Substance Use

What Is Substance Use?

Substance use can become difficult to manage when alcohol or other substances begin to interfere with a person’s health, relationships, work, school, or daily life.

People may use substances for many different reasons, including coping with stress, difficult emotions, trauma, or other life challenges. Therapy can provide a supportive, nonjudgmental space to understand your relationship with substances and explore healthier ways of coping.

How Can Therapy Help?

Therapy can help you better understand the thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and circumstances connected to substance use.

Depending on your needs, therapy may help you:

Understand patterns related to substance use
Identify triggers and situations that increase the urge to use
Develop healthier coping strategies
Manage stress and difficult emotions
Address anxiety, depression, or other concerns occurring alongside substance use
Improve relationships and communication
Strengthen motivation for change
Develop strategies for maintaining progress
Explore underlying concerns that may contribute to substance use

Treatment is individualized and based on your circumstances, needs, and goals.

Who Can Benefit From Therapy?

Therapy may be helpful for individuals who are concerned about their substance use or how substance use is affecting their lives.

You may benefit from support if you:

Find it difficult to control or change your substance use
Use substances to cope with stress or difficult emotions
Notice that substance use is affecting relationships
Are experiencing problems at work, school, or home
Want to better understand your relationship with substances
Are considering making a change in your substance use
Want support maintaining changes you have already made

You do not have to wait until substance use has caused a major problem before seeking support.

What Can We Help With?

Therapy may provide support with:

Substance use concerns
Coping with cravings and triggers
Stress and emotional regulation
Anxiety and depression
Relationship and family concerns
Life transitions
Trauma-related concerns
Motivation and behavior change
Developing healthier coping strategies

Substance Use Support at Modern Me Psychology

At Modern Me Psychology, we approach substance use concerns without judgment. We recognize that changing patterns of substance use can be difficult and that each person’s circumstances are different.

Therapy can help you explore the role substances play in your life, identify factors that may contribute to use, and develop healthier ways of managing stress and difficult emotions.

When a higher level of substance use treatment, medical supervision, or withdrawal management is needed, we may recommend additional or specialized services outside of our practice.

Our Clinicians Who Work With Substance Use

Related Approaches

Depending on your needs and treatment goals, approaches that may be incorporated into treatment include:

Explore our Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma & Post-Traumatic Stress pages for additional information.

Ready to Get Started?

If substance use is affecting your life or you are thinking about making a change, therapy can provide a supportive place to begin.

Services are available in person at our Roselle, Illinois office and through telehealth for clients located in Illinois.

We accept several insurance plans, and coverage varies by plan and clinician. Contact us to confirm your benefits and whether your preferred provider and service are covered.