Counseling/ Recovery Coaching/ Peer Support
Experience & Qualifications
Drug addict and now person in long-term recovery, my bottom became the catalyst that motivated me to go back to college, become a licensed addiction counselor, holistic health practitioner, speaker and published author. With now over thirty-one years of experience teaching, providing workshops and assisting individuals, couples and families in addiction and spiritual matters. I believe that instead of asking “what’s wrong with you?” we should be asking, “what happened to you?” and “what’s right with you?” I believe that with HELP (Helping to Empower the Lives of People), we can transform many of the issues we face that result from trauma and addiction. #Recoveryworks
I am a skilled, compassionate, person-centered and solution-focused Substance Abuse Counselor, Certified Recovery Coach and Certified Peer Support Specialist. I believe in meeting people where they’re at; guiding and encouraging them to be all they were meant to be, in order to heal and empower their own lives.
Highlights of Qualifications:
- Over 30-years’ experience assisting individuals, couples and families in: inpatient, outpatient and correctional settings via one-to-one’s, therapeutic, educational groups and community outreach programs
- Highly skilled in providing solution-focused care and working with the whole-person, to address underlying issues that may have contributed to patients’ substance use and/or possible, future triggers
- Excellent at providing thorough biopsychosocial’s (BPS) and helping patients in creating SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timed) recovery plans and holding them accountable
- Excellent at understanding and providing culturally specific treatments to meet patients’ individual needs
