Addicted Professionals Treatment

Adaptive care

Michele Vezina LADC, LPC has extensive experience providing individual and group therapy to addicted healthcare professionals who face unique challenges in their road to recovery. Weekly therapy groups are well established, currently serving over 30 recovering individuals including nurses, physicians, pharmacists, nurse anesthetists, dentists, psychologists and social workers.

Michele's work with these patients addresses the following problems:

  • Having served as a "hero" in a malfunctioning family and continuing the hero role in a career and lifestyle.

  • The compelling nature of the high profile helper role which offers an escape from the challenges of one's personal life.

  • The dichotomy of navigating successfully in a chaotic and stressful work environment and feeling lost in one's personal life.

  • Coping with demanding schedules where one is chronically exposed to the pain, suffering and traumatization of others and where there is no room for error.

  • Seeing oneself as a failure because addiction is seen as a contradiction to personal and professional standards and expectations.

  • Facing the resistance to seeking help, feeling more comfortable and established as the helper for others.

  • The challenge of relapse prevention in the context of constant exposure to narcotics in the work place.

  • The impact addiction has on professional status, licensure and employment.

  • Belonging to the ABS recovery group has been the mainstay of my recovery from addiction.  It is here that I find a great sense of belonging, acceptance and hope.  I have been continually amazed at the wisdom and insight I have gained from my peers as well as from the group facilitator.  The power of the group has helped so many of us to regain our sense of well being and dignity.

    Registered Nurse Practitioner

  • Being in this group made my recovery possible. The support of professional peers that have overcome similar challenges has been invaluable.

    Physician’s Assistant

  • Over time I found that I have absorbed maturity and wisdom from the group that has helped me to face challenges in much healthier ways. I developed trust and comfort with my group over the years, and look forward to group therapy as a place to be myself, share my true thoughts and feelings, and be supported. The insights and examples set by my peers and therapist have made a difference in how I respond to life's challenges. I don't think I would have reached this level of health and stability without them.

    Doctor of Osteopathy

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