Substance Abuse Recovery
Helping teens build confidence, resilience, and healthy ways to cope.
If you or your loved one is struggling, we are here to support them.
Whether they’re tired of feeling anxious all the time, feeling misunderstood, struggling with the pressures from school, or have been through tough life experiences that feel overwhelming — we’re here to help.
What This Can Help With:
How We Support Those Struggling with Substance Abuse
We take a holistic, trauma-informed approach to addiction treatment. Many people use substances to cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, or overwhelming life stress. Our clinicians help you address those underlying issues while learning concrete tools for relapse prevention and emotional regulation.
Using approaches like EMDR, DBT, and motivational interviewing, we help clients rebuild confidence, repair relationships, and create a healthier, more balanced life. Recovery is a process—and you don’t have to do it alone.
How EMDR Can Support Teenagers
For many people, substance use is closely connected to unprocessed trauma, anxiety, or painful life experiences. EMDR therapy addresses those underlying emotional wounds that often drive addictive behaviors. By helping the brain reprocess distressing memories and triggers, EMDR can reduce cravings, emotional overwhelm, and the urge to numb difficult feelings. Clients often find that as past trauma loses its power, it becomes easier to stay grounded, make healthier choices, and maintain sobriety. EMDR works alongside traditional addiction counseling to support long-term recovery rather than focusing only on symptom management.
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Yes. While therapy may not eliminate pain entirely, it can significantly reduce emotional distress, stress related flare ups, and the nervous system tension that often worsens pain. Trauma informed therapy helps you build coping tools, improve regulation, and feel more supported in your body.
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Many people with chronic pain have experienced medical trauma, injury, surgery, or long periods of feeling dismissed or unheard. These experiences can keep the nervous system activated, increasing pain sensitivity, anxiety, and exhaustion over time.
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EMDR helps process the emotional and nervous system impact of pain and medical experiences rather than focusing on pain itself. By reducing the body’s stress response, EMDR can support pain management, emotional relief, and improved quality of life.
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No. Therapy can be helpful even when the cause of pain is unclear or ongoing. We focus on how pain affects your nervous system, emotions, and daily functioning, meeting you where you are.
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Yes. Therapy does not replace medical or physical treatment but works alongside it. Trauma informed therapy supports the emotional and nervous system components of pain that are often overlooked in traditional care.
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Chronic pain therapy can be helpful for individuals experiencing long term pain, medical trauma, pain related anxiety, burnout, or emotional overwhelm. We work with adults in the Winter Park and Orlando area seeking personalized, self pay care.
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Yes, we provide virtual neurodiversity-affirming therapy anywhere in Florida.
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We are a self-pay practice. However, we offer monthly superbills that you can submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement, depending on your out-of-network benefits.
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Just let us know, we gladly adjust pacing, communication style, lighting, sensory input, breaks, and tools so therapy feels safer and more accessible for you.
Common Questions About Therapy for Adolescents
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Looking for support with managing Chronic pain in Winter Park or virtually in Florida?
We invite you to reach out and see if working together feels like the right fit.