Sobriety & Recovery

Recovery is about more than stopping the use of substances. It is also about understanding what substances may have helped you survive, manage, numb, avoid, or cope with. At The Art of Healing, we offer compassionate therapy for individuals navigating sobriety, substance use concerns, relapse prevention, emotional recovery, and the deeper patterns that can make change feel difficult.

We believe recovery begins with curiosity, honesty, and compassion. Rather than focusing only on the behavior, we help clients explore the whole person, including emotional pain, trauma, stress, shame, grief, relationship patterns, unmet needs, identity, and the nervous system.

A Whole-Person Approach to Recovery

Substance use often develops for a reason. It may have helped you manage anxiety, depression, trauma, loneliness, emotional overwhelm, sensory overload, social pressure, or painful life experiences. Therapy can help you better understand the role substances have played in your life while building healthier ways to cope, regulate emotions, and feel more connected to yourself and others.

Our therapists offer a nonjudgmental space to explore your relationship with substances, your goals for change, and the kind of life you want to build in recovery. We understand that healing is not always linear, and we approach recovery with respect for each person’s pace, readiness, and lived experience.

Therapy Can Support You With

Understanding the emotional roots of substance use

Exploring trauma, grief, stress, or relational wounds connected to substance use

Building coping skills for cravings, triggers, and emotional overwhelm

Strengthening emotional regulation and distress tolerance

Reducing shame and increasing self-compassion

Navigating relapse, relapse prevention, or renewed commitment to sobriety

Repairing trust and strengthening relationships

Reconnecting with identity, values, creativity, and meaning

Building routines and supports that make recovery more sustainable

Addressing anxiety, depression, burnout, or nervous system dysregulation alongside recovery

Recovery, Trauma, and the Nervous System

For many people, substance use is connected to the nervous system’s attempt to find relief. Substances may temporarily quiet fear, numb pain, increase energy, reduce social anxiety, or create a sense of control. In therapy, we work to understand these patterns without shame.

Depending on your needs and the clinician you work with, therapy may include traditional talk therapy, DBT-informed skills, mindfulness, trauma-informed therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic-informed care, art therapy, or relational therapy. These approaches can support emotional regulation, self-understanding, trauma processing, and the development of new ways to manage distress.

Support for Families and Relationships

Recovery often affects relationships, family systems, parenting, trust, communication, and emotional safety. Therapy can provide space to explore these impacts with care and honesty. When appropriate, we may support clients in strengthening relationships, setting boundaries, repairing ruptures, and communicating needs more clearly.

We also recognize that loved ones may need support as they navigate fear, confusion, grief, anger, or uncertainty related to substance use and recovery.

You Are More Than Your Substance Use

At The Art of Healing, we see recovery as a process of reconnecting with the parts of yourself that may have been buried, protected, or disconnected. You are not defined by substance use, relapse, shame, or past choices. Therapy can help you move toward greater self-understanding, emotional steadiness, connection, and a life that feels more aligned with who you are and what matters to you.

Sobriety & Recovery Therapy in Edina and Online

The Art of Healing offers in-person therapy in Edina, Minnesota, and secure telehealth for clients located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and California. Our experienced, licensed mental health providers offer compassionate, trauma-informed support for individuals navigating sobriety, substance use concerns, recovery, emotional regulation, relationship stress, and healing from underlying pain.

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