Process Addiction Counseling - Woodstock, Illinois

Do you live around Woodstock, Illinois? We have resources for people with process addictions at our counseling center.

People with a process addiction struggle to stop repeating what they are doing, even when they experience health, family, financial or career consequences. While a process addiction does not introduce a foreign chemical to the brain, studies show that repeating the behavior releases chemicals in the brain that gives a pleasurable feeling. This feeling is amplified for a person with a process addiction, which then leaves the person desiring to repeat the behavior in order to feel the high they get from doing it.

Process addictions can include addictions to:

Gambling
Pornography
Sex
Technology
Internet
Cell phone
Shopping
Tanning

We provide treatment for process addictions at our counseling center in Woodstock, Illinois. Take a look at the following list and see if anything applies to you. If so, we have the resources to help.

How Can You Tell if You Have a Problem?

Ask yourself the following questions:

What happens to you when you cannot engage in [YOUR ADDICTION]?
What are the negative consequences that have come from [YOUR ADDICTION]?
Have you ever tried to stop [YOUR ADDICTION] but you weren’t successful?
Have you had to increase the amount or intensity of [YOUR ADDICTION] to feel the same way?
Do you use [YOUR ADDICTION] as an escape from your emotions?
Does [YOUR ADDICTION] take up the majority of your time?
Have you spent more time and/or resources on [YOUR ADDICTION] than you planned?

If your answer was “Yes” to more than one of the above questions, then you would be a good candidate to talk with a therapist in more depth about your process addiction. Call Pivotal Counseling Center at (815) 345-3400 and we would be happy to answer your questions and discuss your situation.

How to Find Help

If you are like most people who struggle with addiction, you have experienced the costs of addictive, obsessive, or compulsive behavior or thinking.

You may have experienced cycles of cutting back, quitting, and starting again.
Substituting one addiction for another
Contemplating making changes rather than acting
Struggling with accountability to a plan you already put in place

We will work together to look at the biological, psychological, and environmental factors that are present in your life. We will embark on removing barriers to change, identifying personal change goals, and establishing a personal change plan.