George Molaison, MA, LPC, joined Avenues Recovery Center’s team in 2018. George has worked in a number of positions at Avenues including Intake Coordinator, Intensive Outpatient Therapist, and now as a Residential Treatment Program Counselor at Townsend Recovery Center. George has extensive experience in addiction counseling and has worked in the field since 2016. George utilizes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as his primary approach in addiction therapy. ACT is an evidenced based model that teaches addicts to stop avoiding or denying emotions, and instead empowers them to move forward in a valued based direction. George developed his counseling skills and techniques while a student at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans. He graduated from Holy Cross with his Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2016. In his free time, George can be found enjoying Louisiana’s “Sportsman’s Paradise” with his Border Collie, Dixie.