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HELPFUL
PEOPLE & SERVICES
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We have assembled a directory of
independent people and organizations who provide a wide variety of support services
that can be very helpful to addiction recovery. This is the path
of holistic healing.
It is very important to seek out helpful people and line your nest with as
much support as possible. You deserve it! These people
were put on your path to assist you and they are waiting for you to ask for
their help. Many of these resources are nationwide, however some of the
private services are geographically geared toward serving Southwest
Florida. Check back often as this directory will continue to expand.
All you've got to do is ask!

SUBSTANCE DETOXIFICATION & ADDICTION COUNSELING
SAMHSA - Online Lookup (over 12,000 US Facilities)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides an on-line resource for
locating drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs across the USA. There
are over 12,000 facilities in the database and it is updated weekly.
For additional advice, you may call the Referral Helpline operated by
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment:
1-800-662-HELP (English & Español)
1-800-487-4889 (TDD)
Southwest Florida Addiction
Services (SWFAS)
SWFAS prides itself in being Southwest Florida's leader in substance
abuse treatment and is the oldest and largest provider in Southwest
Florida.
David Lawrence
Center
The David Lawrence Center, Inc. provides individuals with mental health
and substance abuse services.
6075 Golden Gate Pkwy. Naples, FL 34116
Ph: 239-455-8500
Top of the World
Treatment Centre - Recovery Ranch
Provides an In-patient bio-psycho-social-spiritual holistic process,
through an addictions treatment program that is formulated from
beginning to end with solid scientific, evidence based addictions
treatment methods, coupled with holistic enhancements and compassionate
staff support.
Ranch Recovery experience includes medicine wheel, labyrinths, nature
trails and breathtaking crown forest in the Rocky Mountains of British
Columbia (just across the border)


SW
FLORIDA RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS
Lee County Area
Intergroup
Visit this site for a comprehensive listing of
local meeting times, places and organizations in the Lee
County/Southwest Florida area.
Southwest Florida
Addiction Services (SWFAS) SW Florida

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care
10140 Deer Run Farms Rd, FL
239-275-3222
Ruth Cooper: NAMI Resource Room
239-278-0981

SLIDING SCALE SW FLORIDA THERAPY PROVIDERS
AAR: (Must be fully employed) 800-289-7102
Peggy Jones: 239-437-7077
Catholic Charities: 239-274-0757
Genesis III Counseling Center (Christian): 239-939-5504
Treatment Works: Ft Myers/Naples Evenings/Weekends 239-275-5050/239-263-1161
Dr. Janice Hughes: The Attention and Related Disorders Clinic 239-549-2940
Lutheran Services for out of control children: 239-275-1126
Aim-Target: Anger Management: 239-936-3363
children's Advocacy Center (Children, Adults, Family at risk-Abused
Children) 239-939-2808
ACT Shelter: Domestic violence, shelter and counseling for women,
children and men 239-939-2553
Associates in Family Therapy: 239-561-9955

ONLINE
RECOVERY MEETINGS/CHAT/HOMEWORK
Smart Recovery

WIKI
ARTICLES ON ADDICTION & MENTAL HEALTH
Addiction
Love Obsession
Codependency/Relationship Addiction
Substance Abuse
Sexual Addiction
Gambling Addiction
Sugar Addiction
Compulsive
Eating/Food Addiction
Mental Health
Personality Disorders Overview
Avoidant Personality
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Generalized Anxiety
Post Traumatic Stress
Psychological Trauma
Borderline Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Bi-Polar Disorder
Phantom Pain - very interesting article!

12
STEP RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS
Alanon/Alateen
Alcoholics
Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Cocaine Anonymous
Codependents
Anonymous
Love Addicts Anonymous
Emotions
Anonymous
Families
Anonymous
Overeaters
Anonymous
Food
Addicts Anonymous
Sexaholics Anonymous
Sex Addicts Anonymous
Pornography Addiction
Man On The Road
Sex & Love Addicts
Anonymous
Co- Sex & Love Addicts
Anonymous
COSA (Co-Addict
or Codepedent of Sex Addicts Annonymous)
Gamblers
Anonymous
Net Addiction
Anonymous
Online Gamers
Anonymous

ALTERNATIVE/HOLISTIC RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS
AA Not The Only Way - Book
S.O.S.
Secular Organizations for Sobriety
Women For
Sobriety
Rational
Recovery
12 Steps Based on Eastern Wisdom
Smart Recovery
Life Ring
Holistic Recovery Links
YogaTwelve

IBOGAINE DETOXIFICATION/INTERRUPTER
I Begin Again
Awakening
In The Dream House
Note: This treatment is not available in the US.

