About Lyn Pedersen, MSW, CASAC-T, CRC

Lyn Pedersen has a Masters in Social Work and a Certification in Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment from Fordham University where she graduated with honors. She is a certified recovery coach from the Center for Recovery Coach Training and has been in the addiction field for almost 20 years helping people recover from a variety of addictions, including alcoholism and drug addiction. She has worked for some of the most preeminent treatment centers including Silver Hill Hospital. Her intervention style is based on love and has been very effective in getting resistant people into treatment. She believes the family system has the power to lovingly confront addiction and mental health issues and to provide a reasonable course of action. She works with the top treatment centers in the world and will go anywhere, anytime to help.

Her primary focus is the treatment of alcohol use disorders, drug addiction, dual diagnosis, and eating disorders, among others, and uses a variety of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Collaborative Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, Relapse Prevention, Interventions, Sober Coaching, and Sober Companions and Transfer.