#80: Coping through counseling Ashley Cook and Nicolette Pianelli Part 2

We welcome back Ashley Cook who is a dual diagnosis therapist and Nicolette Pianelli who is a recovering addict and has been sober for 20 months.
We get to sit in and experience a live therapy session. The bravery and honesty to be so open for the world to see is beyond words. Nicolette says that for the past 5 years she has seen a lot of therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists and she always felt that they did not care and just wanted to prescribe medicine.
When Nicolette met Ashley it felt like she really cared and wanted her to thrive and flourish.
She wasn’t just another number.
At the beginning of the therapy session Ashley wants Nicolette to process through the last six months. We get to be front and center as this therapy session continues through all the ups and downs Nicolette has experienced in the last six months.
They discuss trauma and illness, the death of her ex-boyfriend, the break up of a boyfriend and everything that all these ups and downs entail.
Ashley explains that you have to have all three things working together spirituality physically and mentally.
The whole studio gets teary when Ashley tells Nicolette that she sees so much of her younger self in her and she’s trying to save her. We learned that sobriety and emotional sobriety is a life long process.
Everything happens for a reason and we are certain that Nicolette had to go through all her experiences to meet Dr. Mossimo at Etherhealth and he inspired Nicolette to now double major in neuroscience and psychology because she wants to be just like him.
You can contact Ashley cook at compassionate solutions.