Different Arrangement for Therapy for Alcohol Abuse
Answered by Stephanie Adams, MA, LPC
Question
To answer your last question, I have not heard of that regularly but it might be out there. What I'd be concerned about there would be creating dependency on your therapist, so that talking to him or her was the only way that you could see yourself not drinking. What about weekends? What if the therapist was sick one day? What if the phone connection didn't work? Where would you be then?
A better arrangement for your situation would probably be to make a plan in therapy for ways to change your pattern at the end of the day to strengthen your own resolve to stop drinking. That way you can always be safe, because you can always help yourself. If you live in Texas, I would be happy to help you with that through online counseling. If you're outside of Texas, I'm not able to be your therapist, but I'd be happy to help connect you with someone in your home state. Let me know how I can help!
About the Expert
Stephanie Adams
MA, LPC
College Station, United States of America
Specialties
Life Coaching, Mood Disorders, Trauma and PTSD, Other, Anxiety or Fears, Relationship Issues, Women, Loss or Grief, Thinking Disorders, Depression, Finding Your Purpose in Life
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