Addiction Therapists in Oakland, CA
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Janeen Wilson
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I have been working in the field of mental health for the last 21 years and in
addiction
& recovery for 11 years. I also have a special interest in working with developmental trauma and codependency issues. After having worked in “brick and mortar” outpatient
substance
use and mental health clinics, I have been working in virtual therapy in
addiction
for the last year and a half. It has been exciting to see how virtual therapy has broken barriers for clients, enabling them to get the care they need in the most accessible ways possible.

John Roedel Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MFT
Verified
Verified
If you've decided you want to try psychedelic-assisted therapy for depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD,
addiction
, family-of-origin issues—or any of a number of other mental health issues—I may be able to help you. Many patients have experienced significant improvement after just a short course of treatment. That said, this approach has risks and potential harms that must be carefully assessed and managed. The formal term for this approach is "Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration." In addition to my training in this approach, I draw on extensive experience as a crisis therapist helping to keep patients safe.

Steve Cutshall
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I am a person in long-term recovery providing psychotherapy to people with
substance
use disorders. I am familiar with many treatment centers and recovery fellowships in the Bay Area. I provide a nonjudgmental, direct approach and a sense of humor to address
addiction
and its root causes. If recovery through abstinence is your goal, I am able to tailor a relapse prevention plan to your specific needs.

Tim Barry
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
6 Endorsed
Verified
6 Endorsed
I am particularly skilled at supporting people that are dealing with anxiety,
addiction
, depression, relationship issues, life transitions, as well as loved ones/caregivers of people with
addiction
or mental health issues.
I am passionate about supporting people in addressing a range of different challenges that may be impacting their lives. I believe that people are inherently resilient, and that building a strong therapeutic relationship can help you access both existing strengths and build new ones. While I may be an expert in a particular therapeutic model, you are an expert in your experience, and our ability to work together using evidence-based practices will help you reach your goals. I will take an active approach in your care by collaboratively building rapport and tailoring your care to meet your unique needs.

Alisa Birgy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified
Verified
I am a change oriented therapist and would like to support you in finding new solutions to old problems. I am part of a group practice that provides individual and group DBT, and I have experience working with
addiction
/alcoholism, trauma, bipolar disorder, and psychosis. My other passion is parenting and pregnancy as I ran a parenting program for 12 years. I understand the stresses facing parents with young children, and will provide a trusting relationship where you can develop skills and experience more joy in parenting.

Paul Julio Calloway
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I specialize in treating anxiety, PTSD, anger management, depression, OCD, co-dependency and sexual
addiction
.
As a therapist, I would like to create a safe place to discuss and process your feelings. The most important thing for me is building trust and rapport so that the therapeutic process can commence. I am here to provide guidance and tailor my counseling interventions to address your specific needs. I identify as a therapist of color specializing in working with communities of color.

David Shragai
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, MA
Verified
Verified
Do you want to improve your emotional well being or to learn how to deal more effectively with stress, anxiety, depression or
addiction
? Do you want to improve your relationship and communication with your partner? For over 30 years I've provided psychotherapy in a supportive, caring and safe atmosphere helping individuals and couples to address emotional difficulties and achieve a better quality of life.

Jennifer Barkin
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
I provide individual psychotherapy to adults struggling with anxiety, depression, relational problems, work stress, life transitions, and
addiction
or
substance
use concerns. I take a collaborative approach when working with clients to identify treatment goals and integrate evidence-based therapies in order to build coping skills and increase resilience. My goal in working with clients is to create a supportive non-judgmental space that is conducive to self-reflection and self-compassion. After all, self-loathing and shame are not motivators for change; they get us stuck.

Matthew R. Hicks
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
NOW accepting new clients-If you are feeling overwhelmed by life’s demands, my aim is to introduce clarity, authenticity, and self-motivation. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), I’ve been successfully treating adults, families, and youth for over 20 years facilitating their self-growth. I teach techniques to better manage the emotional stress of everyday life. I have also focused on extensive training in anxiety/depression, play therapy, parenting, treating past and recent trauma, OCD,
addiction
, and working with family systems.
Not accepting new clients

Deidre Abrons
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I enjoy working with individuals and couples in both short and long term therapy. I have extensive training in EMDR, CBT, and Relational Psychodynamic Therapy. My objective is to work with you using the appropriate approach that best fits your goals for therapy. I have a wide range of experience working with the effects of
addiction
on families,
substance
abuse, trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I also have considerable training in sleep disorders and enjoy working with clients to adjust their sleep schedules, thereby improving their daily mood and functioning.

Cecilia S. Kardel
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I work with individuals and couples who seek support at making sense out of great and small questions. I provide a safe space to explore feelings, habits (food and
substance
use) and experiences that have challenged our expectations and sense of self. I won't shy away from the hard stuff. I am trauma-informed, and can hold your story. I will join you to identify and shift patterns where you get stuck and help you find strategies to deepen communication, repair hurt, and recover creatively. The therapeutic encounter is a unique journey. We cannot control what crosses our path, but we can see ourselves as brave enough to face it.