ADDICTION
& COMMUNITY AWARENESS
AddictionAction.org
AddictionAction.org is a grassroots partnership to
help communities mobilize around it, bringing the hope of treatment and
long-term recovery to individuals and families affected by addiction to
alcohol and drugs
Addictions.org
Addictions.org has valuable information on a wide variety of topics related to addiction and recovery from addicition. The topics covered on this site include; drug addiction, alcohol addiction, overeating, gambling, codependency, support groups.
My Addiction
Information on addiction categories
such as nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin,
prescription drugs, sex, gambling and eating disorders.
Knights of
Kindness
An online resource for the states of Florids and Georgia for treatment
and recovery, as well as shelter, food and economic assistance.

INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT FACILITIES
Samhsa
- Substance Abuse Facility Locator (Nationwide)
Addiction Search (Nationwide)
Southwest Florida
Addiction Services (SWFAS) SW Florida
Passages Malibu - California
Top of the World
Treatment Centre - Ranch Recovery

ADDICTION
COUNSELORS/MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Robert
Burney - Joy to Me & U
Robert is a codependency counselor,
grief therapist, inner child healing pioneer, Spiritual teacher, and
author of the Joyously inspirational Spiritual book: "Codependence: The
Dance of Wounded Souls". He has created one of the most prolific
bodies of work on the internet of his writings surrounding issues of
co-dependency, addiction and inner child healing. Accepts phone clients.
Dr. Douglas Weiss
Dr. Weiss is a pioneering psychologist specializing in the field of
sexual addiction treatment and recovery. He has appeared on major
television shows such as Oprah. He administers services and offers
videos and e-books through
his website, as well as private counseling and workshops across the USA. Accepts phone clients.
Hollingsworth Counseling
Addiction is about internal energy and the imbalance of that energy,
energy work is part of what Julie assist people with to get beneath the
addictive tendencies and see what is being avoided with addiction. Julie
is an Energy Psychology Practitioner, Licensed Chemical Dependency
Counselor,
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor III, National Board Certified Clinical
Hypnotherapist- DIPLOMAT, Bachelor of Clinical Hypnotherapy,
Internationally Certified ADC II,
Certified and Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist, Doctor of Philosophy
of Esoteric Studies. Accepts phone clients.
True Self
Transitions
TrueSelf Transitions is a
comprehensive outpatient program that provides professional guidance in
helping individuals, couples, and families heal from emotional pain,
reestablish a spiritual connection and achieve their full potential.
Particular attention is paid to the assessment and treatment of sexual
addiction, love/relationship addiction, codependency, trauma and the
spiritual emptiness that results from such behaviors.
Spirit of Recovery
They are available for counseling and
therapy by telephone. You'll be speaking with the best therapists
available. They'll try to help you make a connection in your local area,
but if you can't, they will be happy to continue working with you for as
long as you need to. Accepts phone clients.
Spirit & Associates
Where SPIRIT means Special People Inspiring Recovery In Time.
Intervention, Counseling, Mediation & Training Services. Accepts
phone clients.
Richard Singer,
Jr.
Richard is a psychotherapist, speaker and author of two books which are
part of his life's work to help all of humanity to be released from
suffering and move into complete fulfillment. He came through the path
of addiction recovery. Richard also created the
12 Steps Based on Eastern Wisdom.
Dr. Brenda
Schaefer
The focus of this site is to foster an understanding of love and love
addiction. It is intended to help you identify the characteristics of
healthy love and addictive love and free you to live life more
abundantly.

MENTAL
HEALTH WEBSITES
Psych Central
Not only can you find a therapist near you, but this website is an
massive resource for psychological and mental health support.
HealthyGenius.com
Lots of articles and information about addictions, the addictive process
and mental disorders.
Mental Health America
Psyke.org - Self Injury
Information
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Suicide Hotline
Directory by State
American Foundation For
Suicide Prevention

ASPERGER'S
SYNDROME - HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM
Families of
Adults Affected by Asperger's Syndrome
WrongPlanet.com
Tony Attwood's
Web Site
ASC-U.S. - Asperger
Syndrome Coalition of the United States, Inc.
ASPEN - ASPerger syndrome Education Network, Inc.
Asperger
Counselling Network
Asperger's Syndrome Homepage
Autism Society
of America
Geneva Centre for Autism
National Autistic Society - UK

