Treatment

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Our Therapeutic Approach

The Center for Optimal Living offers therapy for the full range of drug and alcohol use, mental health issues, and other addictive behaviors. We believe that effective therapy “starts where the person is” and honors your values, personal preferences and cultural background. Our therapeutic process begins with a comprehensive evaluation to help us determine your unique needs, strengths and goals.

Our approach provides a collaborative, safe, supportive space for you to explore whether moderate, less harmful substance use, or abstinence is best suited for you. Simultaneously, we address mental health issues that may be impacting your daily life and provide individualized services for a range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, and chronic pain.

We have successfully helped our clients manage their relationships with food, sex, gambling, psychedelics, work, the internet, gaming, and other behaviors that may be problematic for them. Our team members have expertise in a wide array of therapeutic techniques, allowing us to provide treatment that meets a range of needs. To learn more about the change process now, read the The Positive Change Pathway, a six step guide developed by Dr. Andrew Tatarsky.

Please call 212-213-8905 x2 or contact us for additional information.

Comprehensive Evaluation

We believe the initial evaluation process should itself constitute the starting point of each client’s treatment. We evaluate each individual sensitively and respectfully, seeking to learn about their unique set of needs and perspectives. Our goal is for both client and practitioner to emerge with a framework for the journey they wish to take together, and the basis of a healing, collaborative relationship.

Individual Psychotherapy

The majority of our clients meet regularly, one-on-one, with a member of our team. This provides the opportunity to develop a truly individualized, collaborative therapeutic relationship. Some clients also benefit from our “field coaching” services, where a therapist will meet with clients outside the office to support them in meeting their goals. Daytime, evening, and weekend appointments are available.

Group Therapy

We offer group therapy to support individual psychotherapy and create a more intensive level of care, if needed. Group therapy can also be utilized in conjunction with services from providers outside the Center. All of our groups include members pursuing moderate drinking/substance use and abstinence.

Couples and Family Therapy

Relationships are a tremendously powerful vehicle for change. Problematic behaviors around substance use and other mental health issues can often directly or indirectly affect relationships, and relationships often impact problematic substance use and mental health. We provide families and couples with the chance to work together in a therapeutic, healing environment.