Addiction Psychologists and Therapists in Scoresby, VIC
I am a Provisional Psychologist currently completing my Master of Clinical Psychology, with experience supporting clients across the lifespan. I am passionate about helping individuals and couples navigate relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. I tailor evidence-based therapies, such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Schema Therapy, to meet each person’s unique needs, drawing on my background in research on parenting, child development, and sexual health.
I am a Provisional Psychologist currently completing my Master of Clinical Psychology, with experience supporting clients across the lifespan. I am passionate about helping individuals and couples navigate relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. I tailor evidence-based therapies, such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Schema Therapy, to meet each person’s unique needs, drawing on my background in research on parenting, child development, and sexual health.
I work with men who desire change. Whether you have a clear picture of a better life or just a faint gut feeling that things can't continue this way, I can help. I say this as not only a trained therapist but a person with over ten years of personal development experience: there's more in you.
I work with men who desire change. Whether you have a clear picture of a better life or just a faint gut feeling that things can't continue this way, I can help. I say this as not only a trained therapist but a person with over ten years of personal development experience: there's more in you.
Hi, I'm Dan. I am currently on leave and am not accepting new clients (from Nov 2025 to Feb 2026). I apologise for the inconvenience.
I am the principal psychologist and director at In Balance Psychology Clinic. I am very passionate about the profession. My top priority is as a therapist is for each and every client to experience an environment of warmth and respect throughout their therapeutic journey. I work with individuals, tailoring treatment to specific needs. Seeking help is a very important one, therefore you will be met where you are, listened to, and provided with targeted strategies for making real change.
Hi, I'm Dan. I am currently on leave and am not accepting new clients (from Nov 2025 to Feb 2026). I apologise for the inconvenience.
I am the principal psychologist and director at In Balance Psychology Clinic. I am very passionate about the profession. My top priority is as a therapist is for each and every client to experience an environment of warmth and respect throughout their therapeutic journey. I work with individuals, tailoring treatment to specific needs. Seeking help is a very important one, therefore you will be met where you are, listened to, and provided with targeted strategies for making real change.
It's the start of the year but you're probably exhausted. You've been everyone's rock - the reliable friend, the family peace-keeper & the one who puts others first. But beneath that strength lies overwhelm, feeling invisible and exhaustion.
You feel drained from carrying everyone's emotional burdens and find yourself saying "yes" when you desperately want to say "no." You experience anxiety, insomnia or physical symptoms from constantly prioritising others. Whether you're burnt out, questioning your relationship, navigating life transitions, struggling with ADHD overwhelm or just tired, it's time to put you first
It's the start of the year but you're probably exhausted. You've been everyone's rock - the reliable friend, the family peace-keeper & the one who puts others first. But beneath that strength lies overwhelm, feeling invisible and exhaustion.
You feel drained from carrying everyone's emotional burdens and find yourself saying "yes" when you desperately want to say "no." You experience anxiety, insomnia or physical symptoms from constantly prioritising others. Whether you're burnt out, questioning your relationship, navigating life transitions, struggling with ADHD overwhelm or just tired, it's time to put you first
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Are you struggling to control behaviours like gambling, pornography, substances, gaming or constant internet use, despite wanting to stop?
I specialise in treating behavioural and substance addictions using evidence-based approaches including CBT and relapse prevention. Together, we identify patterns, understand underlying drivers, and develop practical tools to manage urges and regain control. I offer a structured but flexible approach, tailored to your goals, whether that is reducing harm or
Are you struggling to control behaviours like gambling, pornography, substances, gaming or constant internet use, despite wanting to stop?
I specialise in treating behavioural and substance addictions using evidence-based approaches including CBT and relapse prevention. Together, we identify patterns, understand underlying drivers, and develop practical tools to manage urges and regain control. I offer a structured but flexible approach, tailored to your goals, whether that is reducing harm or
I specialise in supporting clients with addiction and physical health condition along with mental health concerns.
