Alcohol Use Therapists in Pflugerville, TX
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I have been a practicing psychotherapist for more than thirty years and work with couples, families, and individuals 18 years old and up. My areas of specialty are addiction, alcohol use, anxiety, anger management, behavioral issues, and many more. I use various modalities: Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Existential, Exposure Response Prevention, Schema Therapy, Interpersonal, Marital, and Family Therapy. At times this can appear to be difficult, but it is much more difficult to avoid our problems.
I have been a practicing psychotherapist for more than thirty years and work with couples, families, and individuals 18 years old and up. My areas of specialty are addiction, alcohol use, anxiety, anger management, behavioral issues, and many more. I use various modalities: Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Existential, Exposure Response Prevention, Schema Therapy, Interpersonal, Marital, and Family Therapy. At times this can appear to be difficult, but it is much more difficult to avoid our problems.
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Bill Stone is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in Texas who has been practicing since 2005. He has a Master of Arts, Counseling and Student Personnel Services from Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Bill has worked with a mix of clientele in a variety of clinical settings and prefers working with adolescents, adults, and seniors who are struggling to cope with addiction, substance use, anxiety, depression, gender identity, transgender concerns, trauma LGBTQIA, and PTSD, among many other issues.
Bill Stone is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in Texas who has been practicing since 2005. He has a Master of Arts, Counseling and Student Personnel Services from Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Bill has worked with a mix of clientele in a variety of clinical settings and prefers working with adolescents, adults, and seniors who are struggling to cope with addiction, substance use, anxiety, depression, gender identity, transgender concerns, trauma LGBTQIA, and PTSD, among many other issues.
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Kevin Overton-Hadnot
LPC Associate, MBA, LPC-A, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Pflugerville, TX 78660 (Online Only)
Greetings. It has never been more imperative that we take care of our mental health and wellness. Whatever place you may find yourself, I would welcome the opportunity to assist you on your journey.
Greetings. It has never been more imperative that we take care of our mental health and wellness. Whatever place you may find yourself, I would welcome the opportunity to assist you on your journey.
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I work with individuals, families and couples struggling with issues such as Depression, Anxiety, Adjustment Disorders, Trauma, PTSD, ADHD, disruptive behavioral disorders, and addiction issues. I also work with adults struggling with grief, loss or life transitions, and marital issues. I strive to help clients realize positive strengths in their life, in their relationships and in their home environments. I am here to help you overcome personal issues, family issues and life challenges. I believe therapy is an opportunity to alleviate emotional pain and also finding a safe space to reflect and grow.
I work with individuals, families and couples struggling with issues such as Depression, Anxiety, Adjustment Disorders, Trauma, PTSD, ADHD, disruptive behavioral disorders, and addiction issues. I also work with adults struggling with grief, loss or life transitions, and marital issues. I strive to help clients realize positive strengths in their life, in their relationships and in their home environments. I am here to help you overcome personal issues, family issues and life challenges. I believe therapy is an opportunity to alleviate emotional pain and also finding a safe space to reflect and grow.
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I care... I struggled with addiction and marital issues. I have learned how to manage and overcome these issues and subsequent problematic emotive disorders. There is help for those seeming irreparable life circumstances. Hopelessness is not inevitable.
I care... I struggled with addiction and marital issues. I have learned how to manage and overcome these issues and subsequent problematic emotive disorders. There is help for those seeming irreparable life circumstances. Hopelessness is not inevitable.
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Pflugerville Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist, LPC, LCSW
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Pflugerville, TX 78660
Pflugerville Counseling Center offers a wide range of counseling services to individuals, families, couples, and children/teens. Though each of us specializes in different areas, we all hold a belief that counseling is most helpful when it is about having a safe relationship to more fully explore, understand, and accept self and the choices we make. We believe that everyone has a story and the more we can own our stories, the more choice and control we have over writing the next chapters. We all love working with the brain/body/relationship connection we all hold within ourselves and between each other.
Pflugerville Counseling Center offers a wide range of counseling services to individuals, families, couples, and children/teens. Though each of us specializes in different areas, we all hold a belief that counseling is most helpful when it is about having a safe relationship to more fully explore, understand, and accept self and the choices we make. We believe that everyone has a story and the more we can own our stories, the more choice and control we have over writing the next chapters. We all love working with the brain/body/relationship connection we all hold within ourselves and between each other.
