MHM Counselling was founded by Marie Marsolais, an experienced counsellor with lived experience of alcohol-related issues. The private practice is dedicated to supporting people experiencing problematic alcohol use, particularly binge drinking and high-functioning drinking patterns. The focus is quite simple: there appears to be limited support specifically tailored to people experiencing these types of alcohol-related concerns.
When it comes to addiction, asking for help can be a deeply vulnerable step. People may hesitate for many reasons, including fear of being judged, secrecy, shame, or uncertainty about whether they will be understood.
Breaking free from a vicious cycle often requires compassionate professional support, insight, and practical strategies for change.
With the right support, individuals can gain fresh perspectives, understand and challenge unhelpful patterns, and develop healthier ways of coping. Counselling can also provide a safe space to explore underlying issues that may contribute to problematic alcohol use and identify meaningful, sustainable ways forward.
Expertise, Approach & Techniques
An integrative approach that combines different therapeutic modalities, tailored to the unique needs of each individual, is favored. The goal is to collaborate with individuals, helping them gain insight, develop coping strategies, and make positive changes in their lives.
Creating a safe and non-judgmental space is our priority, where individuals can openly explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
Expertise - Alcohol addiction
Alcohol addiction is the main area of expertise but it always involves so much more. The study of alcohol addiction remains the main focus either the neuroscience side, psychological impacts, subconscious mind, and all other physiological consequences.
Technique: CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is helpful to challenge and overcome negative thinking impacting how you feel, perceive situation, and take action. Overall, it can help replace unhelpful behaviours.
Addictions & other problematics
Alcohol addiction has a significant impact on various areas of life, including physical and mental health, relationships, grief, loss, life transitions, and more. It is often linked with anxiety and depression, further complicating its effects on overall wellbeing.
Technique: Motivational Interviewing
This technique is extremely important when it comes to making a positive behavioral change. It draws into a person's strength, efforts, past successes to enhance the motivation and honour the person's autonomy towards making a positive change.
Approach: Person-centered Therapy
This approach is the most commonly used. It simply means that the focus is on you, your goals, your aspirations, what you can do and want to do and as the counsellor, I support you in your won process with empathy, respect and compassion.
Technique: ACT
Acceptance Commitment Therapy is a technique is helpful to help a person to act in line with their own values. It involves the acceptance of some disrupting and unpleasant thoughts and urges, the observation of those thoughts (mindfulness), developing mindful awareness of those feelings, and engaging in committed action (based on values).