Addiction Therapists in Princeton, NJ
in Counselor Education and Supervision, Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Masters Degree in Substance and Process Addiction Counseling / Licensure - Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor / Serving Clients in NJ & Florida
Dr. Pellegrino is a Therapist, Supervisor, and Professor committed to cultivating engaging therapeutic and educational spaces. Life experience, extensive education, and clinical training facilitate her comprehensive approach. Her therapeutic space welcomes all the mess and creates a supportive, collaborative environment to Talk, Think, Grow — moving clients through challenges while empowering them to embrace authenticity, navigate relationships confidently, and make choices that align with personal values and goals. Together, they explore individual strengths, confront limiting beliefs, and develop the tools to create fulfillment.
in Counselor Education and Supervision, Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Masters Degree in Substance and Process Addiction Counseling / Licensure - Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor / Serving Clients in NJ & Florida
Dr. Pellegrino is a Therapist, Supervisor, and Professor committed to cultivating engaging therapeutic and educational spaces. Life experience, extensive education, and clinical training facilitate her comprehensive approach. Her therapeutic space welcomes all the mess and creates a supportive, collaborative environment to Talk, Think, Grow — moving clients through challenges while empowering them to embrace authenticity, navigate relationships confidently, and make choices that align with personal values and goals. Together, they explore individual strengths, confront limiting beliefs, and develop the tools to create fulfillment.
I specialize working with clients experiencing psychiatric/ substance abuse/dependence.
I am a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor. Also, I am A Certified Hypnotherapist. I have been in practice for more than 40 years. I am member of the ADDICTION PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION BOARD and helped to develop Alcohol and Drug Certification in New Jersey and many other related certifications.
I specialize working with clients experiencing psychiatric/ substance abuse/dependence.
I am a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor. Also, I am A Certified Hypnotherapist. I have been in practice for more than 40 years. I am member of the ADDICTION PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION BOARD and helped to develop Alcohol and Drug Certification in New Jersey and many other related certifications.
Are you caught in a cycle of struggling with addiction, despite your efforts to break free?
I specialize in working with individuals grappling with addiction, whether it be substance-related or behavioral. As a seasoned therapist, I bring a wealth of experience to the table, offering a supportive and structured approach to help you develop coping mechanisms and find solutions.
Are you caught in a cycle of struggling with addiction, despite your efforts to break free?
I specialize in working with individuals grappling with addiction, whether it be substance-related or behavioral. As a seasoned therapist, I bring a wealth of experience to the table, offering a supportive and structured approach to help you develop coping mechanisms and find solutions.
Do you find yourself struggling with addiction or relationship concerns?
Helping couples, children and families, as well as people struggling with addiction are my areas of specialty. I have worked with a wide age range throughout my career and look forward to helping others succeed.
Do you find yourself struggling with addiction or relationship concerns?
Helping couples, children and families, as well as people struggling with addiction are my areas of specialty. I have worked with a wide age range throughout my career and look forward to helping others succeed.
Difficult behaviors that I have helped clients work on include: Avoidance, Isolation, Impulse control, Procrastination, Aggressive/toxic communication, Substance, sex/pornography, gambling, and technology addiction.
Clients learn a two step therapy approach utilizing various Cognitive Behavioral Skills. These skills help with gaining insight into the connection between their behaviors, thinking, and emotions. On the second step, this insight often provides an opportunity to restructure their mindset towards more flexible/healthy lifestyle changes!
Difficult behaviors that I have helped clients work on include: Avoidance, Isolation, Impulse control, Procrastination, Aggressive/toxic communication, Substance, sex/pornography, gambling, and technology addiction.
Clients learn a two step therapy approach utilizing various Cognitive Behavioral Skills. These skills help with gaining insight into the connection between their behaviors, thinking, and emotions. On the second step, this insight often provides an opportunity to restructure their mindset towards more flexible/healthy lifestyle changes!
I would like to walk with you away from pain and addiction through new ways of thinking and being.
The ideal client is anyone who acknowledges they are open to change. As Yogi Berra famously said, "Ninety percent of this game is half mental, the other half is physical." Openness to thinking in new ways and then backing that up with new behaviors is crucial to successful change.
I would like to walk with you away from pain and addiction through new ways of thinking and being.
The ideal client is anyone who acknowledges they are open to change. As Yogi Berra famously said, "Ninety percent of this game is half mental, the other half is physical." Openness to thinking in new ways and then backing that up with new behaviors is crucial to successful change.
With over 18 years of experience, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor practicing in New Jersey.
I believe in meeting clients where they are, while honoring their lived experiences. My down-to-earth style ensures clients feel truly seen, heard and supported as they explore their most vulnerable selves. I cultivate a warm environment characterized by trust, authenticity and acceptance creating a secure foundation for healing and empowerment.
With over 18 years of experience, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor practicing in New Jersey.