ADDICTION RECOVERY WEBSITES
- ADULTS
Partnership for a Drug Free America
Sober Recovery
Recovery
Connection
The Addiction Recovery Guide

ADDICTION RECOVERY WEBSITES
- TEENS
Check Yourself
Kids Health
Passages To
Recovery
Drug Rehab Resource for Teens

ADDICTION RECOVERY
BLOGS
Dry
Blog
Eclectic Recovery Blog
Alcoholism- A Life Sentence

SUPPORT FOR
CHILDREN - Florida
Southwest Florida Children's Network
McGinnis Psychology Group - Behavioral
Delta
Family Counseling
Behavior-analysis.org
Department
of Children & Families
Strengthening Families Initiative

INTERVENTION
National Intervention Referral

ENERGY
HEALERS & SPIRITUAL COACHES
Renee Bledsoe
Renee is a soul coach, addiction counselor and web designer. She is the
founder of Addiction Alchemy™, a self-help addiction and life recovery
system based on the Medicine Wheel and Kabbalah. Renee is a Kabbalist,
and a Certified Teacher and 2nd Step Ritual Master in the tradition of
the Rocky Mountain Mystery School and an initiated shamanic
practitioner. She is also a Reiki Master/Teacher. Renee has just
completed her first book, 101 Ways To Raise Your Vibration
Dr. Sherri
Rosenthal
Dr. Sherry Rosenthal says that the Toltec teachings constitute a path
with heart and she has written a practical book, The Idiots Guide to
Toltec Wisdom, to help us integrate these powerful teachings into our
busy lives. She and her associates offer coaching by phone, as well as
retreats, teleconferences and workshops.
Sacred
Space - Southwest Florida
This healing and Light center is located in Bonita Springs, Florida and
offers classes and initiations in the Mystery School traditions and
Universal Kabbalah, as well as energy and spiritual healing services.
Empowering
Truth - Los Angeles, CA
Empowering Truth offers a variety of energy healing services and classes
to help you enrich your life, improve your health and discover your full
potential!
Denise Lescano
Denise is a psychic medium and reiki master. Her work with addiction has
been extremely helpful. She works with individuals and groups to help
them connect with their guides.
Glenn Klausner
Glenn is a psychic medium and radio host. He and Denise Lescano have a
radio show, entitled, The Spirit Side of Life. This program focuses on
de-mystifying communications across the veil.
Patti Rondolino
Patti is a reiki master, shamanic healer and uses a variety of energy
healing modalities to help her client clear issues at the cellular
level.
Angel Therapy
Dr. Doreen Virtue is a spiritual doctor of psychology and a
fourth-generation metaphysician. Doreen is the
author of more than 20 books on mind-body-spirit issues,
including the best-selling Healing with the Angels and Messages from
Your Angels books/angel cards.
WorldPrayers.org
An interactive website filled with invocations, celebrations,
affirmations and meditations. Spin the prayer wheel.
Natural Awakenings - Calendar of Events
This is the premier online calendar of events for holistic services in
the Southwest Florida area.

MOTIVATIONAL WORKSHOPS & LIFE COACHES
David Essel
David can help you create an exceptional life by honoring your
mind, body and soul, so that you can bring more joy, peace and meaning
into every aspect of your life.
Bob Riley
Bob Riley is a life coach, who also specializes in grief coaching and
grief support groups in Southwest Florida. His support group is one of
the longest standing groups in the area for 20+ years.
The Power
of Truth
Gary King is an outstanding role model for those of us searching
for honesty, integrity, forgiveness, peace and health. Learn more about
The Power of Truth ™.
Terry McBride
Terry McBride is one of the most powerful speakers and workshop leaders
in the personal growth movement because he teaches from experience. He created a new reality for himself when the experts
said it couldn’t be done.
Jennifer Louden
Jennifer Louden has created an interactive website full of fun web tools to help you in your
journey from online private journaling, to over 500 articles that
you can search on by mood, creative and motivational tips of the
day and more. It is geared toward women, but anyone can
use this site.
Cheryl
Richardson
Cheryl Richardson is a life make-over specialist. The author of the bestselling books,
Take Time for Your Life, Life Makeovers, Stand Up for Your Life and The
Unmistakable Touch of Grace.
Deepak Chopra
Acknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field
of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra, M.D. continues to
transform our understanding of the meaning of health and is changing the way the world views
physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellness.
Dr. Wayne Dyer
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at
change...." - Except from "You'll see it When You Believe it."
Marianne Williamson
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is
that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us..."
- Excerpt from "A Return to Love"
Melody Beattie
Author of such recovery staples as "Codependent No More" and "Language
of Letting Go", Melody Beattie understands being overboard, which
helps her throw bestselling lifelines to those still adrift.
Laura Day
Welcome to your Crisis and The Circle are two amazing books by author
Laura Day. This website has lots of helpful interactivity.
Courage
Consultants
Catherine VanWetter is a transitional life counselor who is ready to
guide you in the next steps of your journey toward becoming more
authentically aligned mentally, emotionally, physically, and
spiritually.

