“I hold both a licensure and advance certification in Alcohol and Drug Counseling with over 20 years of experience in the field of addiction and mental health disorders. My advance certification includes being proficient in co-occurring disorders. 

 The dynamics of addiction are complex and as such I have come to utilize different treatment therapy styles to assist Individuals in recovery with the overall goal of improving the odds of success in treatment by ending (or moderating) maladaptive behaviors (i.e., drug use, lowering the risk of relapse, coping with anxiety, etc.), allowing the person seeking recovery to rebuild or restart their lives. 

 Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, I relocated up north to Connecticut where I completed my post secondary and Master’s level education. I feel that this broad scope have been essential in providing me with a key combination of both ‘street’ and ‘book’ smarts when working in the field of co-occuring disorders and addictions”.

 Types of Addiction treatment approaches include (but are not limited to) the following:

•  Behavioral Therapy/ Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

•  Contingency Management (CM)/ Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

•  Motivational Interviewing (MI)/ Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

•  Person-Centered Therapy (PCT)