I believe in meeting clients where they are, while honoring their lived experiences. My down-to-earth style ensures clients feel truly seen, heard and supported as they explore their most vulnerable selves. I cultivate a warm environment characterized by trust, authenticity and acceptance creating a secure foundation for healing and empowerment.
James J. Maher
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCADC
Princeton, NJ 08540
Waitlist for new clients
We all have chapters where the ways we’ve navigated life just don't seem to work anymore. When personal challenges, internal struggles, or daily pressures start taking over, it’s easy to feel divided—like there’s a constant battle between the version of you trying to move forward and the part that feels completely stuck. I provide supportive and practical therapy in Princeton for individuals who want to look honestly at what's causing distress in their lives and move toward resolving it. We don't focus on unachievable perfection; we focus on the small, consistent choices that help you find your footing and reclaim your peace.
We all have chapters where the ways we’ve navigated life just don't seem to work anymore. When personal challenges, internal struggles, or daily pressures start taking over, it’s easy to feel divided—like there’s a constant battle between the version of you trying to move forward and the part that feels completely stuck. I provide supportive and practical therapy in Princeton for individuals who want to look honestly at what's causing distress in their lives and move toward resolving it. We don't focus on unachievable perfection; we focus on the small, consistent choices that help you find your footing and reclaim your peace.
Dr. Colyar is a Licensed Psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist with over 35 years of experience providing mental health services to diverse individuals and families. He treats a broad range of psychiatric disorders using a supportive, empowering, and psychoeducational approach. He especially enjoys helping clients develop coping skills for grief, relationship challenges, stress, anxiety, and mood disorders. In marital and family therapy, he specializes in communication training, conflict resolution, and parent effectiveness.
Dr. Colyar is a Licensed Psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist with over 35 years of experience providing mental health services to diverse individuals and families. He treats a broad range of psychiatric disorders using a supportive, empowering, and psychoeducational approach. He especially enjoys helping clients develop coping skills for grief, relationship challenges, stress, anxiety, and mood disorders. In marital and family therapy, he specializes in communication training, conflict resolution, and parent effectiveness.
I'm a mental health and addiction therapist who provides an evidence-based treatment called Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
You feel like you’re constantly fighting yourself. You promise you’ll “get it together,” yet when emotions spike, the urges seem to win. You want to drink or use to escape overwhelming thoughts or numb the pain "just for now," even though you know it may only create more problems in the long run. You wonder why your emotions feel so intense, why you always act in ways you'll later regret. Maybe you’ve tried one-sided programs that focused only on sobriety without real emotional work, or mental health therapy that didn’t address addictive behaviors. You’re not failing, you’re trying to fix your problems with the wrong tools.
I'm a mental health and addiction therapist who provides an evidence-based treatment called Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
You feel like you’re constantly fighting yourself. You promise you’ll “get it together,” yet when emotions spike, the urges seem to win. You want to drink or use to escape overwhelming thoughts or numb the pain "just for now," even though you know it may only create more problems in the long run. You wonder why your emotions feel so intense, why you always act in ways you'll later regret. Maybe you’ve tried one-sided programs that focused only on sobriety without real emotional work, or mental health therapy that didn’t address addictive behaviors. You’re not failing, you’re trying to fix your problems with the wrong tools.
I have over 25 years of experience working with adolescents, adults and couples on a variety of issues, like anxiety, depression, addictive behavior and relationship conflicts. Using insight and effective learning strategies, I help people trapped in unproductive and unsuccessful behaviors to improve their health and enhance their relationships and work lives.
I have over 25 years of experience working with adolescents, adults and couples on a variety of issues, like anxiety, depression, addictive behavior and relationship conflicts. Using insight and effective learning strategies, I help people trapped in unproductive and unsuccessful behaviors to improve their health and enhance their relationships and work lives.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor in the State of New Jersey, offering counseling to individuals seeking help for emotional issues that are affecting their sense of satisfaction and well-being in their lives.
My treatment approaches include a wide variety of strategies and treatment modalities which are tailored to the specific needs, preferences, and readiness level of the client.
Together, we negotiate an agreed-upon treatment plan for which the client feels supported and empowered to take active ownership in exploring emotions, feelings, alternatives, consequences, and action.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor in the State of New Jersey, offering counseling to individuals seeking help for emotional issues that are affecting their sense of satisfaction and well-being in their lives.
My treatment approaches include a wide variety of strategies and treatment modalities which are tailored to the specific needs, preferences, and readiness level of the client.
Together, we negotiate an agreed-upon treatment plan for which the client feels supported and empowered to take active ownership in exploring emotions, feelings, alternatives, consequences, and action.
Many have experienced long-term stress, systemic barriers, or overlapping concerns like substance use or medical issues, and want a space that truly understands the full context of their experiences.
With experience across diverse communities and complex cases, I use CBT and mindfulness to help you build insight and coping skills.
