Alcohol Use Therapists in Ward Cove, AK
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Naomi M. Watkins
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CDC-I, CYT-200
Verified Verified
Ketchikan, AK 99901
Waitlist for new clients
My goal is to support individuals looking to explore their relationship with substances, treat trauma and disordered eating, identify ways to manage depression and anxiety, guide individuals through life transitions, and to support an individuals unique recovery process. As a person with lived experience, I offer a unique perspective in the therapeutic relationship that normalizes experiencing life challenges as well as life successes. I am a proponent for mindfulness, pranayama, and spirituality on the healing journey and I hold those approaches while also advocating for self-defined recovery.
My goal is to support individuals looking to explore their relationship with substances, treat trauma and disordered eating, identify ways to manage depression and anxiety, guide individuals through life transitions, and to support an individuals unique recovery process. As a person with lived experience, I offer a unique perspective in the therapeutic relationship that normalizes experiencing life challenges as well as life successes. I am a proponent for mindfulness, pranayama, and spirituality on the healing journey and I hold those approaches while also advocating for self-defined recovery.
Ruth Bullock
Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Ketchikan, AK 99901
Ruth Bullock has over 30 years of experience as a counselor working with adults, teens, and children. Ruth has a clinical background in mental disorders and substance use disorders, and is a licensing supervisor. Ruth provides individual, family and couples counseling.
Ruth Bullock has over 30 years of experience as a counselor working with adults, teens, and children. Ruth has a clinical background in mental disorders and substance use disorders, and is a licensing supervisor. Ruth provides individual, family and couples counseling.
Kimmie (Krissy) Smith
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CCTP
Verified Verified
Ketchikan, AK 99901
Patrick McMahon
Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Ketchikan, AK 99901
Not accepting new clients
Welcome from Patrick McMahon, LPC and Cairn Counseling Services. Now more than ever people are reexamining the role of mental and emotional health in their lives and in their relationships and seeking greater understanding as to how these things can shape who they are and the world around them. I believe that every person already possesses strengths and skills that can help them grow to become a better version of themselves. Therapy can be a way to discover and build upon those skills and strengths to become the very best version of yourself.
Welcome from Patrick McMahon, LPC and Cairn Counseling Services. Now more than ever people are reexamining the role of mental and emotional health in their lives and in their relationships and seeking greater understanding as to how these things can shape who they are and the world around them. I believe that every person already possesses strengths and skills that can help them grow to become a better version of themselves. Therapy can be a way to discover and build upon those skills and strengths to become the very best version of yourself.
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.