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Dee-Dee StoutHealth Counselor & Clinician with Addiction Focus - Professor - Author - Emeryville, CAPersonal MissionSubstance use is human and change is personal. I help people find their own path forward with judgment-free honesty and compassion.Unique SpecialtyExpert in addictions, harm reduction, & family therapy. Trainer (MINT), adjunct professor for 35 years, author, & clinician offering counseling and consulting.Other PassionsMusic, film, history, vintage style, Star Trek, British mysteries, Bay walks, my silly Abyssinian cat Izzy, and my grandgirl Cairo!Websitehttps://www.deedeestoutconsulting.com

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Dee-Dee Stout is an author, professor, clinician and trainer who has been in the Bay Area for nearly 40 years focusing on addiction. Dee-Dee has a BA in Psychology & Human Sexuality as well as a Special Major master’s degree in health counseling. She is a member of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) & a founding member of the California Association of Harm Reduction Therapists (CAHRT). Dee-Dee is also Adjunct Professor at USF in San Francisco, CA in the Dept of Counseling Psychology, teaching courses in SUD/Addiction as well as Family Systems Therapy. Finally, Dee-Dee works with people all over the world in her counseling & executive coaching practice with individuals, couples, & families, specializing in helping folx change their relationship to substances & to each other. Dee-Dee has received hundreds of hours of specialized training related to behavior change & SUD. Her latest edition of her series, Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking & Screaming, dropped in 2025. In Dee-Dee’s words: “As someone who has made a huge change in their relationship to substances — and was once misdiagnosed by the mental health system — I know how hard change really is, for nearly everyone. My mission is to help people find their own path forward, because what works for one person may be the opposite of what works for another. I also work to end the stigma around drug use. The truth is, we're all drug users in some form — coffee, sugar, a drink to unwind, medication to cope. Humans have used substances for at least 15,000 years; it's time we're honest about that instead of pretending otherwise. Since substance use isn't disappearing, let’s shift from demanding abstinence to acknowledging reality: drugs work — that's why people use them. Too many people feel unworthy of even trying to change because of the drugs they use even though more humans die from alcohol use than all other drugs combined, except tobacco. I know that everyone deserves to be seen as human first, and met with compassion, kindness, and respect. And all of us benefit from examining our relationship with substances in a space that's open, honest, and judgment-free.” READ FULL BIO

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