I support you in building holistic and balanced routine. I support in building emotional mastery, in building healthy coping mechanisms, sustained growth, build resilience under pressure. In short, I will show you the way out emotionally and physically when you are going through tough life and health situations.
I specialise in supporting clients with addiction and physical health condition along with mental health concerns.
I support you in building holistic and balanced routine. I support in building emotional mastery, in building healthy coping mechanisms, sustained growth, build resilience under pressure. In short, I will show you the way out emotionally and physically when you are going through tough life and health situations.
I frequently work with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief and trauma.
I am a registered psychologist with a doctorate in clinical and forensic psychology. I also lecture part-time at Monash University.
I frequently work with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief and trauma.
I am a registered psychologist with a doctorate in clinical and forensic psychology. I also lecture part-time at Monash University.
I am a calm, compassionate, and non-judgmental individual and couple therapist. I work to develop relationships of deep trust and understanding with you. I have a great deal of experience helping people overcome complex and persistent problems. I will never give up on you. I will hold the hope for you even if you are feeling discouraged or hopeless. As a nurse practitioner as well as a psychotherapist, I can prescribe psychotropic medication if needed. I can provide medicare rebates for every session because I am also a nurse practitioner.
I am a calm, compassionate, and non-judgmental individual and couple therapist. I work to develop relationships of deep trust and understanding with you. I have a great deal of experience helping people overcome complex and persistent problems. I will never give up on you. I will hold the hope for you even if you are feeling discouraged or hopeless. As a nurse practitioner as well as a psychotherapist, I can prescribe psychotropic medication if needed. I can provide medicare rebates for every session because I am also a nurse practitioner.
I offer a general support for an individual in navigating through their life challenges. Build the skills they need to understand oneself and promote a self-growth to get to where they want to be.
I offer a general support for an individual in navigating through their life challenges. Build the skills they need to understand oneself and promote a self-growth to get to where they want to be.
I work with all sorts of issues including mental health, addictions and relationship issues to name a few.
I have over 10 years experience as a counsellor working in community health settings and now in private practice since 2024. I am an approved counsellor with Victims Services NSW and a PACFA Clinical Supervisor.
I work with all sorts of issues including mental health, addictions and relationship issues to name a few.
I have over 10 years experience as a counsellor working in community health settings and now in private practice since 2024. I am an approved counsellor with Victims Services NSW and a PACFA Clinical Supervisor.
I am an experienced trauma-&IFS-informed therapist. I work well with people who are ready to do 'the work'. I briefly bring strategies that can be useful to your everyday life initially, relying on modalities such as mindfulness and polyvagal theory, before moving into deeper work based in Internal Family Systems (IFS), if and when the time is right. I assist/guide you to reveal and heal the parts of you that carry thoughts, feelings and behaviours that no longer serve you. It is not always doom and gloom. We work together light-heartedly to safely reveal your unconscious motivations and inner strength, towards lasting healing.
I am an experienced trauma-&IFS-informed therapist. I work well with people who are ready to do 'the work'. I briefly bring strategies that can be useful to your everyday life initially, relying on modalities such as mindfulness and polyvagal theory, before moving into deeper work based in Internal Family Systems (IFS), if and when the time is right. I assist/guide you to reveal and heal the parts of you that carry thoughts, feelings and behaviours that no longer serve you. It is not always doom and gloom. We work together light-heartedly to safely reveal your unconscious motivations and inner strength, towards lasting healing.
I support adults who feel stuck in patterns of unwanted sexual behaviours and want lasting change, including those seeking help to take responsibility and prevent harm. My approach is calm, structured, and non-judgemental, focusing on understanding underlying drivers, building practical strategies, and strengthening self-control and accountability. I provide a confidential space where clients can speak openly without shame. Sessions are goal-focused and paced to support sustainable growth rather than quick fixes. I offer online counselling for individuals ready to engage honestly in the change process.
