Addiction & substance use therapists

Psychologist

Joseph Wright is a licensed psychologist in Wilmington, Delaware, also licensed in Pennsylvania, with 28 years in practice. He works with adults and older adults on anxiety and panic, trauma, depression, OCD, bipolar disorder and addiction, as well as couples concerns, life transitions and stress. Wright helps clients who feel overtaken by sudden fear or painful memories learn ways to calm both mind and body. His toolkit includes EMDR, exposure work, exposure and response prevention, CBT, ACT, emotionally focused and Imago therapy, and motivational interviewing. He sees clients in person in Wilmington and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, CAADC, CCFC, CSSOTS

Lamont Josey is a licensed clinical social worker in Wilmington, Delaware, also licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and holds a certification in addiction counseling. He has spent more than twenty years working with children, teens, adults, couples and families. His areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, grief, bipolar disorder, OCD, and addiction and co-occurring concerns. Josey's style is goal-directed and strengths-based, using evidence-based, measurable methods to help clients make practical changes. He draws on CBT, cognitive processing therapy, ACT and coaching, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. He co-founded a group practice offering therapy and medication management, and sees clients in person and online.

Counselor, MA, LMHC, NCC, PMH-C

Emily Cruse Elliott is a licensed mental health counselor in Des Moines, Iowa, with seven years in practice and a certification in perinatal mental health. She specializes in women's health, working with adults on pregnancy and postpartum concerns, trauma, parenting, sexuality and perimenopause, along with anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief and substance use. She is also a certified intuitive eating counselor who supports clients with eating disorders and body image, and she is affirming of LGBTQ+ clients. Her work is trauma-focused, collaborative and shaped by feminist and multicultural perspectives, using EMDR, Brainspotting, ACT, somatic and mindfulness-based methods. She sees clients online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Kandice Johnson is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Carmel, Indiana. She works with adults, couples and families who feel stuck, overwhelmed or disconnected in the relationships that matter most, and helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction and bipolar disorder, as well as codependency, anger and relapse. Shame, guilt and past hurt are common themes in her work. As a Christian therapist, she offers clients the option of bringing faith into therapy alongside practical tools for change. Her methods include emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, Imago, CBT, DBT and motivational interviewing. She sees clients in person in Carmel and online.

Family Therapist, MSSW, LMFT

Chris Davis is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Louisville, Kentucky, with 17 years in practice. He works with teens, adults and couples at crossroads, whether a crisis, a stuck point in a marriage or a time of transition, and sees those moments as chances for growth. His focus includes relationship and intimacy concerns, rebuilding trust, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma and grief, along with addiction, gambling, OCD and bipolar disorder. He also works with fathers who want to be better dads and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. He uses attachment-based, family systems, existential, narrative and mindfulness-based methods, plus CBT and hypnotherapy. He sees clients online.

Counselor, LPCA, LCMHCA

Marz Josephson is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in Lexington, Kentucky, also an associate counselor in North Carolina. She works with athletes, past and present, and other high achievers aged 11 and up who struggle with pressure, overthinking, anxiety, burnout, lost confidence or identity questions, often while appearing fine to others. She also helps with depression, trauma, grief, relationships, couples concerns and substance use. Having competed in Division I and now as a professional athlete, she brings firsthand understanding of injury and performance stress. Her style is direct and collaborative, using CBT, motivational interviewing, Accelerated Resolution Therapy and strengths-based strategies. She sees clients online.

Counselor, LCPC, MA

Colin Reid is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Portland, Maine, with 12 years in practice. He works with adults and older adults on trauma, relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, grief and addiction, and also sees clients with OCD and bipolar disorder, as well as couples and families. Reid views struggle as part of a full life and helps people engage with both their pain and their joy. His approach is relational, shaped by Gestalt therapy, somatic work, mindfulness, Buddhist psychology and emotionally focused therapy. His own long-standing meditation practice informs how he works. He offers sessions in person in Portland and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S

Christian Shearer is a Licensed Professional Counselor and supervisor in Jackson, Mississippi, with eight years in practice. Much of his work is with adults still carrying the effects of childhood hurt, along with the stress, anxiety and sense of disconnection that often come with it. He also works with teens and families, and helps with substance and alcohol use, sexual addiction, chronic pain and neurodivergence. Shearer focuses on helping clients cope with overwhelming memories and emotions so the past weighs on them less. His methods include CBT, DBT, ACT and hypnotherapy. He sees clients in person in Jackson and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Madison Powers is a licensed clinical social worker in Missoula, Montana, with five years in practice. She works with older teens and adults on anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, self-esteem, life transitions and stress, as well as substance use, co-occurring conditions, bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts. Powers describes her style as warm and genuine, willing to challenge clients when it supports growth, and she believes decisions in therapy belong to the client. Her approach blends compassion with solution-oriented, person-centered work, using CBT, cognitive processing therapy, ACT and compassion-focused and mindfulness-based methods. She sees clients in person in Missoula and online.