Sober Services
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Coaching - Virtual Counselling - Sober Companionship & Safe Travel
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All services have the same goal: Sober Maintenance
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Private • Flexible • Human Connection • Evidence-Informed
Recovery doesn’t always happen in a clinic. For many people, the real work begins at home — in the environment where triggers, routines, relationships, and habits actually live. My in-home recovery services are designed for individuals who want a discreet, direct, and highly personalized alternative to traditional treatment. I work independently, drawing on my clinical training, academic background, and six years of lived experience in recovery. I only take on a small number of clients at a time. This ensures committed dedication and genuine rapport building in maintaining accountability. This is guided change, using insightful and integrative methods of long-term recovery.
Sober Coaching
Coaching is a powerful and evidence-backed approach grounded in the strength of lived experience (See references). This new emerging approach is resonating with more people because it feels more humanely realistic and not medically assisted. Research shows that when you walk beside someone who has faced the same battle, trust grows and results happen. Unlike traditional rehab settings where communication with counsellors is tightly scheduled and limited, coaching provides consistent and meaningful connection — daily rapport, real-world guidance, and support when life is actually happening.
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As a certified coach (CCRC), I am not tied to any one single program or pathway. In fact I invite all methods and techniques that are effective. This is a future-focused goal and together we build on your life situations and strengths. Coaching is a professional relationship that requires clear boundaries, scheduled sessions, accountability and commitment. I motivate clients to be curious and open to the importance of learning. Recovery is humility and understanding the mechanisms that cause self-deception is where it starts. Using current research in the field of neuroscience and psychology coupled with eastern practices is a pathway that trains your cognitive fitness and builds your mental toughness.
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I also bring to your program a background in yoga, having practiced off and on for two decades. I traveled to Rishikesh, India where I completed a 200-hour teacher training course. Yoga is a mindfulness practice that is proven to restore physiological rupture caused by trauma. While there, I learned about pranayama (breathing techniques) and vipassanna meditation. By no means do I claim to be an expert in these fields. I am still learning - just as you will continue to do. Sharing the benefits of this eastern practice is a passion of mine. It is important that i stress that, I do not push it on anyone that is not interested. To reap the rewards of these beneficial practices you have go to be dedicated and disciplined. ​
Lastly, I work hard to simplify complex, academic concepts into graspable learning and real-life strategies, that you can apply. As a coach, it is my duty to make sure that you understand how to train in this capacity. Once the language of explaining is complete, we shift into the language of training — Similar to a ‘coach-and-athlete’ dynamic, that is focused on building confidence, resilience, and skills. This is where transformation happens: practicing new behaviors, reconfiguring the patterns that once controlled you, and strengthening the courage needed to move into a life free from substances. Coaching empowers a proud and dignified path of addiction recovery that WE CAN do together.
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In-Home Sober Maintenance Coaching
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For individuals wanting accountability, structure, and lifestyle change without entering a treatment centre.
This is ideal for:
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People who are sober-curious or maintaining early sobriety
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Working professionals needing flexible, discreet support
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Individuals struggling with alcohol, cannabis, stimulants, or behavioural addictions
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Those who don’t want clinical labels, formal rehab, or group therapy
What it includes:
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Private in-home sessions (1–2 hours) focused on behaviour change, cognitive reframing, and practical daily structure
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Integration of Motivation, Mindfulness & Meaning — the core pillars of my Sober Maintenance approach
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Mindfulness practices (breathwork, grounding, somatic awareness) done together in your home
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Psychoeducation drawn from neuroscience, philosophy, and recovery science
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Accountability coaching with realistic weekly plans
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Optional daily check-ins via text or phone
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Customized add-ons: yoga sessions, journaling guidance, relapse-prevention planning, values work
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You Never Fail Until You Stop Trying
How many times have you tried to quit on your own or cut back and then find yourself in the same rut again? You're not alone. Many people who have addiction issues often try hard to take matters in their own hands. i for one have attempted numerous times to cut back or quit all together and failed. However, I don't like the word "failed" because there is value in the attempts that you try and quit. "Failure is success in progress" Einstein. My goal is in providing service to support you in the pathway that you want to take when it comes to addressing your addiction(s) problems. Think of me as a scaffold, supporting you until you can hold yourself up again independently. Two promises I can make- 1. It will not be easy 2. I will be there with you.