I support adults who feel stuck in patterns of unwanted sexual behaviours and want lasting change, including those seeking help to take responsibility and prevent harm. My approach is calm, structured, and non-judgemental, focusing on understanding underlying drivers, building practical strategies, and strengthening self-control and accountability. I provide a confidential space where clients can speak openly without shame. Sessions are goal-focused and paced to support sustainable growth rather than quick fixes. I offer online counselling for individuals ready to engage honestly in the change process.
Anita has specialist knowledge and has in-depth experience working with clients experiencing drug and alcohol abuse, cigarette smoking, gambling and other addictions.
Anita works with clients of all ages and diverse backgrounds including individuals, couples and adolescents. She has extensive experience counselling clients and can help you with anxiety, stress, panic attacks, or depression; coping with pain, post-trauma (PTSD), OCD, or workplace issues; managing weight loss; couples therapy and sports psychology. How can Anita help you? Whether you need support, guidance, motivation, or counselling, she can assist you in your journey. Please feel free to book an initial consultation with her.
Anita has specialist knowledge and has in-depth experience working with clients experiencing drug and alcohol abuse, cigarette smoking, gambling and other addictions.
Anita works with clients of all ages and diverse backgrounds including individuals, couples and adolescents. She has extensive experience counselling clients and can help you with anxiety, stress, panic attacks, or depression; coping with pain, post-trauma (PTSD), OCD, or workplace issues; managing weight loss; couples therapy and sports psychology. How can Anita help you? Whether you need support, guidance, motivation, or counselling, she can assist you in your journey. Please feel free to book an initial consultation with her.
My practice focuses on supporting young adults, adults, and couples, offering support for various issues including Trauma Counselling, Anxiety, Depression, Substance Abuse, Self Harm and Relationship issues.
My primary therapeutic approach is the Internal Family System Therapy (IFS), which aims to restore trust in self-leadership, achieve harmony and balance, and bring self-energy to the system. I also integrate Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) and Mindfulness Based Therapies (MBT) to provide a holistic approach to healing.
My practice focuses on supporting young adults, adults, and couples, offering support for various issues including Trauma Counselling, Anxiety, Depression, Substance Abuse, Self Harm and Relationship issues.
My primary therapeutic approach is the Internal Family System Therapy (IFS), which aims to restore trust in self-leadership, achieve harmony and balance, and bring self-energy to the system. I also integrate Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) and Mindfulness Based Therapies (MBT) to provide a holistic approach to healing.
I am a Holistic Counsellor with specialisation in Art Therapy (Master of Art Therapy, La Trobe Uni) and Clinical Counselling & Supervision (ACA). My areas of expertise include: DBT-informed Art Therapy and Jungian psychodynamic client-centred methods. My holistic approach supports the whole person, not just mental health needs. I consider physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing of my clients. I strive to create a space in which my clients can rediscover their own innate healing power, in order to bring about a feeling of wholeness and integrity.
I am a Holistic Counsellor with specialisation in Art Therapy (Master of Art Therapy, La Trobe Uni) and Clinical Counselling & Supervision (ACA). My areas of expertise include: DBT-informed Art Therapy and Jungian psychodynamic client-centred methods. My holistic approach supports the whole person, not just mental health needs. I consider physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing of my clients. I strive to create a space in which my clients can rediscover their own innate healing power, in order to bring about a feeling of wholeness and integrity.
Dr Bruce Alexander works with adults who are ready to make real, lasting change but feel stuck in patterns they haven't been able to shift on their own — whether that's anxiety, poor sleep, smoking, alcohol, gambling, weight, or low confidence.
Bruce specialises in anxiety, sleep, smoking, alcohol, gambling, weight loss, confidence, and phobias. With 27 years of clinical experience and a PhD in Medical Research, he uses structured hypnotherapy to help clients shift the beliefs and patterns driving unwanted behaviours.
