Addiction Therapists in East Congress, Austin, TX
Powell has had an interest and commitment to addiction treatment in primary care since 2008, treating hundreds of patients with medication assisted therapy.
CARMAhealth provides comprehensive primary care for addiction and related behavioral and medical disorders. Our providers adopt a positive, collaborative approach and integrate primary medicine, behavioral health and care management to promote lasting recovery, encourage self-care and improve treatment outcomes.
Powell has had an interest and commitment to addiction treatment in primary care since 2008, treating hundreds of patients with medication assisted therapy.
CARMAhealth provides comprehensive primary care for addiction and related behavioral and medical disorders. Our providers adopt a positive, collaborative approach and integrate primary medicine, behavioral health and care management to promote lasting recovery, encourage self-care and improve treatment outcomes.
I specialize in sex and love addiction (CSAT-Candidate), with a focus on the impact of family enmeshment and relational dynamics on attachment, identity and behavior. I support people in rebuilding connection to self, including rediscovering passions and values that can become obscured in addiction.
My work integrates a somatic perspective informed by my background as a massage therapist trained at the Institute of Psycho Structural Balancing in Los Angeles, as well as expressive arts approaches rooted in my performing arts background.
I specialize in sex and love addiction (CSAT-Candidate), with a focus on the impact of family enmeshment and relational dynamics on attachment, identity and behavior. I support people in rebuilding connection to self, including rediscovering passions and values that can become obscured in addiction.
My work integrates a somatic perspective informed by my background as a massage therapist trained at the Institute of Psycho Structural Balancing in Los Angeles, as well as expressive arts approaches rooted in my performing arts background.
With over five years of experience in the treatment field, including three years as a Clinical Director, I specialize in substance use, acute mental health, and life transitions.
My approach is eclectic, collaborative and person-centered. Grounded in the belief that therapy should fit your needs, not the other way around. I focus on building a strong therapeutic relationship where you feel completely safe to explore your goals. We’ll use practical strategies to reduce symptoms, process emotions, and create meaningful change.
With over five years of experience in the treatment field, including three years as a Clinical Director, I specialize in substance use, acute mental health, and life transitions.
My approach is eclectic, collaborative and person-centered. Grounded in the belief that therapy should fit your needs, not the other way around. I focus on building a strong therapeutic relationship where you feel completely safe to explore your goals. We’ll use practical strategies to reduce symptoms, process emotions, and create meaningful change.
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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.