- THERAPY, COUNSELING & COACHING
Working with a Drug and Alcohol Counselor, a certified Recovery Coach or a pastoral counselor can help you change old patterns that affect your recovery. If you have had longstanding depression, anxiety or past traumas such as physical or sexual abuse the best recovery approach includes treatment with a psychologist or psychiatrist.
Addiction Counselors
Addiction counselors provide support and treatment for those with substance use issues. They will help you plan your treatment and set goals, lead group or individual therapy sessions, help you develop skills to maintain your recovery, and connect you with other recovery resources.
Addiction counselors can work with people in a hospital, outpatient or residential treatment centers, private practice or social service agencies.
GoodTherapy
To find therapists, counselors and mental health resources type in your zip code or city, and click search to Find a Therapist in your area. On the left menu bar under Common Specialties select Addiction, and under Type of Service select Coaching or Individual Therapy & Counseling.
National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
NAADAC is the professional membership organization and the nation's largest network of alcoholism and drug abuse treatment professionals. Enter your zip code for a list certified counselors in your geographic area.
Online Therapy Directory
Click on Find Therapy on the top menu bar and select issues you need help with including Online Addiction Counseling. Practitioners use cognitive behavioral techniques to coach people through their substance addictions. Three subscription-based plans are offered, and include online workshops and options for weekly video sessions.
Psychology Today
Use this site to find psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, clinical social workers and therapy groups throughout the U.S. and Canada. You can limit by area, type of insurance, health issues (choose Addiction or Substance Use from the list), language, faith and other factors.
BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES
These short-term therapies are often used in addiction recovery programs. They help you see the harmful and negative patterns of thinking that shape how you feel and act. When you understand this connection you can begin to change the choices you make in life.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of short-term talk therapy that teaches you practical skills to stay substance-free long term. These include recognizing and avoiding triggers, changing false beliefs, and practicing more helpful ways of seeing yourself and the world.
Behavioral therapies have had success in treating substance use disorders in residential and outpatient settings. Healthcare providers may recommend cognitive and behavioral therapies alone or in combination with medications.
Find a Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Therapist
Type in your city or zip code to find a CBT therapist in your area.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
Lists therapists who use cognitive and behavioral techniques. They are mainly psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinical social workers who practice in clinics, hospitals, community mental health settings, and private practice.
FOR BLACK, LATINX, ASIAN, INDIGENOUS and LGBTQ+ Communities
Asian Mental Health Collective
Offers a Therapist Directory organized by zip code which can be targeted to addiction recovery by clicking on Issues on the left menu bar.
Innopsych
Use their online directory to find a therapist of color that focuses on addiction and related issues.
Latinx Therapy
National directory of Latinx Therapists. You can select by cultural identity, LGBTQ+, specialties including addiction, substance abuse, and more.
LGBT National Help Center
Offers peer support to all LGBTQIA through hotlines, online chat programs, email services, and an online database of resources. Services are always free and confidential.
Native American Rehabilitation Association (NARA)
This group of treatment centers and addiction recovery professionals provide support, information, and services to Native Americans struggling with addiction.
Open Path Therapy Collective
Welcomes people of all races, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. Sliding fee scale, one-time lifetime membership fee of $65.00. You can limit by specialty, including addiction or substance use.
Pride Counseling
Offers online therapy to members of the LGBTQIA+ communities. This service features licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in helping the LGBTQIA+ community with specific issues such as addictions, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and more.
Psychology Today Therapist Finder
Once you put in your location you can choose a therapist by ethnicity served, sexuality, languages, gender or non-binary, faith, age, sexuality and insurance accepted.
South Asian Therapists
Find a therapist who works in person or online throughout the world. Therapists speak many different Asian languages as well as English.
Therapy for Black Men
A directory of therapists and coaches providing care to Black men. You can limit your choice to those with a specialty in addiction, alcohol abuse or drug abuse. Many offer remote therapy.
Therapy for Black Girls
A directory of mental health practices run by Black women for Black women. You can choose addiction to target your care.
