Alcohol Use Therapists in Charlottesville, VA
I am committed to supporting patients with dignity, empathy, and evidence-based treatment plans. I believe in patient-centered care where we work together in partnership, and I meet them where they are and help them pursue their goals for treatment.
I am committed to supporting patients with dignity, empathy, and evidence-based treatment plans. I believe in patient-centered care where we work together in partnership, and I meet them where they are and help them pursue their goals for treatment.
We are committed to serving teens and adults from all backgrounds and treatment histories. Our mission is deeply rooted in meeting each client exactly where they are on their journey.
Through a collaborative process, we focus on client-centered goal setting, providing the essential support and resources—whether in individual therapy, specialized group therapy, or a combination of both—to help you establish and attain your personal, self-directed recovery objectives. Dominion Care is dedicated to providing the unique care you need.
We are committed to serving teens and adults from all backgrounds and treatment histories. Our mission is deeply rooted in meeting each client exactly where they are on their journey.
Through a collaborative process, we focus on client-centered goal setting, providing the essential support and resources—whether in individual therapy, specialized group therapy, or a combination of both—to help you establish and attain your personal, self-directed recovery objectives. Dominion Care is dedicated to providing the unique care you need.
Folks that come to me for support struggle to manage the thoughts and feelings that lead to relapse and mental health crises. My experience tells me that these folks feel disconnected from themselves and their community. Establishing connectivity to their friends, family, and their broader social setting is crucial for wellness and for healing. Everyone has the goal of contentment and peace of mind, and substance abuse more than most challenges undermines the fulfillment of these basic needs. To heal and prosper, substance abusers and trauma survivors need to practice self care in the bio psychosocial-spiritual way of life.
Folks that come to me for support struggle to manage the thoughts and feelings that lead to relapse and mental health crises. My experience tells me that these folks feel disconnected from themselves and their community. Establishing connectivity to their friends, family, and their broader social setting is crucial for wellness and for healing. Everyone has the goal of contentment and peace of mind, and substance abuse more than most challenges undermines the fulfillment of these basic needs. To heal and prosper, substance abusers and trauma survivors need to practice self care in the bio psychosocial-spiritual way of life.
I love to work with a broad range of clients who may be at different points in their mental health journey. I specialize in working with individuals impacted by major life events or traumatic experiences. I also enjoy working with clients struggling with addictions issues. Through EMDR and CBT techniques, we can improve the individual's core beliefs and cognition, develop healthy coping mechanisms, and improve general control and functioning in their lives. These issues may manifest in anxiety, depression, or other disruptive ways. Regardless of your needs, I am ready to join you on your path toward mental health.
I love to work with a broad range of clients who may be at different points in their mental health journey. I specialize in working with individuals impacted by major life events or traumatic experiences. I also enjoy working with clients struggling with addictions issues. Through EMDR and CBT techniques, we can improve the individual's core beliefs and cognition, develop healthy coping mechanisms, and improve general control and functioning in their lives. These issues may manifest in anxiety, depression, or other disruptive ways. Regardless of your needs, I am ready to join you on your path toward mental health.
You deserve to feel seen, supported, and empowered. In our work together, you’ll find a safe space to explore your emotions and challenges without judgment. Through understanding and practical tools, we’ll nurture healing, resilience, and growth—helping you move through life’s struggles with clarity, confidence, and renewed purpose!
You deserve to feel seen, supported, and empowered. In our work together, you’ll find a safe space to explore your emotions and challenges without judgment. Through understanding and practical tools, we’ll nurture healing, resilience, and growth—helping you move through life’s struggles with clarity, confidence, and renewed purpose!
Sara La Force
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Waitlist for new clients
Hello and Welcome! I treat adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, relational strain, depression, substance use, and life transitions. Choosing to engage in therapy is a potentially life changing choice and I would love to help you on your path. All individuals deserve a space to be accurately heard and a place to gain insight into the life patterns that have caused them instability and pain. I deeply believe in therapy as a joint and transformative space that can lead people to develop new skills and to discover their unique internal capacity to connect, heal, and thrive.
Hello and Welcome! I treat adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, relational strain, depression, substance use, and life transitions. Choosing to engage in therapy is a potentially life changing choice and I would love to help you on your path. All individuals deserve a space to be accurately heard and a place to gain insight into the life patterns that have caused them instability and pain. I deeply believe in therapy as a joint and transformative space that can lead people to develop new skills and to discover their unique internal capacity to connect, heal, and thrive.
Do you feel chronically disconnected or stuck in unhelpful patterns despite "knowing better"? This misalignment might be affecting your physical health, your relationships, your sense of self, and your visions for the future. While many of the strategies you relied upon in early life were both necessary and adaptive, they can also become what hold you back later in life. What if we explore some of your origin stories and update those defaults to better reflect who you are, instead of who you believed you had to be? What if we deepen your self-belonging, thereby strengthening your capacity to connect more effortlessly with others?
