Addiction Awareness
Find tools, community resources, and therapist-backed support for building a sober, grounded life to support your own addiction recovery or as part of a loved one's journey. These posts explore real-world guidance, harm-reduction strategies, and stories to remind you that you're not alone.
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When someone you love is struggling with addiction, it’s easy to start believing their recovery depends on you. You try harder.You monitor more closely.You say the right things.You worry constantly. And somewhere along the way, their recovery starts to feel like your responsibility. For many people, this doesn’t happen all at once. It happens slowly—through […]
Growing up around addiction changes you. Even if things looked “normal” from the outside, children who grow up in homes affected by alcohol use often learn to adapt in ways that stay with them long into adulthood. You may become: At the time, those behaviors helped you survive the environment you were in. However, as […]
It’s one of the hardest conversations to start. You’ve noticed changes. Something feels off. Maybe it’s subtle, maybe it’s not. But every time you think about saying something, you hesitate. You don’t want to make things worse.You don’t want to be wrong.You don’t want to push them away. So you wait. If you’re here, you’re […]
I am a licensed clinical social worker with a Master's degree from the University of Maryland. For over twenty years, I’ve been in private practice providing mental health services for adults and adolescents.
My team and I are here to help you define your path ahead by gaining insight as to what exactly you’re experiencing, how you got here, and where you want to go. We provide you with concrete, practical tools to bridge the gap between gaining insight and making meaningful changes to live the exceptional life you deserve.
Hi, I'm Janet.
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In our practice, we believe the best outcomes are created by treating the whole human, not just the mind and its many narratives.
