Golden Gate Counseling Center                        
415-834-1755
email:  info@goldengatecounseling.com

Substance abuse is rampant in our culture. Often it carries deep
shame, isolation, and denial.

When working with any addict, I find it important to help them where
they are at. It rarely helps to push people farther than where they are
ready to go.

It is also important to be willing to sit with someone when they are high.
I encourage my clients to show up no matter how they feel. It is not
useful at all to punish a person when dealing with addiciton.

If a person is just realizing there is a problem, then I will help reveal the
affect the addiction is having on his or her life.

When a person is ready to stop, I support the decision and provide the
means of social support. This may include: Rallying a family around the
individual, 12-step meetings, frequent sessions or phone calls, and
creating a support network of family and friends that includes family
therapy.

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Call today for a free San Francisco addiction intervention consultation
415-834-1755
or email me at: info@goldengatecounseling.com

Mental health appointments available in my downtown San Francisco
counseling office, your office,or your home.

The Golden Gate counseling Center serves the online community, as well as communities in San Francisco,
Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Pinole, Santa Rosa, San bruno, Daly City,  South San Francisco, Burlingame,
Sausalito, San Rafael, and Santa Cruz.  We service the counties:   Santa Clara County, Contra Costa county, Marin
county, Sonoma county, Monterey and Mendocino counties. We provide couples counseling, counseling for the gay
lesbian bisexual transgender and intersex community.  We deal with addictions to substance abuse, drugs, alcohol,
sex addiction, and debting.  We also offer family interventions, family therapy and relationship counseling.
Randy Weled, MFT
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Addiction Counseling