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Jim LaPierre LCSW, CCS has worked in social services with a combined experience of over thirty years. He is the owner and director of Higher Ground Services in Brewer, Maine.

He is a recovery ally, an LGBTQ+ ally, a mental health therapist, addictions counselor, and professional coach for healers and entrepreneurs. For nearly 20 years now, Jim has specialized in facilitating recovery from addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety, and past abuse.

His true passion is teaching, training, and clinically supervising – helping healers and helpers to become healthier and more effective.

Jim is an adjunct instructor at Husson University and supports several grassroots missions. Jim is the cofounder of Sobernow.com, an online addiction recovery progra
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I’m amused to hear Burger King’s commercials describing how concerned they are for me. Their pitch, “Let us take care of you while you take care of yourself” is smart advertising.


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“The human brain has a safety switch that gets engaged by traumatic exposure and experiences. It’s similar to being in shock but we remain there until it’s long over. We detach. We create degrees of separation between ourselves and what we feel, think, perceive, and ultimately, this impacts not only our worldview but also our perception of self.
Clinically, this is called “Dissociation.”
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