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Trauma & Recovery

Addiction Support Therapy

Support for substance use, compulsive patterns, and healing

Therapy for addiction support can help you understand the emotional pain, stress, or patterns beneath substance use or other coping behaviors while moving toward healthier change.

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Supportive therapy setting for addiction counseling in San Luis Obispo
When This Can Help
  • Substance use or coping patterns feel hard to control
  • You are using something to numb, escape, or manage pain
  • Addiction is affecting relationships, work, or emotional health
  • You want support that is compassionate, honest, and grounded
Support May Include
  • Understanding the emotional and relational roots of addiction
  • Building healthier coping strategies and supports
  • Working toward change with compassion rather than shame
Good Match For

Adults and young adults

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What This Support Can Address

A clearer look at what people may be carrying when they reach out for this kind of care.

Addiction is often connected to nervous system stress, trauma, pain, disconnection, or survival strategies that once made sense. Therapy can provide a compassionate place to understand those patterns and build more workable alternatives.

Our Approach

How we try to make care feel both skillful and genuinely human.

We approach addiction support without shame. Therapy may include understanding triggers, developing new coping tools, processing underlying emotional pain, and building steadier relationships with yourself and others.

Therapists Connected to This Work

These clinicians have specialties or treatment approaches related to addiction support therapy.

Photo of Natalie Watson, Associate Marriage Family Therapist. Natalie is a therapist
        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Natalie Watson, AMFT

Associate Therapist

Photo of Marina Canella, Associate Marriage Family Therapist. Marina is a therapist
        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Marina Canella, AMFT

Associate Therapist

Photo of Claudia Kraake, Associate Marriage Family Therapist. Claudia is a therapist
        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Claudia Kraake, AMFT

Associate Therapist

Photo of Logan Rolle, Associate Professional Clinical Counselor. Logan is a therapist
        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Logan Rolle, APCC

Associate Therapist