CLERGY
& MINISTERIAL COUNSELORS
Church of Spiritual Light
An All Faith community that has many outreach programs, personal growth
workshops and several ministerial counselors who perform a range of
services from compassionate listening, life skills coaching, soul
coaching and provide referrals.
Dr. Sam Southard
Spirituality is not “canned fog.” In the midst of mystery and paradox
there can be real and relevant wisdom. The Spirit of God has substance.
Dr. Southards website twscworld.org

HYPNOTHERAPISTS
Dr.
Lynne Zimmerman - Phone sessions available
Hypnosis is a state of deep relaxation, during which the conscious mind
takes a back seat in directing our attention. During this deeply
relaxing process, we are able to identify our inner saboteurs, reveal
the causes or issues that underlie them, and release the grip of these
inner issues. Having done this, we can then transform our inner process
into a flow of healthy, positive energy that supports and fuels our
goals and aspirations. This is mind/body energy at its best.

PERSONAL GROWTH COURSES & WORKSHOPS
Center To
Self Reliance
Learn more about the Global Relationship Center (GRC)
personal growth and relationship courses and Redirecting Children's
Behavior workshops offered at this center. Center To Self Reliance
primarily serves Southwest Florida, however, GRC offers courses
nationwide.
Don Miguel Ruiz &
Don Jose
The author of the bestselling books, The Mastery of Love and The Four
Agreements brings ancient wisdom to the modern world in an easy to
understand way that has resonated with millions of people.
Kabbalah Centre
Kabbalah is not a philosophy or theosophy. Kabbalah teaches that every
human being shares the same ultimate purpose in life, which is to
receive the complete joy and fulfillment that the Light desires for us.
But while this is easy to say, true spiritual work is needed to remove
the negative tendencies that separate us from life’s gifts. And as we
undertake this work, our souls need technical support, as would a
computer or any other highly sensitive mechanism. Kabbalah offers this support.
Wel-Systems.com
Offer a wide range of programs and products that recognize and call to
the inherent power of the individual, making it possible for clients to
access inner power and engage life using Neuro-Linquistic Programming
(NLP) as the basis for the programs.

WILDERNESS & NATURE BASED RETREATS & PROGRAMS
Four Winds
Society
The Four Winds Society provides a
scientific framework through which we can learn the ancient art of
energy medicine.
West
Winds & The Bear Tribe Medicine Society
Wind Daughter serves The Bear Tribe Medicine Society as its Medicine
Chief, following in the steps of the late Sun Bear and Wabun Wind,
authors of The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology, Dancing with the Wheel
and other wheel related books which were responsible for bringing the
esoteric information of the wheel to the world at large. She has a 92
Acre tract of land which contains hot springs.
Tracker School
Tom Brown Jr., America's most reknowned tracker and wilderness survival
expert, has devoted his life to educating people in the skills of
Tracking, Wilderness Awareness and Survival.
Four Worlds
Four Worlds is an international network of people and organizations
bound together by a set of common principles. These principles are based
on the traditional teachings of North American tribal peoples combined
with the best that Western science and technology has to offer.
SoulCraft & Animas
Institute
Soulcraft™ is a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to
evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter. Soulcraft
practices spring from nature-based cultures, modern depth psychology,
the poetic tradition, and wilderness rites of passage—to comprise a
truly contemporary Western path to soul discovery and soul initiation.
The Medicine Wheel and 12 Steps with Jim Frank
Modern thinking gives us goals to meet and looks
for the event that will solve our “problems.” This linear way is not
found in nature. In a circle, Jim uses ritual and sharing to rediscover
the old way of seeing life’s challenges on the circle and the wheel and
how to use the 12 steps to transform them. Jim's standing Sweatlodge is
located in Malvern, Pennsylvania
Passages To
Recovery
Recovery Ranch
SoberRecovery Medicine Wheel
Rune Hill
Top of the World
Treatment Centre - Ranch Recovery

ADDICTION RECOVERY RETREATS
Living In
Process
Anne Wilson Schaef, Ph.D. has done groundbreaking research on love,
romance, relationship and sexual addiction. She has created a retreat
called Living in Process, which employs holistic healing techniques for
the recovery of addiction.

