Mindfulness
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Connectedness
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Inner Growth
I SEE THINGS
DIFFERENTLY
I've worked with thousands of patients and clients - including all family members - for well over 30 years. I've sought training from, and worked with, many of the top researchers & experts in addiction, health behavior change, relapse prevention, trauma, and more.
People don't resist change; they resist being changed.
—Peter Senge, PhD; MIT
If you’ve tried traditional addiction treatment or 12-Step based programs for your addiction and you'd like to try another approach - or you're curious about options other than abstinence for a change, Harm Reduction RecoveryTM may be the right alternative.
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Harm Reduction Recovery:
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Focuses on any positive change not just abstinence
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Uses multiple, science-based strategies you choose
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Honors people’s choices & lives & families’ uniqueness
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Applies change models that are trauma-informed & culturally sensitive/humble
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Meets all family members where they are - and helps them move forward when they're ready
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When life gives you lemons,
make lemonade.
—Elbert Hubbard & my mom!
What is recovery anyway? In Harm Reduction Recovery, we first of all ask you to define recovery for yourself: abstinence, moderation, sober curious & everything in between are all great goals. Recovery for me encompasses 3 pivotal principles: mindfulness, connectedness, and inner growth.
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Mindfulness is the way we communicate. - with ourselves and everything else in the world around us: Are we truly living our lives, deeply aware of our goals and values? Are we seeing how our day- to-day movements align or miss our own goals & values?
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Connectedness is about surrounding ourselves with people we love, who love us, and who want the best for us, always. It may also mean having a personal spiritual connection either inside or outside of ourselves.
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Inner Growth asks, are we moving forward most of the time in our lives? Are we seeking out new adventures, new experiences, challenging our minds/bodies regularly? Harm Reduction Recovery doesn’t seek to encourage perfection in behavior but rather it seeks to help make you a perfect human being: someone who makes mistakes and moves forward more compassionately because of them.
Welcome to living your own recovered life!
For a free 30-minute consultation – in person, by phone, or video platform - call or email me today at 510-919-9678 or deedeestoutconsulting@gmail.com.
The only regret I have in life
is not having made more mistakes.
—Dee-Dee Stout