Alcohol Use Counselling in 3155
Susan Christoffelsz Counselling & EFT
Counsellor, MA
Verified Verified
Boronia, VIC 3155 (Online Only)
Do you feel like a ship in a storm hanging on not sure when the wind will drop, and the sun will come out? Ongoing strong negative emotions are a ball and chain that keep us stuck so we cannot move forward and reach our potential. When we live in chronic stress it slams the door shut of possibilities - as when in strong emotional states the rational part of our brain goes offline. I use both body and mind tools to help you start to take control of your responses and work to reclaim your life back. You can find your purpose, take steps towards solving problems and work towards achieving your goals.
Do you feel like a ship in a storm hanging on not sure when the wind will drop, and the sun will come out? Ongoing strong negative emotions are a ball and chain that keep us stuck so we cannot move forward and reach our potential. When we live in chronic stress it slams the door shut of possibilities - as when in strong emotional states the rational part of our brain goes offline. I use both body and mind tools to help you start to take control of your responses and work to reclaim your life back. You can find your purpose, take steps towards solving problems and work towards achieving your goals.
At Ultimate Success and Wellbeing Psychology, I deliver a range of services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, families and groups. These include anxiety, depression, psychiatric disorders, adjustment disorders, grief and loss, trauma, interpersonal conflicts, mediation, domestic violence Issues, critical incident stress management debriefing and anger and behaviour management. I have been registered as a psychologist for over 15 years and have held a variety of roles including managing a counselling and youth team as well as several mental health teams.
At Ultimate Success and Wellbeing Psychology, I deliver a range of services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, families and groups. These include anxiety, depression, psychiatric disorders, adjustment disorders, grief and loss, trauma, interpersonal conflicts, mediation, domestic violence Issues, critical incident stress management debriefing and anger and behaviour management. I have been registered as a psychologist for over 15 years and have held a variety of roles including managing a counselling and youth team as well as several mental health teams.
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Alcohol Use Counsellors
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.