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Currently accepting new clients. I specialize in helping people think about how to improve their relationships, their emotional health and their lives. People often call because they are needing someone to think with them during a difficult season of life. They may notice unhealthy relationship patterns (disconnection, conflict, severed relationships), they may be struggling with a particular transition (transitioning to adulthood, parenting, loss), or they may be struggling to cope with some intense feelings (grief, sadness, anxiety). I would be happy to help you think about how you would like to meet the challenges you are facing.
Currently accepting new clients. I specialize in helping people think about how to improve their relationships, their emotional health and their lives. People often call because they are needing someone to think with them during a difficult season of life. They may notice unhealthy relationship patterns (disconnection, conflict, severed relationships), they may be struggling with a particular transition (transitioning to adulthood, parenting, loss), or they may be struggling to cope with some intense feelings (grief, sadness, anxiety). I would be happy to help you think about how you would like to meet the challenges you are facing.
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Maryehdiah Giah is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. She has over 20 years of experience in the mental health field, and she also has experience working with children (+10) and adolescents to adults aged 65 and above. Maryehdiah is passionate about assisting her patients and, as such, is very attentive to her patients while in sessions. Maryehdiah believes that everyone who wants to express their feelings to a professional deserves the professional’s undivided attention. Maryehdiah obtained her Master of Arts in Counseling at Prairie View A&M University.
Maryehdiah Giah is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. She has over 20 years of experience in the mental health field, and she also has experience working with children (+10) and adolescents to adults aged 65 and above. Maryehdiah is passionate about assisting her patients and, as such, is very attentive to her patients while in sessions. Maryehdiah believes that everyone who wants to express their feelings to a professional deserves the professional’s undivided attention. Maryehdiah obtained her Master of Arts in Counseling at Prairie View A&M University.
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Sarah Weaver
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Pflugerville, TX 78660
My name is Sarah Weaver, and I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pflugerville, Texas. I have primarily focused on working with young people and adults who have faced various challenges such as poverty, substance use, depression, self-harm, and thoughts of suicide. I am also passionate about helping parents and other family members or friends better understand how these struggles affect their loved ones and what they can do to support them.
My name is Sarah Weaver, and I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pflugerville, Texas. I have primarily focused on working with young people and adults who have faced various challenges such as poverty, substance use, depression, self-harm, and thoughts of suicide. I am also passionate about helping parents and other family members or friends better understand how these struggles affect their loved ones and what they can do to support them.
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I am here to offer hope and healing to individuals, couples, and families for the many difficulties and challenges that life can present. I have a love for people and a passion for assisting individuals and couples in gaining insight into their lives and in their relationships. By gaining this insight and understanding, this can lead to emotional healing, closer relationships, healthier lifestyles, and inner peace.
I am here to offer hope and healing to individuals, couples, and families for the many difficulties and challenges that life can present. I have a love for people and a passion for assisting individuals and couples in gaining insight into their lives and in their relationships. By gaining this insight and understanding, this can lead to emotional healing, closer relationships, healthier lifestyles, and inner peace.
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Thorin Q Holley
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Pflugerville, TX 78660 (Online Only)
I believe that our struggles with mental health can often make us think we are outside looking in. Different. Broken. The Black Sheep. When we learn how to change our view of our unique challenges or experiences they can become strengths and lose their power over us. My focus is to help individuals increase their awareness of their own wealth of internal strength and ability to make the changes in their lives they want. We will achieve this through a collaborative approach which will bring elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, ACT, SFBT and existential philosophy into the amazing ability you already have to grow.
I believe that our struggles with mental health can often make us think we are outside looking in. Different. Broken. The Black Sheep. When we learn how to change our view of our unique challenges or experiences they can become strengths and lose their power over us. My focus is to help individuals increase their awareness of their own wealth of internal strength and ability to make the changes in their lives they want. We will achieve this through a collaborative approach which will bring elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, ACT, SFBT and existential philosophy into the amazing ability you already have to grow.
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Excelsis Psychotherapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCDC
Verified Verified
Pflugerville, TX 78660
I don’t waste time. I go deeply with clients into deep trauma and existential, spiritual concerns for supportive and clear healing. I’ve been trained for over a decade with therapy models from AZ, to CA, NY, MD, DC, NJ, and TX. Please visit front page of website for appointments. Then fill out calendar or text me at the 413 number. The first session is a full hour intake.
