What kinds of help can make a difference to a person quitting drinking?

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Judith Welles Cousins
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, private practitioner
judithwellescousinslcsw.com  
703-921-1166

Judith has worked in the field of mental health and substance abuse since 1988,  She received her Masters in Social Work from Virginia Commonweatlh University in 1991 and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 1994.  In her private practice, Judith sees adults, families, children and adolescents, and couples. She addresses such issues as substance abuse, depession, anxiety, family discord, couple conflict, poor school performance, and  life transitions. Judith believes that within each individual, family, and couple are the resources to change, heal, and thrive.  Through the process of psychotherapy, she assists clients to identify and use these resources to gain personal and relational well-being.      

What kinds of help can make a difference to a person quitting drinking?

In this video, Judy Cousins, Clinical Social Worker, will provide answers to questions regarding reasons to quit drinking. Judy will include information regarding the nature of alcohol use, the positive and negative consequences of use, and effective strategies for quitting drinking.

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Host: What kinds of help can make a difference to a person quitting drinking?

Judith W.

Cousin: The kinds of help that can be important to a person, who wants to quit drinking, are a number of things. One is family support, another is therapy support or counseling support, another is a twelve-step support. All of which is to provide for a person support and company, if you want to put it that way, education and information about how to quit.

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