For Smoking and vaping
This Is Quitting
The Truth Initiative’s text messaging program helps young people (ages 13 to 24) quit vaping. The program is tailored based on age.
Pastoral Counseling
You can also get help from your pastor, rabbi, priest, imam or other spiritual leader. Pastoral counselors work within traditional faith communities using counseling, prayer and spirituality to help in the recovery process.
The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education accredits Pastoral Counseling Centers throughout the U.S. Visit Accredited CPE Centers to find pastoral centers in your state.
For more information on Faith-Based recovery programs see our Programs and Support section.
Faithful Counseling
Treatment is offered from a biblical perspective and all professionally licensed counselors are practicing Christians. Patients can communicate with their therapist by messaging, chatting live, telephone or video conferencing.
Psychiatrists
Many psychiatrists are certified in addiction psychiatry. These physicians specialize in treating patients with substance use disorder and a psychiatric disorder, such as depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder. After a consultation with a psychiatrist a diagnosis and treatment recommendations are made. Treatment often involves medication and behavioral therapy techniques.
Psychiatrists also play a major role during detoxification. Because addiction can affect the brain’s chemistry, their medical expertise can be important during this process.
Addiction psychiatrists treat people at a hospital, in private practice, or as part of a treatment team. Addiction treatment centers typically have psychiatrists as part of their team.
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certifies the subspecialty of addiction psychiatry.
AMA (American Medical Association)
To find a psychiatrist who specializers in addiction go to the Doctor Finder database. Under Search by Physician Specialty click “expanded list.” In the drop-down list under Specialty, choose Addiction Psychiatry.
MD Live
MD Live has a team of board-certified psychologists and psychiatrists who are trained in addiction and other medical conditions. All sessions take place via the MDLive mobile app, which can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play. Patients can also receive e-prescriptions and ongoing medication management if needed. ALL MDLive services are both HIPAA- and PHI-compliant to ensure patients’ privacy. Insurance is accepted.
Psychology Today
You can use this site to find psychiatrists throughout the U.S. and Canada. You can limit by area, type of insurance, health issues (choose Addiction or Substance Use from the list), language, faith and other factors.
Psychologists
Psychologists can help with many aspects of addiction – including anxiety or depression that can be a part of substance use.
Psychotherapy (talk therapy), couples/family therapy, or group therapy help you understand yourself and your relationships in a deeper way – and keep you connected to your recovery.
Find a Psychologist
The National Register of Health Service Psychologists has a directory of psychologists that you can search by geographic area. On the home page enter your zip code, city or state and in the “I’d like help with” box enter the term substance misuse. A list will come up that you can tailor by language, ages served, treatment types and more.
RECOVERY COACHING
Part of staying sober depends on learning healthier ways to handle problems and seeing your life in a new way.
Working with a certified Recovery Coach can support and guide you in this process. These specialists are trained in substance use disorder treatment and recovery.
Peer specialists often have personal experience with substance use disorders. They help people create their own recovery plans based on their goals, strengths and needs – and are very valuable in supporting long-term recovery. There are now peer recovery training and certification programs.
Connection Recovery Coaching/Monitoring from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
This service connects you with a personalized addiction recovery coach to help you in early recovery. Coaches provide frequent phone contact, direction, accountability and support. They lead you through 3 phases of early recovery and help you create an action plan to reach your new goals. The ideal length of the program is 18 months but several other options are available.
Sober Grid
Availability: iPhone and Android
Price: Free
Rating: iPhone 4.9 stars, Android 3.7 stars
This social networking app is specifically designed for people in recovery. It is available on iOS and Android. You can share your recovery progress with other app users and create posts to give and receive support. An important feature is the 24/7 live peer coaching. Certified and trained peer coaches provide you with constant live support every day of the year. The app is free with a cost for the coaching.
- Detoxification
- Inpatient Treatment
- Outpatient Treatment
- ADDICTION TREATMENT MEDICATIONS
- MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT
- Online Treatment