I don’t waste time. I go deeply with clients into deep trauma and existential, spiritual concerns for supportive and clear healing. I’ve been trained for over a decade with therapy models from AZ, to CA, NY, MD, DC, NJ, and TX. Please visit front page of website for appointments. Then fill out calendar or text me at the 413 number. The first session is a full hour intake.
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Christine Torossian
LPC Associate, LPC-A, LCDC, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Pflugerville, TX 78660
I have experience working with a wide range of mental health issues from depression and anxiety to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. I have worked in various inpatient settings ranging from psychiatric hospitals to residential treatment centers. I also have experience working with a wide range of ages, from 12 upwards.
I have experience working with a wide range of mental health issues from depression and anxiety to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. I have worked in various inpatient settings ranging from psychiatric hospitals to residential treatment centers. I also have experience working with a wide range of ages, from 12 upwards.
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Austin DBT Associates
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCSW, LPC, LMSW, LPCI, LCDC
Verified Verified
Pflugerville, TX 78660
DBT is short for Dialectical Behavior Therapy. This is a specialized type of therapy that requires intensive post-graduate training by the therapists who offer it. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is recognized as an evidence-based practice by the American Psychiatric Association. DBT is an effective treatment for helping people to manage the intensity of their emotions and impulsive behavioral patterns that are disrupting the quality of their daily lives. What DBT does best is that it teaches skills that are not confined to a clinician's office. These skills generalize to every aspect of your world.
DBT is short for Dialectical Behavior Therapy. This is a specialized type of therapy that requires intensive post-graduate training by the therapists who offer it. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is recognized as an evidence-based practice by the American Psychiatric Association. DBT is an effective treatment for helping people to manage the intensity of their emotions and impulsive behavioral patterns that are disrupting the quality of their daily lives. What DBT does best is that it teaches skills that are not confined to a clinician's office. These skills generalize to every aspect of your world.
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Kimberly Wilson
Marriage & Family Therapist, NMD, LPC, LMFT
Verified Verified
Pflugerville, TX 78660 (Online Only)
Imagine what life would be like if you were not bothered by intrusive thoughts, racing thoughts, anxious thoughts, obsessions, compulsions, or constant worry and panic. What would you do with that extra time? Imagine if your chronic pain or chronic illness was not on your mind all of the time. How would you feel? Imagine your relationships in a good place, thriving, and free of conflict. What would be different? Yes, all of it is possible.
Imagine what life would be like if you were not bothered by intrusive thoughts, racing thoughts, anxious thoughts, obsessions, compulsions, or constant worry and panic. What would you do with that extra time? Imagine if your chronic pain or chronic illness was not on your mind all of the time. How would you feel? Imagine your relationships in a good place, thriving, and free of conflict. What would be different? Yes, all of it is possible.
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Margaret Ann (Bonny) Gardner Ph.D.
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Pflugerville, TX 78660 (Online Only)
I work with a broad cross section of clients and welcome diversity in my practice. If clients are motivated, attend sessions regularly, and receptive to suggestions and homework , I can usually help them overcome their symptoms and achieve a new sense of freedom. I empower my clients to improve their coping and problem-solving skills to live more effectively and happily. I work regularly with depression, anxiety, marital /relationship issues,and victimization.Clients coping with medical problems and older adults are a specialty and women's mental health and recovery from substance abuse. I enjoy helping clients with workplace challenges
I work with a broad cross section of clients and welcome diversity in my practice. If clients are motivated, attend sessions regularly, and receptive to suggestions and homework , I can usually help them overcome their symptoms and achieve a new sense of freedom. I empower my clients to improve their coping and problem-solving skills to live more effectively and happily. I work regularly with depression, anxiety, marital /relationship issues,and victimization.Clients coping with medical problems and older adults are a specialty and women's mental health and recovery from substance abuse. I enjoy helping clients with workplace challenges
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Samantha Doversberger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, Supervi
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Pflugerville, TX 78660 (Online Only)
I primarily provide telephonic services. Life is full of struggles and challenges that are impacted by our life experiences and current situations. My goal as a therapist is to work with you to process those experiences as well as to identify coping skills to help you achieve happiness. I work with a variety of populations and specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, and relationship challenges. My main focus is transitioning away from negative thought patterns that leave us feeling stuck. I have completed specialized trainings for EMDR, PET, and DBT. Evening appointments are available to accommodate work schedules.