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Educate and Relate
Raising awareness of the harmful effects that addiction causes is the place to start. Increasing your knowledge, insight and awareness using relatable terminology, significantly helps to see the problem more clearly. Helping to address it more effectively. See more ways on how I can help
Cut back - "Cali Sober"
There are some who feel they want to cut out certain destructive substances and or problematic behaviours and reduce their usage. This is a slippery slope and I always caution people about this. For more on this approach please see
Abstain and Maintain
This is a beneficial approach to addiction because it aims to address long-term sobriety. Not just overcoming the initial shock of living a sober life. This method of maintaining sobriety requires daily, ongoing recovery work until it becomes a way of life. For more on this please see
Virtual Counselling
Professional guidance without the barriers of travel, waitlists, or clinical environments that can feel cold and impersonal. With clinical training and certification as an addictions counsellor (CCAC) we explore what I call the ABCDE's of addiction: Attitude, Behaviour, Cognitive, Development & Emotions. It is important to emphasize that I do NOT provide traditional psychotherapy nor am I a registered psychotherapist. Which means I do not have a license to practice psychotherapy. However, as a certified counsellor I have studied and learned the methodologies such as CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS and use motivational interviewing techniques and strategies.
As someone who has received psychotherapy himself, I can attest that all forms can be beneficial. Learning how to apply them in your everyday life however, is a skill that requires practice and coaching. I am confident that my integration of both counselling and coaching can support you in getting there. In fact my goal in counselling is to make me obsolete, to train you to be your own independent therapist and take back your mind that has been hijacked by self-deception and self-destructive behaviours.
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Using current neuroscience evidence of what addiction is and why it is so difficult to overcome, provides clients with their own independent knowledge. We couple this with exploring the bio, psycho social, spiritual and environmental factors of your unique life situation. Then we do a deep dive into the pain that may be causing you to self-sabotage. This is a process that is necessary. It takes time and it is HARD work.
More structured, therapy-informed care for individuals needing deeper recovery work in a private environment.
This stream is grounded in your clinical work in addiction treatment, trauma-informed practice, and philosophical frameworks you’ve studied (Vervaeke, Stoicism, meaning-making, etc.).
This is ideal for:
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Individuals seeking therapy-level support without entering a residential program
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People returning home from treatment needing structured aftercare
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High-privacy clients (VIPs, executives, public figures)
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Those struggling with relapse cycles, emotional dysregulation, trauma patterns, or compulsive behaviours
What it includes:
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In-home counselling sessions (60–90 minutes) with trauma-informed, cognitive-behavioural, mindfulness-based approaches
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Structured modules from Sober Maintenance: Motivation, Mindfulness & Meaning program
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Deep psychological work: self-deception, shadow work, emotional literacy, shame reduction
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Recovery planning, harm-reduction options, and crisis-interruption strategies
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Family or partner sessions (optional)
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Reintegration planning for work, relationships, and daily life
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Collaboration with other healthcare providers (only when client requests)
Sober Companionship & Safe Travel
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You don’t have to do the hardest parts alone.
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Recovery isn’t just about quitting — it’s about navigating life differently.
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Sober companionship provides real-time support during triggers, transitions, high-risk environments, and vulnerable moments. Whether it’s early in the recovery phase, high-stress professional demands, travel support, or replacing unhealthy social circles, I’m there — steady, supportive, and aligned with your goals.
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I've worn many hats throughout my thirty years in the gambling and casino industry combined with sustained recovery from poly-substance addiction, I understand the pressures and environments where relapse lurks. As your sober companion, I help reinforce structure, accountability, and confidence — while keeping your recovery first, no matter where you are.
Whether we call it coaching, counselling or companionship the label is secondary. What matters is the relationship, the experience behind it, and the transformation it delivers.
I offer a unique blend of clinical training, professional credibility, and real-world experience that most providers simply do not possess. I understand the psychology of addiction, the environments where it thrives, and the mindset shifts required to move beyond it — because I’ve lived it, studied it, and helped others overcome it.
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This isn’t generic guidance or surface-level motivation. My work integrates evidence-based learning, lived experience, and a structured system of daily growth that builds confidence, discipline, and meaning. The depth of my background allows me to meet clients at any stage — crisis, transition, or long-term maintenance — with a high level of skill, adaptability, and personal investment. You’re not getting a specialist in one narrow category. You’re partnering with someone who brings a rare combination of academic knowledge, counselling skill, and human understanding that goes far beyond traditional care models.
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I’m here to help you — not someday, not after a long assessment process — but now. I’m prepared and ready to speak with you one-on-one, anywhere in the world, through a secure Zoom consultation. If you’re ready to take action toward a stronger, more meaningful life, I’m ready to meet you there and move forward with you.