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Patricia Howard, LMFT, CADC

Patricia Howard, LMFT, CADC

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Patricia has a deep interest in mental health care services, and the treatment of addictive disorders. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in private practice in Solana Beach, California. I am also a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor II (CADC-II). Patricia’s clinical work at includes individual and group therapy for men with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. She also is trained in the treatment of trauma using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
10 January
TTrue Stories of Addiction

Understanding Personal Responsablity In Your Recovery From Addiction

  • byPatricia Howard, LMFT, CADC
  • 4 comments
  • 3 minute read
Confidently Coping with Addiction Justin was recently featured in True Stories, where he told us about his first…
22 December 2020
TTrue Stories of Addiction

How to Overcome the Craving for Opiates

  • byPatricia Howard, LMFT, CADC
  • 11 comments
  • 4 minute read
When Mareesa was 13, she tried alcohol for the first time. Coping and struggling with a death in…
13 April 2020
AAddiction & Recovery

Dave Navarro’s Triumphant Success In Overcoming Drug Addiction

  • byPatricia Howard, LMFT, CADC
  • 4 comments
  • 3 minute read
Jane says… I’m gonna kick tomorrow… Dave Navarro, lead guitarist for the punk rock band Jane’s Addiction, found…
27 March 2020
TTrue Stories of Addiction

How Depression Led Me to Addiction

  • byPatricia Howard, LMFT, CADC
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  • 5 minute read
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Researchers believe that about half of people with addictions will experience a mental illness at some point in…
30 June 2017
112 Step Substance Abuse Recovery Programs

Sponsorship and the 12 Steps

  • byPatricia Howard, LMFT, CADC
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  • 6 minute read
While many people enter recovery, some of the most widely accepted and proven groups are 12-step fellowships. You…
23 August 2016
PPsychology of Addiction

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • byPatricia Howard, LMFT, CADC
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A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or FMRI, is a procedure for neuroimaging using MRI technology. This process measures…
16 August 2016
PPsychology of Addiction

How to Approach Alcohol and Drug Interventions

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Interventions When someone is living their life in active addiction, there can be many factors contributing to the…
09 August 2016
PPsychology of Addiction

Motivational Interviewing in Addiction Treatment

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Motivational Interviewing is an addiction treatment method that is typically utilized with addicts who are unmotivated to conquer…
02 August 2016
PPsychology of Addiction

Prescribing ADHD Drugs to our Youth

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Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) has been a controversial topic for the past decade, possibly longer. There are…
26 July 2016
PPsychology of Addiction

Treating Addiction with Holistic Care

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The idea of holistic care is taking care of the body, mind, spirit, and emotions – the person…

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