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My job is not to pick your path — it's to help you build one that keeps you honest." } } ] } ] --- [![Katelin Hanhart, LCSW](/__l5e/assets-v1/d37b3b7a-c26b-4ef6-beb5-098bf7d810d3/logo.png)](/) [Meet Katelin](/about)[Approach](/approach) [Services](/services) [Services overview](/services)[1:1 Therapy](/services/individual-therapy)[Couples Therapy](/services/couples-therapy)[EMDR Therapy](/services/emdr-therapy)[EMDR Intensives](/services/emdr-intensives) [Specialties](/specialties) [Specialties overview](/specialties)[Relational Trauma](/specialties/trauma)[Addiction & Recovery](/specialties/addiction-recovery)[First Responders & Helping Professionals](/specialties/first-responders) [Locations](/locations) [Locations overview](/locations)[Temecula](/locations/temecula)[Murrieta](/locations/murrieta)[Oceanside](/locations/oceanside)[San Diego](/locations/san-diego)[New Jersey](/locations/new-jersey)[Telehealth](/telehealth) [Rates](/rates)[Journal](/blog) [Book a consultation ](/contact) Menu Oceanside · Recovery · Telehealth # Addiction & Recovery Therapy in Oceanside (Telehealth) For the person in North County who is quietly ready to stop pretending this is under control — and who does not want their car parked outside a clinic to be the way people find out. ![Slow, concentric ripples across still water.](/assets/addiction-ripples-760be-9s.jpg) A lot of the recovery work I do with Oceanside clients starts long before anyone would call it "bad enough." The nightly wine that turned into a nightly bottle. The stimulants that started as focus and ended up as personality. The scrolling, the shopping, the porn, the food, the phone — the thing that used to soothe you now runs you. And around here, in a coastal community where everyone knows everyone's kid's coach, privacy is not a small ask. Telehealth is the honest answer for a lot of that. You can do serious recovery work from the same room you drink coffee in. There is no lobby, no sign-in sheet, no chance of running into a neighbor. There is a laptop, a closed door, and a therapist who will not perform shock and will not hand you a script. What this looks like ## What this _looks like._ We start with the truth: what you’re using, how often, what it’s costing, and what it’s still doing for you. Substances and behaviors are almost always doing a job — regulating a nervous system, muting a memory, holding down grief, buying you a minute of "off." If we only take the thing away without seeing the job, the job just hires another employee. You minimize your use in your head and it still keeps escalating. Nobody in your life knows the real number. You are "fine" until a Sunday night. Your body is starting to tell you the story your denial won't. You are exhausted from being the one who keeps saying "this is the last time." ## How I work I'm Katelin Hanhart, LCSW, licensed in California (#92638) and New Jersey (#44SC05665400). I hold recovery goals honestly — whether that's abstinence, moderation with structure, or harm reduction while you decide. I integrate relapse-prevention skills, parts work, trauma-informed care, and EMDR when the wound underneath the use needs its own attention. I am trained in EMDR. If you need a higher level of care — detox, IOP, PHP, medical stabilization — I will say so plainly and help you find it. Individual therapy is one piece of a recovery ecosystem, not the whole thing. Honest geography I don't have an office in Oceanside. Oceanside recovery clients meet with me by secure video anywhere in California. For a lot of people in a tight-knit coastal community, that privacy is the reason they actually start. ## Common questions Is telehealth private if I live in a small community? That is exactly why a lot of Oceanside and North County clients prefer video. Nobody sees your car outside a treatment center. Your appointment lives on your laptop, not on your grocery-store block. HIPAA-compliant platform, closed door, headphones — that is the whole footprint. Do I have to be sober first? No. You can come in while you're still using, still deciding, still ambivalent. What I will ask is that you're safe to be in session — not actively intoxicated on our call and not in a medical situation that needs a higher level of care. We can name where you actually are. Is this 12-step based? It doesn't have to be. 12-step works beautifully for some people and I'll support that. Others do better with harm reduction, SMART, medication-assisted treatment plus therapy, or a plan we build from scratch. My job is not to pick your path — it's to help you build one that keeps you honest. [Book a free 15-minute consult ](https://book.carepatron.com/Katelin-Hanhart/Katelin?p=M8XJF.zWRY680VT278a5Jw&s=yDdfpYTm&e=i) [Addiction & recovery specialty](/specialties/addiction-recovery)[Trauma therapy in Oceanside](/therapy/oceanside-trauma)[How telehealth works](/telehealth) Katelin Hanhart , LCSWRelational-Trauma Therapy A solo licensed clinical social worker offering trauma-informed therapy for high-functioning adults across California , New Jersey , and via secure telehealth. 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