Addiction & substance use therapists

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, DSW

Mary Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with a doctorate in social work, based in Franklin, Tennessee, with 11 years in practice. She works with children, teens, adults, couples and families on ADHD, anxiety, trauma, relationships, life transitions and self-esteem, as well as OCD, substance use, neurodivergence, PMDD and emotional regulation. She spent nearly a decade working with veterans. Smith offers a shame-free space where clients decide what they want to change; she asks questions, offers fresh perspectives and sometimes challenges thinking, with humor and practical skills. Her methods include ACT, CBT, DBT, cognitive processing therapy and the Gottman Method. She sees clients online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Mariah Rouse Mahoney is a licensed clinical social worker in Salt Lake City, Utah, with five years in practice. She works with teens, adults, older adults and couples on trauma, attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, ADHD and life transitions, as well as eating disorders, body image, people-pleasing and substance use, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Mahoney describes a supportive but honest style, offering encouragement alongside gentle challenge. She helps clients explore patterns that once protected them but now hold them back, using EMDR, Internal Family Systems, somatic work, emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, DBT and neurofeedback. She sees clients in person in Salt Lake City and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Sharon Walls is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Salt Lake City, Utah, also licensed in Wyoming and registered for telehealth in Florida, with 24 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults, couples and families who feel stuck in relationship, work or family patterns or are facing hard life transitions. Her areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction and substance use, eating disorders and codependency, and she welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Walls focuses on deep emotional connection and believes clients hold their own answers. Her methods include emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, Imago, IFS, ACT and family systems work. She sees clients online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAC

John Stacy is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified substance abuse counselor in Norfolk, Virginia, with 14 years in practice, and he owns a group practice. He works with adults on trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, ADHD and self-esteem, as well as addiction and alcohol use, dual diagnosis, bipolar disorder, perinatal and postpartum concerns and men's issues, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Stacy takes a holistic view of mental, emotional and physical health and treats clients as the experts on their own lives. His methods include CBT, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, motivational interviewing, solution-focused and somatic approaches. He also provides clinical supervision and sees clients in person in Norfolk.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LADC, CADC, MSW

Marc Richter is a licensed independent clinical social worker and licensed alcohol and drug counselor in Burlington, Vermont, with 28 years in practice. He works with teens, adults and families on addiction and substance use, ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem and relationship concerns, along with family conflict, parenting, oppositional behavior and men's issues, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Richter sees clients as experts on their own lives and treats therapy as a series of healing conversations, using humor and plain talk to help align behavior, values and feelings. He draws on CBT, REBT, motivational interviewing, family systems and Multi-Brain Alignment work. He also offers clinical supervision and sees clients in person in Burlington.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW, APSW

John Troast is a licensed clinical social worker in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, also licensed in North Carolina and Nevada, with 10 years in practice. He works with children, teens, adults and families on anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, self-esteem, identity and relationship concerns, and also with ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, addiction, anger, personality disorders and family conflict, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Troast sets specific, goal-oriented objectives with each client and revisits them regularly to keep therapy focused. His approach is trauma-informed and nonjudgmental, using CBT, family systems, the Gottman Method and mindfulness-based methods. He sees clients in person in Wauwatosa and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW, MPA

Leisa Barrett is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Morgantown, West Virginia. She works with adults facing trauma, abuse, grief and loss, infertility and substance misuse, along with anxiety, depression, OCD, codependency, domestic violence and women's issues. Barrett aims to help clients restore balance in daily life by looking at how present symptoms connect to past experiences and building coping strategies, with goals set together. She is trained in EMDR and also uses CBT, REBT, attachment-based, person-centered and mindfulness-based methods in a trauma-focused, integrative way. She sees clients in person in Morgantown and online.