Do you feel chronically disconnected or stuck in unhelpful patterns despite "knowing better"? This misalignment might be affecting your physical health, your relationships, your sense of self, and your visions for the future. While many of the strategies you relied upon in early life were both necessary and adaptive, they can also become what hold you back later in life. What if we explore some of your origin stories and update those defaults to better reflect who you are, instead of who you believed you had to be? What if we deepen your self-belonging, thereby strengthening your capacity to connect more effortlessly with others?
You may be tired of repeating the same patterns, questioning your decisions, or putting everyone else’s needs ahead of your own. Maybe you know something needs to change, but find yourself doing the same things despite your best intentions. You’re capable and self-aware, yet still struggle with self-doubt, boundaries, relationship challenges, or trusting yourself to make the choices you know you need to make. I believe meaningful change begins when we're willing to look inward and get honest with ourselves. My goal is to create a space where you feel understood and challenged, supported and stretched.
You may be tired of repeating the same patterns, questioning your decisions, or putting everyone else’s needs ahead of your own. Maybe you know something needs to change, but find yourself doing the same things despite your best intentions. You’re capable and self-aware, yet still struggle with self-doubt, boundaries, relationship challenges, or trusting yourself to make the choices you know you need to make. I believe meaningful change begins when we're willing to look inward and get honest with ourselves. My goal is to create a space where you feel understood and challenged, supported and stretched.
It's hard for anyone to talk about personal issues. Anyone brave enough to do this launches themselves into a life giving process that increases the possibilities of their lives forever. It brings about unbelievable changes opening possibilities never thought of. It's hard work. It's scary. But it teaches one to live effectively with what life has brought and create changes that enhance the life that is. It's a journey into the good and the bad that takes a person to new heights. It's an exploration that creates love and light in a life.
It's hard for anyone to talk about personal issues. Anyone brave enough to do this launches themselves into a life giving process that increases the possibilities of their lives forever. It brings about unbelievable changes opening possibilities never thought of. It's hard work. It's scary. But it teaches one to live effectively with what life has brought and create changes that enhance the life that is. It's a journey into the good and the bad that takes a person to new heights. It's an exploration that creates love and light in a life.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I am continually inspired by the transformative moment that happens in the counseling process. There is a sacredness in being present to another as a guide on this journey we call life. Whether it is exploring inner resources for healing and growth or the possibilities for deep and lasting change, it is an honor to work with people that are desiring a better way to be themselves in the world. My own journey has taught me that being truly present and engaged allows space for the unknown to be revealed, acknowledged, and eventually integrated into the service of the whole self.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I am continually inspired by the transformative moment that happens in the counseling process. There is a sacredness in being present to another as a guide on this journey we call life. Whether it is exploring inner resources for healing and growth or the possibilities for deep and lasting change, it is an honor to work with people that are desiring a better way to be themselves in the world. My own journey has taught me that being truly present and engaged allows space for the unknown to be revealed, acknowledged, and eventually integrated into the service of the whole self.
If you struggle with anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma or relationship challenges, I would like to help you investigate your thinking, honor your feelings, examine your behaviors, and invite self-awareness with self-compassion (no judgement). Through this process, you will find greater self-awareness, self-compassion and new ways to create healthier relationships with yourself, others and life in general. You will receive individualized care, tailored to your unique temperament, personality and preference.
If you struggle with anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma or relationship challenges, I would like to help you investigate your thinking, honor your feelings, examine your behaviors, and invite self-awareness with self-compassion (no judgement). Through this process, you will find greater self-awareness, self-compassion and new ways to create healthier relationships with yourself, others and life in general. You will receive individualized care, tailored to your unique temperament, personality and preference.
Although my therapeutic approach is an eclectic style to counseling, I also care about my clients, and utilize in-depth listening skills to first identity the problem, and then help you understand how that problem personally affects you and the ones you love. Then together we can find solutions that work. In this region, I use video therapy, which has become a viable alternative to face-to-face therapy. It provides a secure and convenient method of processing your life in the privacy of your own home. This is a proven and successful option for many of my national clients.
Although my therapeutic approach is an eclectic style to counseling, I also care about my clients, and utilize in-depth listening skills to first identity the problem, and then help you understand how that problem personally affects you and the ones you love. Then together we can find solutions that work. In this region, I use video therapy, which has become a viable alternative to face-to-face therapy. It provides a secure and convenient method of processing your life in the privacy of your own home. This is a proven and successful option for many of my national clients.
I work with adults of all ages and couples who are thoughtful and self-aware but find themselves stuck in patterns they can't seem to change on their own. They may be navigating relationship difficulties, parenting frustration, anxiety, grief, trauma, life transitions, intimacy concerns, or longstanding family-of-origin patterns. My work helps clients move beyond simply understanding their patterns toward experiencing themselves and their relationships differently.
I work with adults of all ages and couples who are thoughtful and self-aware but find themselves stuck in patterns they can't seem to change on their own. They may be navigating relationship difficulties, parenting frustration, anxiety, grief, trauma, life transitions, intimacy concerns, or longstanding family-of-origin patterns. My work helps clients move beyond simply understanding their patterns toward experiencing themselves and their relationships differently.
