“Just as a physical therapist directs your body’s activity to increase its strength and agility, Dr. Kern directs your cognitive ability toward regaining rational, productive skills and life and living that have atrophied due to your long association with some form of addiction. I assure you that, with Dr. Kern’s guidance and your sincere effort, these skills can be recovered!”

Sam Hanson, Research Scientist

“I think I can progress from here to more or less total abstinence, as people are seeing the shift in my behavior away from excessive alcohol consumption, but without any of the immediate social discomfort of absolute, rigid abstinence. I think that’s also part of what turns people away from AA, is the sort of religiosity of absolute sobriety. People feel as if they are being judged when you don’t drink at all. If I have any regret, it’s that I didn’t contact Dr. Kern a lot sooner.”
Brad S., California

“Dr. Kern and I have collaborated for several years in the field of substance abuse prevention and treatment. He is a hard working, creative, and highly skilled professional. I regard his book, Take Control, Now!: A Do-it-Yourself Blueprint for Positive Lifestyle Success as a very insightful, practical guide to overcoming addictive behaviors. I referred a distraught mother and her drug-using adolescent to Dr. Kern after little progress was made with another therapist. After a few visits, she told me how very grateful she was for the referral–her son was finally making a noticeable turnaround! Dr. Kern’s community workshops are equally inspiring as his teaching abilities are topnotch.”

Robert H. Coombs, Ph.D., Professor of Bio-Behavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine