more passionately.
Issues such as family conflict, retirement, grief, illness, substance abuse, creativity, and life transitions are a large part of my practice.
If you are facing a difficult transition in your relationship, depression, addiction, trauma, or simply wanting to increase your life's potential, contact me with questions concerning psychotherapy. Addressing the presenting problem, we will identify past memories, present behavior and emotions, and their impact on living a creative life. By engaging your imagination, we gain access to your hidden potential, hindered by negative belief patterns. Together we will transform your life's most difficult challenges and develop the courage to create opportunities to live more passionately.
I specialize in anxiety, depression, addiction, relationships, and grief.
I'm happy to receive your email or call to answer questions you may have about therapy. I help adults, adolescents, and couples experience life more deeply; enjoy more satisfying relationships; resolve painful conflicts; and improve self-esteem, self-worth and emotional well-being.
I specialize in anxiety, depression, addiction, relationships, and grief.
I'm happy to receive your email or call to answer questions you may have about therapy. I help adults, adolescents, and couples experience life more deeply; enjoy more satisfying relationships; resolve painful conflicts; and improve self-esteem, self-worth and emotional well-being.
Ashleigh Johnston-Barton
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, SEP
Verified Verified
Montecito, CA 93108
As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner I assist in finding lasting resolution of body, mind and relational distress. It's really not all in your head! Sometimes talk therapy alone is unable to address somatic memory or fixed cognitions. Together we will explore your experiences, identify patterns and resolve the symptom so that trauma can become history. Behaviors & beliefs may be symptoms not character. Life events addressed but not limited to, include: trauma, anxiety, depression, car accidents, PTSD. co-occurring disorders, substance use disorders, relationship, grief, employment issues, perfectionism, divorce and life purpose.
As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner I assist in finding lasting resolution of body, mind and relational distress. It's really not all in your head! Sometimes talk therapy alone is unable to address somatic memory or fixed cognitions. Together we will explore your experiences, identify patterns and resolve the symptom so that trauma can become history. Behaviors & beliefs may be symptoms not character. Life events addressed but not limited to, include: trauma, anxiety, depression, car accidents, PTSD. co-occurring disorders, substance use disorders, relationship, grief, employment issues, perfectionism, divorce and life purpose.
I enjoy working with clients struggling with the challenges of interpersonal relationships and the daily and often overwhelming realities of every day life. I typically provide the best support for clients who want to have a collaborative relationship with their therapist. I specialize in working with clients who struggle with emotional regulation, anxiety, anger, relational abuse, substance use, and life, relationship and career transitions. I provide a safe space for clients to heal and support them as needed through recognized therapeutic interventions and appropriate community and/or professional referrals.
I enjoy working with clients struggling with the challenges of interpersonal relationships and the daily and often overwhelming realities of every day life. I typically provide the best support for clients who want to have a collaborative relationship with their therapist. I specialize in working with clients who struggle with emotional regulation, anxiety, anger, relational abuse, substance use, and life, relationship and career transitions. I provide a safe space for clients to heal and support them as needed through recognized therapeutic interventions and appropriate community and/or professional referrals.
Since 1997, I have been providing mental health services via addiction recovery, and trauma counseling for a wide variety of individuals and groups in multiple therapeutic settings throughout Southern, Central, and Northern California.
Are you feeling more and more overwhelmed lately? Are you losing sleep, isolating, or drinking more than usual? Are anxiety and depression becoming too familiar? Glad you stopped in. You have found a safe place to regain homeostasis and find new ways of coping. I offer a compassionate, understanding, integrative, and faith-supportive approach, while promoting spiritual, physical, and psychological wellness. My services include a free phone consultation, and a reasonable fee offering a sliding scale. I believe that psychotherapy should be professional, helpful, AND affordable.
Since 1997, I have been providing mental health services via addiction recovery, and trauma counseling for a wide variety of individuals and groups in multiple therapeutic settings throughout Southern, Central, and Northern California.
Are you feeling more and more overwhelmed lately? Are you losing sleep, isolating, or drinking more than usual? Are anxiety and depression becoming too familiar? Glad you stopped in. You have found a safe place to regain homeostasis and find new ways of coping. I offer a compassionate, understanding, integrative, and faith-supportive approach, while promoting spiritual, physical, and psychological wellness. My services include a free phone consultation, and a reasonable fee offering a sliding scale. I believe that psychotherapy should be professional, helpful, AND affordable.
Heather Marshall
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Montecito, CA 93150
Life transitions and troubling past traumas may often result in symptoms of depression, anxiety, panic, and coping through substance abuse. I work with clients to get these symptoms under control, cultivate more self-awareness, and develop more capacity for self-compassion. I help them to frame current stressors in the context of the larger systems they operate in, and evaluate existing coping strategies to separate what's working from what's not. Together, we shine a light on patterns of thinking and behaviors that keep them feeling stuck.
Life transitions and troubling past traumas may often result in symptoms of depression, anxiety, panic, and coping through substance abuse. I work with clients to get these symptoms under control, cultivate more self-awareness, and develop more capacity for self-compassion. I help them to frame current stressors in the context of the larger systems they operate in, and evaluate existing coping strategies to separate what's working from what's not. Together, we shine a light on patterns of thinking and behaviors that keep them feeling stuck.
My focus includes Men’s Mental Health, Addiction, and Relational issues.
Change does not need to take a decade to occur. My goal is to assist people in activating their inner healers through the therapeutic relationship. I enjoy working with people who are ready to work. Together we will grow the parts of you that require care. My style is active, empathic, playful, direct, genuine, and adaptive to meet your needs. I work relationally and I want my clients to know that another human being is in the room. As your therapist, you will be supported free of judgment, and challenged. I believe the authenticity we both bring to our relationship is the catalyst to get you where you want to be.
My focus includes Men’s Mental Health, Addiction, and Relational issues.
Change does not need to take a decade to occur. My goal is to assist people in activating their inner healers through the therapeutic relationship. I enjoy working with people who are ready to work. Together we will grow the parts of you that require care. My style is active, empathic, playful, direct, genuine, and adaptive to meet your needs. I work relationally and I want my clients to know that another human being is in the room. As your therapist, you will be supported free of judgment, and challenged. I believe the authenticity we both bring to our relationship is the catalyst to get you where you want to be.
Danielle Birrittella
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA, MFA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Montecito, CA 93108
I also have extensive experience working with those with substance use disorder, dual diagnosis, infertility, and leading groups.
My role as a psychotherapist is to accompany people on their courageous journeys of healing, discovery, and self-expression. I enjoy working with individuals who are curious and inspired to take their inner work seriously. I believe that the narratives we tell about ourselves hold tremendous power and that, through our work together, we can become more conscious of how these stories shape our lives in order to find opportunities for new understanding and meaning making. As a depth psychotherapist, I have reverence for the wisdom of psyche, the unconscious, to help guide us to explore parts of ourselves in order to become more whole.
I also have extensive experience working with those with substance use disorder, dual diagnosis, infertility, and leading groups.
My role as a psychotherapist is to accompany people on their courageous journeys of healing, discovery, and self-expression. I enjoy working with individuals who are curious and inspired to take their inner work seriously. I believe that the narratives we tell about ourselves hold tremendous power and that, through our work together, we can become more conscious of how these stories shape our lives in order to find opportunities for new understanding and meaning making. As a depth psychotherapist, I have reverence for the wisdom of psyche, the unconscious, to help guide us to explore parts of ourselves in order to become more whole.
I have a strong foundation working with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and addiction.
If you are reading this, you have already begun the journey toward healing and self-discovery! My goal is to support your growth towards the person you desire to be, heal hurts from the past, and find peace in a sometimes chaotic and stress-filled world. I strive to make a safe space to listen and provide you with gentle guidance, professional interventions that may contribute to wellness, and empathy in a non-judgmental and supportive manner. Life is so short, aren't you worth the journey towards wellness and happiness?! I believe you are!
I have a strong foundation working with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and addiction.
If you are reading this, you have already begun the journey toward healing and self-discovery! My goal is to support your growth towards the person you desire to be, heal hurts from the past, and find peace in a sometimes chaotic and stress-filled world. I strive to make a safe space to listen and provide you with gentle guidance, professional interventions that may contribute to wellness, and empathy in a non-judgmental and supportive manner. Life is so short, aren't you worth the journey towards wellness and happiness?! I believe you are!
Ashleigh Lamberti
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Montecito, CA 93108
With a background in Spiritual Psychology and Addiction Counseling, I bring a holistic and integrative approach to my practice.
At some point in our lives, many of us need help navigating life's challenges. The focus of my practice is working with individuals and couples who want to enhance and transform their relationships and improve their overall quality of life. Certified as a Relational Life Therapist, my approach is centered around teaching clients how to practice full respect living. This work delves deep quickly, uncovering the origins of patterns, challenging their effectiveness, and offering alternative ways to cultivate loving connection and skillfully manage conflict.
With a background in Spiritual Psychology and Addiction Counseling, I bring a holistic and integrative approach to my practice.
At some point in our lives, many of us need help navigating life's challenges. The focus of my practice is working with individuals and couples who want to enhance and transform their relationships and improve their overall quality of life. Certified as a Relational Life Therapist, my approach is centered around teaching clients how to practice full respect living. This work delves deep quickly, uncovering the origins of patterns, challenging their effectiveness, and offering alternative ways to cultivate loving connection and skillfully manage conflict.
SB Family Counseling & Wellness, PC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Montecito, CA 93108
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We are a group of therapists that specializes in treating people with anxiety, depression and relationship issues. We all have training in trauma focused care and recovery. Weekly psychotherapy is a place and time for you to unravel some of the issues in your life in order to create more harmony, success, and happiness. We works with individuals ages 7-75, couples, and families that are looking for tools and support to reduce symptoms that impact their life.
For families dealing w/ addiction, 'Everything Changes by Beverly Conyers.
We are a group of therapists that specializes in treating people with anxiety, depression and relationship issues. We all have training in trauma focused care and recovery. Weekly psychotherapy is a place and time for you to unravel some of the issues in your life in order to create more harmony, success, and happiness. We works with individuals ages 7-75, couples, and families that are looking for tools and support to reduce symptoms that impact their life.
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As a therapist, my goal is to help you live a happier and more fulfilling life. It can be difficult to know if you are on the right path, have healthy relationships, and are satisfied with your life's direction. How do you feel about where you are headed? I can support your self discovery in a compassionate and understanding way. I work towards identifying one's strengths and empowering clients struggling with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, relationship problems and life transitions. I specialize in working with young women, new moms and couples navigating the transition to motherhood and parenthood.
As a therapist, my goal is to help you live a happier and more fulfilling life. It can be difficult to know if you are on the right path, have healthy relationships, and are satisfied with your life's direction. How do you feel about where you are headed? I can support your self discovery in a compassionate and understanding way. I work towards identifying one's strengths and empowering clients struggling with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, relationship problems and life transitions. I specialize in working with young women, new moms and couples navigating the transition to motherhood and parenthood.
Openings for new clients with private pay, Lyra, Aetna, Oxford, United, and Oscar insurances. With a deep commitment to helping individuals, couples and families navigate life's challenges, I specialize in treating anxiety, panic attacks, depression, relationship conflicts, complicated family and sibling dynamics, narcissism, life transitions, body image, substance use/ addiction, chronic pain, and grief. We have all faced difficulties in our lives and unfortunately, many of us don't have the healthiest ways to deal with uncomfortable feelings or experiences. That's understandable because we weren't necessarily taught these skills.
Openings for new clients with private pay, Lyra, Aetna, Oxford, United, and Oscar insurances. With a deep commitment to helping individuals, couples and families navigate life's challenges, I specialize in treating anxiety, panic attacks, depression, relationship conflicts, complicated family and sibling dynamics, narcissism, life transitions, body image, substance use/ addiction, chronic pain, and grief. We have all faced difficulties in our lives and unfortunately, many of us don't have the healthiest ways to deal with uncomfortable feelings or experiences. That's understandable because we weren't necessarily taught these skills.
Dr. Douglas D Johnson
Psychological Associate, PsyD, MA, MAOM
Verified Verified
Montecito, CA 93108 (Online Only)
I specialize in Christian centered psychotherapy, alcohol/ substance abuse, and dual diagnosis.
Have you been struggling with an alcohol or substance use disorder? Are you looking for someone who understands the struggles you are facing based on personal experience? My doctoral dissertation on substance abuse has provided me with broad knowledge of evidenced based strategies used to treat addiction. I have experience supporting my clients that seek help in the following areas, relationships, spirituality, stress, depression, and anxiety. The use of inspiration and humor are common in session. Please contact me to schedule a free consultation. I'm looking forward to hearing about how I may be of assistance to you.
I specialize in Christian centered psychotherapy, alcohol/ substance abuse, and dual diagnosis.
Have you been struggling with an alcohol or substance use disorder? Are you looking for someone who understands the struggles you are facing based on personal experience? My doctoral dissertation on substance abuse has provided me with broad knowledge of evidenced based strategies used to treat addiction. I have experience supporting my clients that seek help in the following areas, relationships, spirituality, stress, depression, and anxiety. The use of inspiration and humor are common in session. Please contact me to schedule a free consultation. I'm looking forward to hearing about how I may be of assistance to you.
Galen Garbarino-Wilson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Montecito, CA 93108
Is what you're doing getting you what you want? I am excited and honored to be invited into your personal journey to figure out what is or isn't working in your life. I will walk beside you and help you figure out what change might look like in your life. I work from a Motivational Interviewing perspective and provide my clients a safe, nonjudgmental, therapeutic space to explore thoughts, feelings and behaviors. I work collaboratively with other professionals to provide a feeling of containment and a sense of safety. I work with all addictive and compulsive behaviors, trauma, anxiety, depression and dual diagnoses.
Is what you're doing getting you what you want? I am excited and honored to be invited into your personal journey to figure out what is or isn't working in your life. I will walk beside you and help you figure out what change might look like in your life. I work from a Motivational Interviewing perspective and provide my clients a safe, nonjudgmental, therapeutic space to explore thoughts, feelings and behaviors. I work collaboratively with other professionals to provide a feeling of containment and a sense of safety. I work with all addictive and compulsive behaviors, trauma, anxiety, depression and dual diagnoses.
