Mike Pond is a West Vancouver-based psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of substance use, as well as behavioural addictions like sex, gambling and pornography.
Thirty years of professional practice combined with Pond’s own life-threatening battle with alcohol, convinced him that harm reduction, “any positive change,” offers clients the best chance at beating addictions.
From the U.S. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA Columbia) on the state of addiction treatment: “The research evidence clearly demonstrates that a one-size-fits-all approach to addiction treatment typically is a recipe for failure.”
Whether you choose complete abstinence or want to learn new strategies to manage use, Pond’s unique empathy will scaffold your recovery. Pond also teaches families how best to support a loved one battling addiction.
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Mike Pond relies on compassionate, evidence-based options and works with the substance user to design a treatment plan specific to each client’s unique needs. He believes a considerable amount of problematic substance use is rooted in trauma and that clients may well have been further traumatized by the current addiction treatment system. His premise: not “What’s wrong with you?” but “What happened to you?” Pond also works with families and loved ones of those battling substance use to teach them new, positive methods of support.
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