John Robert Carpenter
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Waitlist for new clients
I help teens, young adults, and committed couples identify pathways toward relief from a number of personal and professional struggles. If you or a loved one experiences anxiety, depression, ADHD, substance abuse, strained relationships, or professional stress, I offer a supportive, non-judgmental space to discover recovery.
I help teens, young adults, and committed couples identify pathways toward relief from a number of personal and professional struggles. If you or a loved one experiences anxiety, depression, ADHD, substance abuse, strained relationships, or professional stress, I offer a supportive, non-judgmental space to discover recovery.
I take a collaborative, strengths-focused, trauma-informed approach in my work with clients. I see the therapeutic relationship as one where we are working together as a creative team to promote healing and understanding of the issues that the client brings to session. Creating a safe space where my clients feel seen, validated, and understood is the core of my therapeutic practice. It is important to me that my clients feel completely accepted as their authentic selves, no matter what struggles or emotions are present at the time of our session.
I take a collaborative, strengths-focused, trauma-informed approach in my work with clients. I see the therapeutic relationship as one where we are working together as a creative team to promote healing and understanding of the issues that the client brings to session. Creating a safe space where my clients feel seen, validated, and understood is the core of my therapeutic practice. It is important to me that my clients feel completely accepted as their authentic selves, no matter what struggles or emotions are present at the time of our session.
You may be carrying something you haven't been able to say out loud — not to friends, not to a previous therapist, not even to yourself. It might be a pattern with substances or porn that keeps returning no matter how many times you've tried to stop. A grief that hasn't moved the way you expected. A sexual behavior or compulsion that feels shameful to name. Or simply a persistent sense of being stuck that doesn't have a clear label. You've probably tried to figure it out on your own. You're not looking for judgment. You're looking for someone who won't flinch.
You may be carrying something you haven't been able to say out loud — not to friends, not to a previous therapist, not even to yourself. It might be a pattern with substances or porn that keeps returning no matter how many times you've tried to stop. A grief that hasn't moved the way you expected. A sexual behavior or compulsion that feels shameful to name. Or simply a persistent sense of being stuck that doesn't have a clear label. You've probably tried to figure it out on your own. You're not looking for judgment. You're looking for someone who won't flinch.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have over 25 years of counseling experience working with mental health disorders, eating disorders, and marital therapy. I take an emotion-focused and Jungian approach that allows for depth therapy. I also use Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training to promote self-acceptance, non-judgment, and behavior change through teaching skills in the area of interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation. My therapeutic approach promotes an environment of acceptance and compassion that becomes an increasing internal experience.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have over 25 years of counseling experience working with mental health disorders, eating disorders, and marital therapy. I take an emotion-focused and Jungian approach that allows for depth therapy. I also use Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training to promote self-acceptance, non-judgment, and behavior change through teaching skills in the area of interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation. My therapeutic approach promotes an environment of acceptance and compassion that becomes an increasing internal experience.
I believe we all just want to do, feel and be a little better every day. I use an approach based in kindness, compassion, mindfulness and strength to help you find a way to be better everyday in your life and your relationships. I will help you explore emotional lability, past trauma, feeling stuck, and lack of hope for a better future. Grief, fear and feeling overwhelmed often stops us from being the best we can be. If you want to move towards a better you, I can offer some help
I believe we all just want to do, feel and be a little better every day. I use an approach based in kindness, compassion, mindfulness and strength to help you find a way to be better everyday in your life and your relationships. I will help you explore emotional lability, past trauma, feeling stuck, and lack of hope for a better future. Grief, fear and feeling overwhelmed often stops us from being the best we can be. If you want to move towards a better you, I can offer some help
I believe in the human spirit and our capacity to make positive changes in all aspects of our lives, even in the face of adversity. By exploring our thought patterns, we can better identify feelings that affect our actions on a daily basis. We can then make effective changes that improve the quality of our lives, decreasing stress, anxiety, and depression and providing us with a more peaceful and joyful life. I also believe in the benefit of human interaction with other loving creatures; you will meet my little Yorkie-Poo therapy partner, Mojo, when you come to visit me. He loves children and adults.
I believe in the human spirit and our capacity to make positive changes in all aspects of our lives, even in the face of adversity. By exploring our thought patterns, we can better identify feelings that affect our actions on a daily basis. We can then make effective changes that improve the quality of our lives, decreasing stress, anxiety, and depression and providing us with a more peaceful and joyful life. I also believe in the benefit of human interaction with other loving creatures; you will meet my little Yorkie-Poo therapy partner, Mojo, when you come to visit me. He loves children and adults.
Most people who reach out have already thought about the problem for a long time and can describe it clearly. What's missing is a next step they'll actually take. I work with adults who want to feel calmer, argue less at home, sleep better, or finally make a decision they've been circling.
Most people who reach out have already thought about the problem for a long time and can describe it clearly. What's missing is a next step they'll actually take. I work with adults who want to feel calmer, argue less at home, sleep better, or finally make a decision they've been circling.
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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.