Marc Kern
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Dr. Marc Kern | |
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| Born | Marc F. Kern January 16, 1948 |
| Other names | Dr. Marc |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Psychologist |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University, B.S. Wayne State University, M.A. California School of Professional Psychology, Ph.D. |
| Occupation(s) | Addiction treatment psychologist, self-help author |
| Known for | Alternative addiction treatment specialist |
| Awards | SHARE Foundation Award, for Outstanding Contribution to Self-Help in Los Angeles, 2001-2002 |
| Website | Addiction Alternatives Habit Doc |
Dr. Marc Kern is a Los Angeles based psychologist whose practice is focused on substance abuse and addiction treatment. Founder of [1]Addiction Alternatives™, Dr. Marc has over 30 years of experience as a clinical psychologist and addictions specialist, helping people overcome self-defeating, problem habits with alcohol, street drugs, prescription drugs and other excessive behaviors involving gambling, pornography, shopping, overeating, sexual addiction and Internet addiction. He has shown clients how to use a wide variety life management skills and tools to manage their negative behaviors and live happier lives.
[2]Dr. Kern draws on his own personal and painful experiences with addictions and the life problems that arose from those addictions. When he realized that the Alcoholics Anonymous approach did not work for him, he knew he was not alone. Although A.A. obviously helped many people, others, like Dr. Kern, were turned off by A.A.'s central philosophy of personal powerlessness, a required belief in a higher power, and the need to attend meetings for the rest of your life.
Although he was a professional architect when his alcohol and drug problems began to affect his life and his marriage, Dr. Kern returned to college to pursue his new passion to find alternative psychological approaches for the treatment of addictions. He earned his degree as a licensed clinical psychologist in California. He further honed his skills and became a Certified Addiction Specialist, a Certified Rational Addictions Therapist, and earned certification in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, as recognized by the American Psychological Association.