Out of Sync Therapy

Do you feel that drugs and alcohol are having an adverse impact on your health and wellbeing?

Would like to access support to make changes?

The short term use of substances can impact of health and welbeing for days or sometimes weeks depending on amount, toxicity and type of substance used.

Longer term use can result in more severe psychological and physical symptoms, which could result in accute or complex mental health problems developing the longer the use, increased quatity and frequency of use.

Many people who use drugs and alcohol often do not recognise or think that it is impacting on their life, this is not uncommon, most habitual behaviour is just automatic and without conscious thought. Drugs and alcohol can become normalised as part of a scene, culture or lifestyle, making it more difficult to consider as problematic.

• Do you use drugs and/ or alcohol regularly?
• Feel that you cannot function without substances?
• Experience negative physical, emotional and psychological impact when you try and go without substances: for example, anxiety, stress, paranoia, poor memory, low mood, physical and/or psychological withdrawal?
• Are you spending increasing amount money and using a variety of substances to function?
• Feel that you may have become dependent or no longer have control over your substance use?
• You have become concerned about the long term impact of substance on your mental, emotional and physical health?
• Have your friends, family or others expressed concern about your use?
• Could it be impacting on your functioning and maybe putting your employment at risk.
Would like to talk to someone with a view to getting some help in relation to your substance use?

We would be happy to do an initial assessment of your circumstances, with a view to developing a plan and programme to meet your individual needs. This will be discussed and jointly agreed, with a view to devising a course of action around reducing/stopping your substance use.