LOW/NO
COST MONASTIC RETREATS
St. Leo Abbey
The purpose of the Saint Leo Abbey Retreat and Educational Center is to
meet the physical arid spiritual needs of God 's people. We do this by
offering the gift of our total environmental, which provides an oasis
for God's people to find wholeness, rejuvenation and recommitment.

RECOVERY SUPPORT PRODUCTS
Elements of
Nurture
Jewelry, books, cd's and helpful links to support recovery

LISTENING/CONFESSIONAL SERVICES
Instant
Listener

GRIEF
& TRAUMA
Project Help - Naples, Florida
Project HELP Crisis Center provides free grief
support groups and grief counseling for children and adults who have
lost a loved one through a sudden, unnatural death. Services includes
Crisis and Referral Hotline, Crime Victim Counseling, Sudden Death
Notification, Sudden Death Grief Counseling, Rape Crisis Team, Suicide
Survivor Support Group, Incest Survivor Counseling, Child Abuse
Intervention Program, Human Trafficking , Prison Rape and Sexual Abuse
Program
Griefnet
GriefNet.org is an Internet community and resource for persons dealing
with grief, death, and major loss.
Elisabeth
Kubler-Ross
Grief is a natural process to death and dying. It
is not pathological in nature, but rather, is a necessary response to
helping heal from the overwhelming sense of loss when a loved one dies.
Velvet Hammer
Grief isn't just associated with loss through death. Any kind of loss,
including divorce or any change which involves the shedding of old ways
of being can enact the grieving process.

HALFWAY & RESIDENTIAL HOUSES
Price Halfway House - FL

HOUSING
Lee County Pocket Guide To Emergency Assistance - FL
Housing & Urban Development
- HUD

COMMUNITY SERVICES
United Way
(Lee County Chapter)
Lee County Health Department

FOOD &
NUTRITION
The Harry
Chapin Food Bank - (Southwest Florida)
The Healing Kitchen

MASSAGE THERAPISTS/BODY WORK
Joanna Salerno, LMT (SW Florida)

BEAUTY
& SKIN CARE
iVillage
Try the Makeover-o-Matic interactive tool to find out your best
look. Very fun and you can even upload your own photo.

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGISTS/PERSONAL TRAINERS
Fitness On The Move -
SW Florida

YOGA
STUDIOS
Yoga Boody Studio - Bonita Springs, FL
OmVibe Yoga - Naples, FL
Church of Spiritual Light - Ft. Myers, FL

ACUPUNCTURISTS

AROMATHERAPISTS

PARENTING & FAMILY SKILLS COUNSELING/COURSES
Center To
Self Reliance
Redirecting Children's
Behavior
ProtectKids.com

MEDITATION CLASSES & COURSES
Church
of Spiritual Light - Ft. Myers, FL
The Mystical
Moon - Fort Myers, FL
Sacred
Space - Bonita Springs, FL

ENVIRONMENTAL & HOME ORGANIZATION
Harmony In Design
Visit this site for articles on using the ancient art of Feng
shui.
Life Organizers
Fly Lady

OCCUPATION & VOCATION
Work from Within

HUMAN SERVICES
Able Trust
A resource site for people living
with physical and mental disabilties.
Center for Independent
Living - Southwest Florida
Lee County Human
Services

RELIGIOUS COURSES
Church
of Spiritual Light - Ft. Myers, FL
The Mystical
Moon - Fort Myers, FL
Sacred
Space - Bonita Springs, FL

GODDESS & WOMEN'S CIRCLES/GROUPS
Peace By Peace
- Worldwide
Sacred Space
- Bonita Springs, Florida
Gather The Women

MEN'S
GROUPS
Church
of Spiritual Light - Ft. Myers, FL

SEXUALITY & GENDER
People Can
Change
NARTH

BODY
IMAGE
Body
Positive

ADDICTION DIRECTORIES & PORTALS
AddictionSearch.com

WAYS TO GIVE BACK
211.org - Volunteer
Opportunities
WorldVision.org
Random Acts of Kindness

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