Congratulations for having the courage to look at yourself and to have the willingness to make changes to improve the quality of your life. I work with individuals, families & teens. My dissertation study researched drug and alcohol resistance in teens via involvement in the expressive arts. I understand addictions and interventions. I also counsel people during life transitions such as divorces, family deaths and life changing medical diagnoses. Every disruption offers great self awareness & the opportunity for healing and recovery! I believe by starting therapy, you give yourself the message that you deserve a better life!
Congratulations for having the courage to look at yourself and to have the willingness to make changes to improve the quality of your life. I work with individuals, families & teens. My dissertation study researched drug and alcohol resistance in teens via involvement in the expressive arts. I understand addictions and interventions. I also counsel people during life transitions such as divorces, family deaths and life changing medical diagnoses. Every disruption offers great self awareness & the opportunity for healing and recovery! I believe by starting therapy, you give yourself the message that you deserve a better life!
I specialize in working with people who have complicated relationships with their bodies. My patients come to me because they are interested in: addressing disordered eating and body image issues; learning to live better with medical problems; reconsidering their use of alcohol and drugs; or learning to live in their bodies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary individuals. Many of my patients have also been through difficult or even traumatic events, that at times have made their bodies feel unsafe. I help my patients to reestablish a sense of trust and safety in their bodies.
I specialize in working with people who have complicated relationships with their bodies. My patients come to me because they are interested in: addressing disordered eating and body image issues; learning to live better with medical problems; reconsidering their use of alcohol and drugs; or learning to live in their bodies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary individuals. Many of my patients have also been through difficult or even traumatic events, that at times have made their bodies feel unsafe. I help my patients to reestablish a sense of trust and safety in their bodies.
Silvia Popa
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Montecito, CA 93108
In a safe and serene space, I meet you where you are. I welcome individuals open to exploring their own deep wisdom, truth, and Inner Healer. Engaging in our own healing work can provide growth, transformation, or new states of consciousness. My approach to therapy is an eclectic, multicultural and individualized therapy for different issues-trauma, relationships, daily life stressors, transpersonal experiences, or whatever is needed for the stage of your life.
In a safe and serene space, I meet you where you are. I welcome individuals open to exploring their own deep wisdom, truth, and Inner Healer. Engaging in our own healing work can provide growth, transformation, or new states of consciousness. My approach to therapy is an eclectic, multicultural and individualized therapy for different issues-trauma, relationships, daily life stressors, transpersonal experiences, or whatever is needed for the stage of your life.
The process of therapy is one of self exploration and self discovery. Many of my clients seek therapy during life transitions or when experiencing relationship challenges. Some suffer from lack of self confidence, or are plagued by anxiety without an understanding of its cause. Through our work together I help people gain insight and understanding about the problems they’re encountering and become aware of unhelpful patterns they may be repeating. As a result of gaining new perspectives and understanding their emotional landscape on a deeper level, my clients often experience life in a more rich and meaningful way.
The process of therapy is one of self exploration and self discovery. Many of my clients seek therapy during life transitions or when experiencing relationship challenges. Some suffer from lack of self confidence, or are plagued by anxiety without an understanding of its cause. Through our work together I help people gain insight and understanding about the problems they’re encountering and become aware of unhelpful patterns they may be repeating. As a result of gaining new perspectives and understanding their emotional landscape on a deeper level, my clients often experience life in a more rich and meaningful way.
I specialize in reducing and eliminating symptoms of: PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, OCD, Learning disorders, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Addictions, and Pain.
In my practice I blend together the art and science of psychotherapy with a strong focus on global change. My intention is to help you thrive. I use a comprehensive approach with a strong mind-body focus and integrate psychoanalysis with neuroscience. This helps to interpret properly and work more efficiently toward transforming maladaptive mechanisms that stifle your life. Often I use Neurofeedback, Biofeedback, and Photobiomodulation and work directly and noninvasively with the brain and the nervous system. This helps you self-regulate and embody change quicker, with less distress. In most cases the results are permanent.
I specialize in reducing and eliminating symptoms of: PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, OCD, Learning disorders, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Addictions, and Pain.
In my practice I blend together the art and science of psychotherapy with a strong focus on global change. My intention is to help you thrive. I use a comprehensive approach with a strong mind-body focus and integrate psychoanalysis with neuroscience. This helps to interpret properly and work more efficiently toward transforming maladaptive mechanisms that stifle your life. Often I use Neurofeedback, Biofeedback, and Photobiomodulation and work directly and noninvasively with the brain and the nervous system. This helps you self-regulate and embody change quicker, with less distress. In most cases the results are permanent.
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Addiction Therapists
What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.
How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.
How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.
How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.