I primarily provide telephonic services. Life is full of struggles and challenges that are impacted by our life experiences and current situations. My goal as a therapist is to work with you to process those experiences as well as to identify coping skills to help you achieve happiness. I work with a variety of populations and specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, and relationship challenges. My main focus is transitioning away from negative thought patterns that leave us feeling stuck. I have completed specialized trainings for EMDR, PET, and DBT. Evening appointments are available to accommodate work schedules.
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Managing life's battles can be overwhelming and inherently all-consuming. I am direct, solution focused and client centered when it comes to working with people who are seeking treatment related to substance use/addiction disorders, family/relational conflict, spiritual questioning centered around trauma, grief or purposeful living, life transitions, case management, marriage and couples counseling as well as working with teens, emerging and aging adults. Our sessions can range from helping manage fear that may cause immobility or clouding our brightest path to addressing coping skills to better navigate relapse, improving communication or building insight to behavior and purpose.
Managing life's battles can be overwhelming and inherently all-consuming. I am direct, solution focused and client centered when it comes to working with people who are seeking treatment related to substance use/addiction disorders, family/relational conflict, spiritual questioning centered around trauma, grief or purposeful living, life transitions, case management, marriage and couples counseling as well as working with teens, emerging and aging adults. Our sessions can range from helping manage fear that may cause immobility or clouding our brightest path to addressing coping skills to better navigate relapse, improving communication or building insight to behavior and purpose.
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Dianne Braudrick
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Verified Verified
Pflugerville, TX 78691 (Online Only)
As a counselor my primary focus is helping individuals live healthier and happier lives. I work with adults and adolescents in individual, couples or family counseling. Young adults are of special interest to me, but I also greatly enjoy my work with all ages. I counsel from a solution-focused perspective that addresses the needs and goals of the client with the primary focus of enhancing their life. Issues including anger, ADHD, relationships, depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug use, grief and more can be addressed in counseling. For both client safety and convenience, I am currently only seeing clients via telehealth.
As a counselor my primary focus is helping individuals live healthier and happier lives. I work with adults and adolescents in individual, couples or family counseling. Young adults are of special interest to me, but I also greatly enjoy my work with all ages. I counsel from a solution-focused perspective that addresses the needs and goals of the client with the primary focus of enhancing their life. Issues including anger, ADHD, relationships, depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug use, grief and more can be addressed in counseling. For both client safety and convenience, I am currently only seeing clients via telehealth.
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Ryan Lynn Foster
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Pflugerville, TX 78660
I work with people not diagnoses. First and foremost I want my clients to know that they are not on their own. I first began to study counseling psychology because I enjoy helping people. When a person comes into my office it is usually because they are in need of help. Through the use of various psychological techniques I strive to assist those who seek to find what they are looking for. I also offer HIPPA compliant video counseling for convenience.
I work with people not diagnoses. First and foremost I want my clients to know that they are not on their own. I first began to study counseling psychology because I enjoy helping people. When a person comes into my office it is usually because they are in need of help. Through the use of various psychological techniques I strive to assist those who seek to find what they are looking for. I also offer HIPPA compliant video counseling for convenience.
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Alcohol Use Therapists
Are there specific medications for alcohol use?
There are oral medications approved to treat alcohol use disorder—such as disulfiram, acamprosate, and naltrexone, which also comes in an injectable form. These medications do help people reduce their drinking as well as avoid the problem of relapse. Naltrexone helps reduce cravings, disulfiram can make a person feel sick when they drink, and acamprosate may help ease symptoms like poor sleep and anxious feelings.
How do alcohol recovery or rehabilitation programs work?
In inpatient programs, individuals live in a facility with other patients in recovery; in outpatient programs,individuals live at home. These facilities are staffed with healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, counselors, and psychotherapists. Staff can also include people who have recovered themselves, serving as mentors and guides. These programs may use abstinence, harm reduction, detoxification, psychotherapy, and other tools for recovery.
How do 12-step programs combined with psychotherapy work?
Members of 12-step programs help each other reach abstinence and work to maintain it. These programs promote complete change in the individual’s emotional, mental, physical, and even spiritual perspectives. Some programs require that new members attend 90 meetings in 90 days. Many people do attend these programs in conjunction with their work in psychotherapy; the combination of therapy along with 12-step can be extremely effective.
How does harm reduction combined with psychotherapy work?
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, harm reduction prevents death, injury, disease, overdose, and substance misuse. People who choose harm reduction for alcohol use reduce the amount of alcohol they intake. It is not abstinence-based like a 12-step program, but combining harm reduction with psychotherapy proves to be effective for many people.