Annie Leah Lesny
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, APCC, MA
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I specialize in trauma-informed therapy for anxiety, depression, relational issues, grief and loss,
addiction
, trauma, and more. I understand that sometimes psychotherapy is sought out in a very challenging time of life, and I am here to offer support through that. I have specialized experience working with creatives of all kinds, in being a singer myself. With experience focusing on young adults as well, I offer guidance for the process of individuation that occurs during these formative years. I enjoy working with clients of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, gender identities, sexualities, and other intersectional identities.

Guillermina Gigi Valdes-Huckabee
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
Welcome, have you been feeling stressed, burned out or overwhelmed? Or Maybe you have even been faced with relationship issues, family conflicts, intergenerational trauma, violence, abuse, a life transition, illness or
addiction
? You don't have to deal with this alone. I am here to meet you where you are and to support your healing journey, reconnect you with yourself, reduce suffering and improve your family life at the same time.

Claudius Johnson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SAP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Member of American Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers, Association for
Addiction
Professionals and Northern California Art Therapy Association.
Congratulations, you found a compassionate and affirming therapist. As you're reading this I understand it maybe with some degree of ambivalence. To that end, my immediate goal is to connect and reflect with you in ways that are safe, respectful and trusting. Only then can we have a meaningful, therapeutic-relationship that's open to collaboration, exploration, and revelation. This is where we "Make the road as we walk it", and I champion your journey, where ever it leads. I value the creative and growth potential of every human being. How can I best support you?

Alicia A Parker
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
6 Endorsed
Verified
6 Endorsed
It may seem like we are alone in our journey. We are all waging a personal invisible fight that we share with few people. Individual therapy is a way to help you make sense of your experience, and gain emotional support to push through difficult times. Beginning therapy is an opportunity to start offering yourself more compassion and grace. I’ve spent over 10 years supporting adults and families in crisis. I work with adults and adolescents struggling with grief, anxiety,
addiction
, depression, panic, and phobias.

Hazzel Angulo
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, EMDR
Verified
Verified
Trauma, anxiety, and
addiction
can make you feel stuck. The most important step towards healing is to address the unresolved emotion inside you. Healing requires feelings. Acceptance slowly dissolves pain. When we function from the fear and scarring of our trauma, the cycles continue until we learn how to transmute that energy into love. I apply a Holistic approach that integrates physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual forms of well-being, addressing the “whole” self. Through a holistic framework tailored to your unique needs, the goal is to support you develop a deeper understanding of the self on all these levels.

Danielle W. VanDeventer
Psychologist, PhD, MSCP
Verified
Verified
I have a history of working with trauma, couples, adolescents, ADHD and
substance
use disorders. I work hard at empowering clients to move past struggles that hold them back and to find a sense of agency and purpose. I use a variety of different therapies and techniques including EMDR, somatic therapies, trauma informed treatment and CBT to name a few of the modalities I offer to clients.

Kevin Edward Rowland
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Want to see results in your psychotherapy? My twenty years in the field have informed my safe, supportive, solutions focused style using empirically proven techniques. I collaborate best with motivated Clients who are working through the following challenges: depression, anxiety,
addiction
, traumas, communication/relationship and workplace issues. I have an office in Oakland and San Francisco, and take most insurance and self pay Clients. Please call for a free telephonic consultation.
Not accepting new clients

Norval J. Hickman
Psychologist, PhD, MPH
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
I use an integrative treatment approach based on research-informed psychotherapy practices to address: *emotional, relationship, and communication issues *anxiety, panic, and stress management *depression and mood management *cultural and diversity issues including acculturative stress *mental health needs for BIPOC communities and the LGBTQI+ community *gender identity, gender expression, and sexual identity issues *fears and phobias *post-traumatic stress symptoms *recovery from
substance
use *life transitions *weight management

Danielle Comerford Worth
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LPCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
We explore a host of issues, including: emotionally rooted physiologic ailments, medical trauma, PTSD, developmental trauma, grief, energetic sensitivity, assault, boundary setting, anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders,
addiction
, codependency, and transitional and relational struggles.
As humans, we are brilliantly complex, wired for connection, attachment, and survival. Our experience of joy and suffering are innately human and are connected to our physical and emotional wellness--inseparable realms. In somatic psychotherapy we hold space for the body to have a language of its own, honoring what it has to say, so that we may more clearly see what is beneath the surface. As a somatic psychotherapist, I am a collaborator, guide and mirror, supporting you in increasing your own sense of exploration of conscious and unconscious patterns of behaviors, beliefs, body signals and cues.
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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.