Addiction & substance use therapists

Licensed Professional Counselor, PsyD, LPC

Dr. Morgan Francis is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a doctorate in psychology who founded and runs Scottsdale Premier Counseling. Francis works with teens, adults, couples and families, with particular focus on body image and eating disorders, sexual health, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and grief, as well as relationship strain and life transitions. Sessions draw on CBT, DBT, IFS and mindfulness to understand and change the patterns that keep clients stuck. Alongside standard one-hour sessions, the practice offers extended two- and three-hour appointments for clients who want more time. Dr. Francis sees clients in person at the Scottsdale office, with an emphasis on privacy and a safe, supportive setting.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Rachelle Friedman is a licensed clinical social worker based in Gilbert. She is EMDR-certified and neurodivergent-affirming, and works with teens, adults, older adults, couples and families. Many of her clients live with chronic pain or illness, anxiety, ADHD, trauma or depression, and some feel that earlier therapy did not help. She also supports people with grief, relationship and family concerns, substance use, postpartum challenges and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her work is trauma-informed, somatic and strengths-based, drawing on EMDR, Brainspotting, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, ACT, DBT and emotionally focused methods, with the aim of helping clients feel grounded and understood as whole people. She works with clients online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Margaret Barry is a licensed clinical social worker in Walnut Creek with 32 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults and older adults, and specializes in anxiety, depression, OCD and trauma. She also works with first responders, and helps with grief, family concerns, substance use and LGBTQ+ issues. Her aim is a space where each client feels heard, safe and free to be themselves, pairing nurturing support with concrete tools for managing emotional stress, building self-acceptance and living more in the present. Her methods include EMDR, exposure and response prevention, ACT, CBT, IFS and mindfulness, and she runs OCD group therapy. She sees clients in person in Walnut Creek and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC

Jillian McCoy is a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional clinical counselor in Berkeley. She works with teens, adults and older adults who feel overwhelmed by sadness, fear, loneliness or shame, or who sense something is off without knowing why. She helps with trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, life transitions, family concerns, substance use and bipolar disorder. Her work explores how past experiences shape present choices and self-image, and she draws on EMDR, Internal Family Systems, CBT, cognitive processing therapy, DBT and somatic and psychodynamic approaches. Colleagues describe her as warm, grounding and collaborative, with room for humor. She offers a free consultation and sees clients in person in Berkeley and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Kalani Perreira is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Piedmont, with eight years in practice and more than two decades in the mental health field. He works with adults, couples and families, and has a special interest in couples therapy and in people coping with transitions, disconnection, isolation and grief. Much of his work centers on healing attachment wounds and trauma, including complex, historical and intergenerational trauma. He also helps with anxiety, depression, substance use, eating disorders and LGBTQ+ concerns. Using a relational, psychodynamic approach with Brainspotting and family systems work, he helps clients connect past and present to build self-awareness. He sees clients online.

Family Therapist, LMFT, M-RAS

John Amos Burt is a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Francisco with 21 years in practice. He works with teens, adults, couples and families dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder and other ongoing mental health challenges, often alongside substance use or relapse. He also sees clients with ADHD, OCD, eating disorders and life transitions, and has a strong interest in men's mental health, including an upcoming men's group. His approach is flexible, using practical tools from functional analysis, CBT, DBT, ACT and attachment-based work. Beyond therapy, he provides diagnostic assessments and case consultation. All sessions are offered online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LLP, LPC

Vani Rao is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Novi, Michigan, who also holds a limited licensed psychologist credential. She focuses on trauma and works with teens and adults on anxiety, depression, stress and the relationships they have with themselves and others. Her practice also covers OCD, addiction and substance use, bipolar disorder and postpartum concerns. Trained in EMDR, she works on painful memories and the negative beliefs that grew from them, and she also uses CBT, DBT, internal family systems, motivational interviewing and mindfulness-based methods. Goals are set together with each client. She offers sessions in person in Novi and by video, plus a free 15-minute consultation.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LMSW

John Dandridge is a licensed master social worker in Detroit with 31 years in practice. He provides outpatient mental health and substance use services for teens, adults, older adults, couples and families. He helps with depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, bipolar disorder, anger and addiction, including alcohol, drug and gambling concerns, and works with families around behavioral issues and peer problems. His work is respectful and practical, with an emphasis on growth, prevention and education, drawing on CBT, solution-focused brief therapy, person-centered work, coaching and intervention. He sees clients in person in Detroit and online.

Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, CNC, CSTS

Linda Bazzi is a licensed master social worker in Troy, Michigan, who works with children, preteens, teens, adults and groups. Her practice looks at well-being through both mind and body. She helps clients with anxiety, eating disorders and body image, low self-esteem, trauma, ADHD, grief and relationship difficulties, and also works with substance use and bipolar disorder. Together with each client she builds coping strategies meant to last, using CBT to reshape unhelpful thinking alongside emotionally focused, mindfulness-based and person-centered work, plus play therapy for younger clients. She aims to offer a safe, nonjudgmental space and sees clients in person in Troy and online.