Addiction FAQ's

Q. What types of addictions to you treat?
A. Primarily we treat drug and alcohol addictions (chemical dependency), but as a by-product of many dependencies such as meth and crank, there are sexual addictions that directly correlate, and many people struggle with shopping, gambling, food and professional burnout.

Q. Where do your patients come from, and how do they find you?
A. Being a very exclusive and private rehab center that primarily focuses on genuine recovery, almost all of our patients come from word of mouth. But with the recent change in the treatment of Hollywood notables, as well as different understandings on what kind of treatments are being provided, I felt it necessary to come forth and share what I know are the most helpful methods to achieve a sustainable recovery.

Q. How long have you been specializing in the field of rehab?
A. I literally did all of my early master’s degree intern work in the field of addiction. Once I received my master’s and was out of graduate school, my first internship was as a primary therapist for a residential treatment center for court mandated clients. My specialization in addiction and treatment started during my master’s degree program, which required 3000 hours of individual & family work, as well as program direction in the area of rehab. Then, I continued to specialize in addiction in my private practice as well as working in various other addiction treatment establishments.

Q. You’ve been successfully rehabilitating drug and alcohol addicts for more than 20 years – what do you attribute your success rate to?
A. I attribute my success to the individuals and families who have been willing to stay in the process with me. Those who have the courage to do the work are the ones who benefit from the all we now know about the treatment process. I am merely the facilitator of sharing in that process which is as individual as the individuals themselves.

Q. What is the most common barrier to recovery for addicts?
A. It remains imperative to treat the biological components and to guide each client to an internal navigation. Not doing the necessary and difficult work with core issues makes behavioral tools much too limiting.

Q. Tell us about your hallmark Archetypal work that you individualize for each client as part of their overall treatment:
A. I guide each client through a process that allows for enormous self-discovery by differentiating all of who they are, from the critic that lives inside each of us to the addictive side of themselves. Each archetypal table is as unique as the person being guided, and each aspect of the process draws from the subconscious and conscious material. In the end, my clients develop an extraordinary awareness that gives them a solid center to draw from, and a heightened coping ability that was never experienced previously.