ADDICTION TREATMENT AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, Ny

ACT - ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY 

• Be open to experiences

• Be open to private experiences and learn from them

• Be present, be here, right now, open to experiencing what comes up with whom you are with

• Change your relationship with your thoughts and memories

• Make healthy choices

• Willingly take action toward values and goals

• Learn to define your long-term values in life

• Learn to notice whether your actions are moving you toward your valued directions

• ACT is useful for alcohol problems, drugs, gambling, eating problems

• ACT is useful for maladaptive behavior, anger issues, etc.

• ACT is useful for anxiety, panic, depression

MINDFULNESS-BASED RELAPSE PREVENTION

• Get centered at will

• Resist urges and cravings

• Choose healthy action

MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT

• May be helpful in improving personal stability

• Which can improve learning new skills

• There are meds available for:

  • Opioid - heroin, hydrocodone, oxycodone - problems (Suboxone, buprenorphine, naltrexone)

  • Alcohol problems (naltrexone, acamprosate, topiramate, gabapentin, baclofen, etc)

  • Tobacco problems

  • Psychological problems

MODERN SKILLS AND TREATMENT FOR SOBER LIVING

DON SHEELEY, MD

Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine

Member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine

120 WEST AVENUE, SUITE 203

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866

PHONE  518-813-8971

Fax 518-246-4901

HOURS:    MONDAY THRU THURSDAY BY APPOINTMENT  

DON SHEELEY, MD, ABIM, ABEM, ASAM

120 WEST AVENUE, #203

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866

        518 813 8971                 

DONSHEELEY99@GMAIL.COM 

MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION

2017 -The Joseph Gerstein Award for Exemplary Service to SMART Recovery

2009-2021:  Emergency Physician, Saratoga Hospital Focusing in the Psychiatric Crisis Area

35 years experience in Emergency Medicine, with special interest in psych

1982-2008 Emergency Physician, Glens Falls Hospital

1990-1998. Medical Director of the ED, Glens Falls Hospital

Member of ASAM, the American Society of Addiction Medicine

Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine

University of Rochester School of Medicine, MD in 1978

500 hours of Psych training in Medical School

Internal Medicine Residency, Rhode Island Hospital 1978-1981

Teaching Attending for 1st Medical Service, RIH, 1981-1982

Milton Hamolsky, MD, Teaching Award, 1982

Board Certification in Internal Medicine, 1982, Permanent.  

Board Certification in Emergency Medicine, 1988, 1998, 2008, 2018-2028

SMART RECOVERY ACTIVITIES 2010-PRESENT

Facilitator, ACT SMART Saratoga. 2010-Present

Frequent Contributor to SMART Blog and Email Commentary Listserve

Creator of SMART Video. “For The Courts”, a 9 minute video presenting the legal requirement to offer non-religious options to offenders

Audio Editor and Commentator for SMART Podcasts, 2011-2016

PROFICIENCY IN ACT, ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY

Current Outpatient Practice for Addiction and ACT Psychotherapy in Saratoga Springs, NY

Frequent usage of ACT in the Emergency Department, 2012-2021

ACT WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Lisa Coyne, PhD, Exposure Responsive Prevention (ERP) for OCD

Steven Hayes PhD, Kirk Strosahl PhD, and Kelly Wilson PhD, ACT Bootcamp

John Forsyth PhD, ACT for Anxiety

Jason Luoma PhD, ACT for Shame and Compassion

Dennis Tirch PhD, Compassion Focused Therapy

Matthew Villatte PhD, Relational Frame Theory and Metaphors

ACT CONFERENCES. (ACBS)

Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, Minnesota 2014

Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, Seattle 2016

Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, Montreal 2018

Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, Dublin, Ireland, 2019

ACT PRESENTATIONS 

PRESENTATION AT ACBS, Seattle, June 2016, DISCUSSANT, ACT for Substance Abuse

WORKSHOP,  "ACT FOR ADDICTIONS"   Albany SUNY School of Social Welfare, 3 hours, April 2017

WORKSHOP,  "ACT - Intro and Essentials"   Albany SUNY School of Social Welfare, 3 hours, November 2018

MENTOR —. HANK ROBB, PHD, —.

WITHOUT HANK I NEVER WOULD BE WHERE I AM IN THIS WORLD TODAY

REGAINING HEALTHY CONNECTION

Regaining and optimizing personal skill and interpersonal interaction,

Feeling the warmth and pleasure of connecting with others,

with openness and depth,

while managing healthy boundaries.  

These are skills that can be identified as present or needed,

Then practiced, and confidence rebuilt with time.