Many have experienced long-term stress, systemic barriers, or overlapping concerns like substance use or medical issues, and want a space that truly understands the full context of their experiences.
With experience across diverse communities and complex cases, I use CBT and mindfulness to help you build insight and coping skills.
My ideal client is someone who is serious about their treatment and puts in the effort. Counseling needs consistency, one of the main factors that lead to success. I have a lot of experience with clients struggling with cognitive distortions that result from several disorders. I have also helped clients with their goals when they want to change their cognition. I also work well with clients who view the counselor not as a magician and how the clients would view the counselor as a guide in their healing process.
My ideal client is someone who is serious about their treatment and puts in the effort. Counseling needs consistency, one of the main factors that lead to success. I have a lot of experience with clients struggling with cognitive distortions that result from several disorders. I have also helped clients with their goals when they want to change their cognition. I also work well with clients who view the counselor not as a magician and how the clients would view the counselor as a guide in their healing process.
My "ideal" client wants to improve their quality of life and reach their full potential, whether by changing a current behavior, resolving past distressing life experiences, or better-managing stress and anxiety.
My "ideal" client wants to improve their quality of life and reach their full potential, whether by changing a current behavior, resolving past distressing life experiences, or better-managing stress and anxiety.
I have worked at every level of care helping people recover from eating disorders & addictions for over 10 years and also have extensive experience treating depression, anxiety, trauma, & losses of all kinds.
While my personal background & area of expertise is in the Jewish community, addressing both halakhic & cultural concerns, I am happy to provide spiritually integrated care for individuals from all backgrounds, as we work to discover, reclaim, or enhance your relationship with the Divine, in Joy. I'm so glad we found each other & I can't wait to get started!
I have worked at every level of care helping people recover from eating disorders & addictions for over 10 years and also have extensive experience treating depression, anxiety, trauma, & losses of all kinds.
While my personal background & area of expertise is in the Jewish community, addressing both halakhic & cultural concerns, I am happy to provide spiritually integrated care for individuals from all backgrounds, as we work to discover, reclaim, or enhance your relationship with the Divine, in Joy. I'm so glad we found each other & I can't wait to get started!
Her professional experience includes working with children, adolescents, and adults managing a wide range of mental health and addiction issues.
Tiffaney takes a client-centered and creative approach to therapy, blending techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), DBT, mindfulness, and expressive interventions. She believes in fostering a safe and supportive environment where clients feel heard, valued, and empowered to reach their full potential.
Her professional experience includes working with children, adolescents, and adults managing a wide range of mental health and addiction issues.
Tiffaney takes a client-centered and creative approach to therapy, blending techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), DBT, mindfulness, and expressive interventions. She believes in fostering a safe and supportive environment where clients feel heard, valued, and empowered to reach their full potential.
I particularly specialize in treating addiction/ recovery concerns, marriage and relationship issues, and helping people achieve solutions to their individual problems and goals.
I relate to people with direction and kindness and help them achieve their goals--whether changing personal difficulties, relationship concerns, trauma healing or addiction/recovery issues. In addition, my Jungian psychology training helps me work with dreams and spiritual concerns. Together with my clients, we find needed paths to change.
I particularly specialize in treating addiction/ recovery concerns, marriage and relationship issues, and helping people achieve solutions to their individual problems and goals.
I relate to people with direction and kindness and help them achieve their goals--whether changing personal difficulties, relationship concerns, trauma healing or addiction/recovery issues. In addition, my Jungian psychology training helps me work with dreams and spiritual concerns. Together with my clients, we find needed paths to change.
Is alcohol or other substance use impacting your relationships, health, or career?
Expert, private, individualized care from seasoned clinical psychologists, grounded in decades of experience treating addiction. Your goals—moderation or abstinence—guide the process. We address your alcohol/ drug challenges and the underlying emotional issues that act as silent generators of relapse while building coping skills that support lifelong healing.
Is alcohol or other substance use impacting your relationships, health, or career?
Expert, private, individualized care from seasoned clinical psychologists, grounded in decades of experience treating addiction. Your goals—moderation or abstinence—guide the process. We address your alcohol/ drug challenges and the underlying emotional issues that act as silent generators of relapse while building coping skills that support lifelong healing.
I have a lot of experience working and supervising treatment for a wide range of mental health and and substance abuse concerns.
Some people’s experiences were met with confusing responses or depicted in invalidating ways, causing more harm. I We also look at setting boundaries, self-care, mindfulness and more ways to help day-to-day feelings as well as communication and relationship skills.
I have a lot of experience working and supervising treatment for a wide range of mental health and and substance abuse concerns.
Some people’s experiences were met with confusing responses or depicted in invalidating ways, causing more harm. I We also look at setting boundaries, self-care, mindfulness and more ways to help day-to-day feelings as well as communication and relationship skills.
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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.