Meet Jeremy Mast, MS, MDiv, LMFT, CSAT-S, CPTT-S
Jeremy Mast, MS, MDiv, LMFT,
CSAT-S, CPTT-S
he/him
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My story and why I love this work…
In 2003, I returned home for the holidays from an exhausting first term at graduate school. I was introduced to Johnny Walker by my accomplished, smart, and successful stepfather and stepbrother—who were everything I wanted to be at the time.
For many years afterward, I drank anywhere from 2 to 6 drinks a day as a way to cope with stress, anxiety, and to numb myself from the shame I now realize I wanted to avoid. I was in my own therapy for most of the next thirteen years, and while I was very ashamed of my drinking, I did not want to quit or reduce my drinking.
Throughout this time, I greatly appreciated my therapists’ approaches to my drinking: they made it safe for me to think about my drinking, to consider how I felt about it, and respected my freedom to choose. I realized that I had the ability to make different choices and felt empowered to consider possible goals, including quitting.
My journey of changing my relationship with alcohol would have been very different if my therapists had been confrontational about my alcohol use.
I would have experienced this—like many who use substances—as a familiar and painful demand…to submit. The likely outcome? I would have felt even more ashamed because I know that my rebellion via drinking would have continued.
Instead, my therapists cared more about me than my drinking and my relationships with these healers were the vehicles to my profound change.
My experience as a therapist has led me to believe that harm reduction and its principles are a desperately needed alternative to the treatment of substance misuse and compulsive behaviors.
I can help you with:
Out-of-control sexual behaviors
Substance use
Trauma
Couples counseling
Affair recovery
My clients often ask themselves:
Why do I keep doing things I don’t like, and how can I quit doing them?
What should I do with all of my pain?
How can I feel whole again?
Can I really trust and connect with others in ways that I hope to?
How can I make my relationships better?
What you can expect from me:
A safe, trusting relationship in which you can let it all hang out
Support to navigate difficult thoughts and feelings as they emerge
Perspectives about how your life experiences contribute to your pain
Help to discover your thoughts and beliefs about how you engage with life (especially below the surface of your knowing—where you may be stuck without realizing it)
Conversations to help you find new possibilities for living and being in relationships
Guidance to learn how to deeply connect with others and enjoy meaningful relationships
My educational background:
Master of Divinity, Fuller Theological Seminary (2008)
Master of Marriage and Family Therapy, Fuller Theological Seminary (2012)
Special training I’ve received:
EMDR trained, Institute for Creative Mindfulness
Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals
Certified Partner Trauma Therapist, International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy, Center for Optimal Living
Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist, Integrative Psychiatry Institute
Internal Family Systems, IFS Institute (Level 1, in progress)
Certified Clinical Disclosure Guide, Kintsugi Recovery Partners with Dan Drake and Janice Caudill (in progress)
Licensure: Jeremy is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California (CALMFT90961) and Pennsylvania (MF001462).
Sliding Scale: Upon availability
Location: Virtual to residents of California and Pennsylvania and in person in Cranberry Township, PA.
Phone: (805) 256-3497
Email: jeremy@centerforintegrativechange.com