Support for Families Affected by Addiction & Substance Use
Therapy Based in Essex Junction, Vermont or Online
You’re exhausted from holding it all together. Whether you choose individual support, couples counseling, or family coaching, there’s space to breathe again, restore balance, and reconnect with the people you love.
You deserve a path forward that brings more connection and less chaos.
Top 3 Reasons People Reach Out for Support
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Families often search for how to set boundaries with someone who has an addiction. Support offers tools to protect your well-being while still showing care.
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Living with a loved one’s substance use can feel overwhelming. Many reach out for help managing stress, anxiety, shame, and caregiver burnout.
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Addiction often creates conflict, distance, and secrecy. Families seek guidance on rebuilding trust, enhancing communication, and repairing relationships.
Hello, I’m Jenn.
When a loved one’s substance use feels overwhelming, you deserve support that brings relief and hope. I specialize in working with families, couples, and individuals impacted by addiction, using the evidence-based CRAFT method and Motivational Interviewing to create lasting change by developing family members’ insight as well as skills designed to deepen connection, set and hold boundaries and create hope. For couples, I draw on the Gottman Method, a research-based approach that focuses on repairing trust, reducing conflict, and building a stronger foundation of connection.
With over 20 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC), I’ve supported people through challenges ranging from addiction and relationship struggles to anxiety, depression, and life transitions. My approach is compassionate and collaborative, always centered on your goals and objectives. Together, we’ll find tools to set boundaries, reduce stress, and restore connection in your relationships and in yourself.
How I Can Help
Individual Therapy
Loving someone with an addiction can feel exhausting and isolating. Through individual therapy, you’ll have space to focus on your own healing, managing stress, anxiety, depression, or trauma that often comes with living alongside substance use. Using evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) and Internal Family Systems (IFS), we’ll work together to strengthen self-awareness, set healthy boundaries, and create meaningful change, allowing you to feel more grounded and resilient.
Couples Therapy
Addiction impacts not only individuals but also relationships. If substance use has created distance, conflict, or betrayal in your partnership, couples counseling provides tools to reconnect and repair trust. I utilize the Gottman Method, a research-based approach, combined with insights from Esther Perel and Terry Real, to help partners rebuild communication, reduce conflict, and strengthen their bond, especially when addiction adds extra strain.
Family Coaching
Families often search for how to set boundaries with a person with a substance use disorder or how to stop enabling. I specialize in family counseling for addiction using the CRAFT method (Community Reinforcement and Family Training). This highly effective, science-based approach helps families encourage recovery while taking care of themselves. Together, we’ll focus on reducing conflict, building healthier patterns, and restoring connection so your family can move from survival mode to resilience and hope.
What Working Together Looks Like
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Begin with a brief phone or video call to share what’s happening and ask questions. This helps you see if we are the right fit before beginning therapy or counseling, and also to narrow down which type of counseling will be most beneficial for you at this time.
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In your first sessions, you’ll identify goals, explore challenges, and begin to map out a plan. For families affected by addiction, this may include the CRAFT method; for couples, the Gottman Method.
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Through individual therapy, couples counseling, or family coaching, you’ll learn tools to set boundaries, reduce stress, and improve communication, always at your own pace.
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As you apply new skills, you’ll notice shifts in your relationships, confidence, and resilience. The process is designed to support both immediate relief and long-term healing.
E.L, client
“I really like her approach. I was afraid there would be a demand to change but I have felt safe and respected in this aspect.”
M.B., couples client