Amanda Hood Gadsden AL 35901

As a certified Substance Abuse and Alcoholism Treatment Specialist, Amanda Hood is well-known for her ability to successfully counsel addicts to overcoming addiction. Her services are utilized in several areas of substance abuse treatment such as addiction treatment centers, private practices, halfway houses, halfway house programs and rehabilitation facilities. Prior to working as a substance abuse therapist, Amanda worked as an education specialist for the Department of Education in the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services in New York. Her wide range of experience includes being a social worker, counselor, manager for the Department of Social Services in the State of New York, education director for the Division of Family Services in the Department of Social Services in New York and a substance abuse therapist for the Department of Family Services in the State of Connecticut. Her areas of specialty include alcohol and drug abuse, developmental disabilities, domestic violence, prison, immigration issues, nursing, developmentally disabled, elderly care and SSRI treating addictions. Her professional training also includes a Masters Degree in Social Work at the University of Buffalo, specializing in Counseling and Mental Health.

As a certified substance abuse therapist, you can help individuals overcome drug and alcohol addiction, coping mechanisms of drug abuse and recovery from addictive behaviors. You can provide a sense of safety and hope for individuals who have experienced trauma, or addiction, within their lives. Through careful and comprehensive assessment, treatment and leadership development, you can help people to live productive and meaningful lives free from substance abuse. In addition to medication, therapy and counseling, you can help people change their thoughts, emotions and behaviors that lead to drug and alcohol abuse.

In addition to working as a drug and substance abuse therapist, Amanda Hood Therapist in Gadsden, Alabama offers intensive treatment programs focusing on anxiety and depression, parenting and children, anger management and alcoholism. Her recovery programs utilize multiple therapies to achieve overall wellness and healing for every patient. Her programs and practices are geared towards helping people overcome addiction and learn to become healthy, productive members of society. Her goal is to empower the individual with the tools they need to make positive changes in their life. She believes that recovery is everyone’s responsibility.