Sam Morrison
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- Licensed in Maine
- Accepts Harvard Pilgrim
- Helps with Addiction, Substance Misuse, + 11 more
About
With a deep passion for breaking the stigma surrounding addiction and mental health, I have dedicated the last ten years to assisting individuals who grapple with the complex interplay of mental health issues and underlying substance abuse. I’ve witnessed how the societal stigma often conceals the very real barriers individuals face in their daily lives. My mission is to empower them with coping skills and strategies that allow them to embrace a life of recovery and resilience. As a therapist, I focus on guiding patients towards building essential skills to overcome their challenges. I believe that mental health issues come in myriad forms, and it is our duty to provide support, unburdened by negative stereotypes and judgment. Together, let’s shatter the silence and create a path towards hope, recovery and well-being.
I am in recovery from addiction and alcoholism and utilize self disclosure to empower clients to overcome their own issues.
First session
The first session will consist of building rapport (getting to know each other) and discuss the circumstances leading to seeking treatment services. The goal will be to determine if it is a good match and what treatment will look like in the future.
Strengths
My greatest strength as a provider is my own life circumstances that brought me to the field. I am in recovery from addiction and alcoholism and utilize self disclosure to empower clients to overcome their own issues.
Ideal clients
My ideal client is someone who feels there's more to who they are and wants to support discovering it. I help people who are tired of performing who they think they should be and want to become who they truly are. Therapy goals are created collaboratively to support deeper self understanding, authenticity, and aligned growth. Everyone can benefit from therapy – not because everyone is broken, but because everyone has patterns, emotions, relationship, relationships, stress, and experiences that can be understood more deeply.
Treatment methods
Trauma Informed Care
Trauma can often act as a gateway to underlying mental health and substance disorders. A trauma informed care creates an understanding of how co-occurring disorders can be treated simultaneously.
EMDR
Eye movement desensization reprocessing is an evidence based modality which can assist and reducing disturbances associated with traumatic events. Reprocessing can assist in changing cognition associated with past events.
Strength-Based
A strength base perspective can assist patient in empowering their own current values and abilities. Utilizing strengths based can assist in reinforcing resiliency and prior abilities to work through challenges.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a widely used intervention which assists in developing insight on the connection between feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. A common used tool in order to work through many common underlying mental health issues (anxiety, depression, anger, challenges with focus and concentration).
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Dialectical behavioral therapy is an effective tool and managing personality disorders such as borderline personality disorder. DBT assists in developing skills to better regulate emotions, manage, interpersonal relationships, and build acceptance of current behavioral patterns.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Man
White
Top specialties
Addiction
Substance Misuse
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Coping Skills
Grief
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Self-Harming
Sexual Abuse
Spirituality
Suicidal Ideation
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Gender fluid
Individual Therapy
Man
Non binary
Teenagers (13 to 17)
Transgender
Woman
Doesn't specialize in
Couples Counseling
Licensed in
Florida License SW21519
Maine License LC24707
Accepted insurance
Harvard Pilgrim
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare