I specialize in working with adults who struggle with addiction and trauma. Many people with addiction and trauma also have problems with low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. Getting through this alone is not easy. I can help give you the tools that can help you fight your addiction, regain your self-esteem, and get you back to living your best life.
Together we will work on skills to help you manage your sometimes overwhelming emotions and the stress of everyday life. We will work together to help you set boundaries where they need to be set and identify your triggers. We will work on communication skills to help improve relationships that may have been damaged because of addiction.
I am trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). I help clients heal from physical, emotional, and sexual trauma, often in as few as one session. This can be done without clients even having to talk about their trauma. ART helps clients take away the painful emotions they experience when they think or talk about their trauma. I am passionate about ART because I have seen how much it has helped my clients. ART is not just for trauma, it can also help with many other mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, OCD, and addiction. I would love the opportunity to help you.
Roy has therapy and counseling experience with a wide range of clients in a variety of treatment settings. He strives to bring an effective blend of experience, expertise, and evidence based therapeutic modalities to the therapy process to maximize outcomes and provide genuine healing and wholeness to individuals and couples. Roy works with adolescents and adults. He offers both individual and couples theray. His approach is gentle, authentic, and collaborative. He is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to help clients process distressing memories, reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions, and allivate symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Roy has earned a master and a post-master degree in clinical mental health counseling and addiction counseling. Prior to his counseling career he studied and worked in Lebanon and France, where he has earned a master in business administration and a master in management.
Roy has received the Gerald Garrett International Coalition for Addiction Studies Education (INCASE) Student Scholarship Award in 2018.
Roy is fluent in Arabic and French.