Therapy When You Need It
“I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.” Irvin Yalom
Welcome to my website. May whatever brought you here become the starting point of a healthy and healing recovery journey. Come in, get acquainted and when you’re ready to begin, I’m just a phone call away.
Tamela Dreyer, LCSW 1-619-368-2122
Email: info@tameladreyerlcsw.com
Are you stuck in a rut? Feeling anxious or depressed? Using substances to cope with the things that life throws your way? Having difficulty communicating with your spouse or partner? Life can be challenging, but you don’t have to struggle alone. In reaching out and seeking help, you take the first step toward emotional wellness.
Therapy is a building block for positive change, hope and recovery. Your willingness to begin is all that is required. I offer a safe place for you to identify and work through your fears, build and strengthen your recovery foundation and develop position action steps that foster growth and recovery in your life.
Since 2000, I have provided professional support to people who have sought help to deal with life’s challenges. I started my private practice in 2009, and I am committed to assisting you in a professional capacity conveying dignity, compassion and hope as we explore ways to find solutions to the challenges you face.
Please contact me if you wish to schedule an appointment, or if you have any questions about my practice. I look forward to hearing from you.
Tamela Dreyer is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in San Diego, CA. She provides individual, family and couples psychotherapy utilizing cognitive behavioral, solution-focused and psychodynamic treatment approaches. She believes in treating the whole person and tailors treatment to meet each individual’s needs and treatment goals.
Her office is centrally located in Mission Valley, 10 minutes from downtown San Diego. She has daytime and evening appointment hours available.
Tamela Dreyer holds a Bachelors degree in Communications and a Masters degree in Social Work. She obtained her Bachelors degree from the University of Washington and her Masters degree from San Diego State University. She completed her graduate internships at St. Vincent de Paul Village and Jewish Family Service of San Diego. Mrs. Dreyer also interned for three months at The Center.
Mrs. Dreyer is a member of the National Association of Social Workers. She has received specialized training in the area of addiction and co-occurring disorders. Mrs. Dreyer managed a residential alcohol and drug treatment program for pregnant women and an intensive outpatient treatment program for women with substance abuse issues.
In addition to her clinical work, she taught an introductory co-occurring disorders course at UCSD Extension for six years and holds a CADC-CAS (Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions Specialist) certification through the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals.
Office Location:
Tamela S. Dreyer, LCSW 2525 Camino del Rio S., #313, San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: 619-368-2122 Email: info@tameladreyerlcsw.com
Directions:
From I-8 West & I-8 East, take Texas St. exit, make a left on Camino del Rio S., turn right into parking lot, drive up hill to parking area.
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Addiction as defined by NIDA (the National Institute on Drug Abuse) is “a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences. It is considered a brain disorder, because it involves functional changes to brain circuits involved in reward, stress, and self-control, and those changes may last a long time after a person has stopped taking drugs.”
Options that have been successful in treating alcohol and drug addiction include behavioral counseling, medication, evaluation and treatment for co-occurring disorders such as depression and anxiety, relapse prevention and long-term follow up.
Recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders is both possible and life-changing. From 30-day inpatient rehab to intensive outpatient treatment combined with therapy and 12-step programs, sober living homes and recovery coaches, your recovery path is only a meeting or a phone call away.
The first step is the hardest. One day at a time becomes another day lived in the present; one day at a time is today. Please check out the resources listed on this site and choose your lifeline. Recovery happens.