Therapy for Midlife
Helping You Navigate the Midlife Transition & Beyond
Overcoming Substance Misuse in Midlife: Find Your Path to Wellness
Are You Struggling with Substance Misuse?
Substance misuse in midlife is a growing concern and can become a coping mechanism for dealing with overwhelming life challenges. While these substances may offer temporary relief, they can lead to dependency, health concerns or exacerbate mental health issues, including anxiety and depression.
The good news? Nonjudgmental treatment is available to effectively guide you in making changes in this often challenging phase of life.
Signs It’s Time to Seek Help
You rely on alcohol, cannabis or other substances to unwind or cope with stress.
You’ve noticed a change in your relationships, work performance or daily functioning due to substance use.
You’re experiencing feelings of shame, guilt or regret after using substances.
You’ve tried to cut down but find it difficult to reduce or stop.
You’re worried about the health impacts of your prolonged substance use.
How Therapy for Midlife Can Help You
Explore the underlying emotional, psychological, and behavioral issues contributing to your substance use.
Understand the role of your genetics and how substances affect the brain’s reward system.
Discuss how family dynamics, social environments and childhood experiences influence your substance use.
Develop healthier coping strategies to manage stress, emotions, and triggers that could lead to substance use.
Identify unhealthy behaviors and patterns of thinking that contribute to your substance misuse.
Learn to recognize the situations, emotions, people, or places that trigger cravings or a desire to use substances.
Manage cravings with distraction techniques, emotional regulation and reaching out for support.
Create a Prevention Plan including goal setting, strategies to manage substance use and learning how to handle setbacks.
Midlife Specific Expert Help with Your Substance Misuse
Therapy for Midlife address the underlying issues specific to midlife that impact substance misuse using proven therapeutic techniques.
Helps individuals challenge and change negative thought patterns that contribute to substance use.
Explore your reasons for using substances and increase your motivation to change behaviors.
Learn to accept the challenges of midlife without turning to substances and focus on living a meaningful life aligned with your values.
Learn mindfulness techniques, stress management, and self-compassion practices to help you find balance in all aspects of your life – mental, emotional and physical.