Dr Bruce Alexander works with adults who are ready to make real, lasting change but feel stuck in patterns they haven't been able to shift on their own — whether that's anxiety, poor sleep, smoking, alcohol, gambling, weight, or low confidence.
Bruce specialises in anxiety, sleep, smoking, alcohol, gambling, weight loss, confidence, and phobias. With 27 years of clinical experience and a PhD in Medical Research, he uses structured hypnotherapy to help clients shift the beliefs and patterns driving unwanted behaviours.
I offer hope, solutions, strategies, goals to achieve, treatment plan made especially for each client's need whether it's an addiction, family violence, identity issues, mental health or DHHS.
With 8.5 years of experience in the counselling sector, I specialise in working with Indigenous clients and providing support in various areas, including crisis intervention, family violence, trauma and AOD. My services are accessible to individuals from all backgrounds who are seeking assistance on their healing journeys. I believe that everyone deserves the opportunity for a healthy and fulfilling life, and sometimes, all it takes is having a supportive person to create that safe space. I am committed to collaborating with you to help you achieve your personal goals and live the life you desire.
I offer hope, solutions, strategies, goals to achieve, treatment plan made especially for each client's need whether it's an addiction, family violence, identity issues, mental health or DHHS.
With 8.5 years of experience in the counselling sector, I specialise in working with Indigenous clients and providing support in various areas, including crisis intervention, family violence, trauma and AOD. My services are accessible to individuals from all backgrounds who are seeking assistance on their healing journeys. I believe that everyone deserves the opportunity for a healthy and fulfilling life, and sometimes, all it takes is having a supportive person to create that safe space. I am committed to collaborating with you to help you achieve your personal goals and live the life you desire.
I provide counselling, therapy and social work services in both the Ballarat and Footscray areas as well as online. I provide supportive, empathic and flexible responses to individual needs, taking the body, mind and soul into consideration. I have over thirty years of counselling experience and have particular expertise in grief and loss, trauma, depression, anxiety, mental health issues and working with many other concerns. I am passionate about holding the hope and working from the heart as well as utilising diverse knowledge and skills. It is important to me that counselling is affordable to people who need it.
I provide counselling, therapy and social work services in both the Ballarat and Footscray areas as well as online. I provide supportive, empathic and flexible responses to individual needs, taking the body, mind and soul into consideration. I have over thirty years of counselling experience and have particular expertise in grief and loss, trauma, depression, anxiety, mental health issues and working with many other concerns. I am passionate about holding the hope and working from the heart as well as utilising diverse knowledge and skills. It is important to me that counselling is affordable to people who need it.
I am a professional counsellor with lived experience of addiction and mental health challenges.
MC Counselling provides a supportive, non-judgmental space where you can feel safe to talk openly about your concerns. Together we work to reduce feelings of shame and stigma while building understanding and self-compassion. I specialise in helping people make sense of their experiences and process what they are going through.
I am a professional counsellor with lived experience of addiction and mental health challenges.
MC Counselling provides a supportive, non-judgmental space where you can feel safe to talk openly about your concerns. Together we work to reduce feelings of shame and stigma while building understanding and self-compassion. I specialise in helping people make sense of their experiences and process what they are going through.
I know high-pressure industries, and like anyone who's lived a real life, I've had my own share of hard years, including my own lived experience of addiction and mental health recovery.
On paper, I hold a Master of Professional Psychology and I'm completing a PhD on trauma, violence, and intimate partner violence in men. My clinical career started in addiction, moved into forensic work, and has focused increasingly on trauma - including PTSD assessment and diagnosis training and Narrative Exposure Therapy.
I know high-pressure industries, and like anyone who's lived a real life, I've had my own share of hard years, including my own lived experience of addiction and mental health recovery.
On paper, I hold a Master of Professional Psychology and I'm completing a PhD on trauma, violence, and intimate partner violence in men. My clinical career started in addiction, moved into forensic work, and has focused increasingly on trauma - including PTSD assessment and diagnosis training and Narrative Exposure Therapy.
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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.