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Envision Freedom Recovery

Counselling, recovery centre consulting, and coaching family invitational interventions. DM: Team - CCAC & LCT’s / Outpatient Recovery

Hi, I’m David — Founder of Envision Freedom Recovery Services (EFRS). We’re a growing team dedicated to supporting the concerns of substance use across Atlantic Canada. I’m a Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor with over seven years of experience working with individuals, families, and organizations. Our team brings together diverse backgrounds in the field to offer well-rounded, practical sup

port. At EFRS, we provide program development and consultation to substance use facilities throughout New Brunswick. This includes program design, professional learning, and ongoing professional oversight. We also offer individual addiction counselling and co-supervise Rise Recovery, an affordable and specialized recovery program offered through the Gabrielle Cormier Counselling Centre. Additionally, we support families impacted by a loved one’s risky substance use through family consultation and intervention coaching. My counselling approach is trauma-informed, client-centred, psycho educational, and grounded in elements of evidence-based practice. I specialize in psycho stimulant recovery and am familiar with medication-assisted and replacement therapies. My professional experience spans Housing First programs, substance use facilities, community outreach, and counselling centre. Whether sitting with one person in crisis or helping shape the structures that support many, we remain grounded in the same vision: to see people recover, families mend, and hope made real again.

06/26/2026

Thinking about our friends and colleagues serving on the front lines of recovery this week.

As someone who spends time in a variety of recovery settings, I can only imagine how difficult these past few weeks have been.

Over the last month, Moncton’s shelters, street-level recovery centres, and outreach teams have responded to more than 1,000 overdoses—and that’s not including the incredible work of paramedics.

This week, I’m sending a little extra encouragement to those working in recovery. Your work matters, even on the hardest days.

If you know someone working in recovery, or an organization serving those affected by substance use in Moncton—consider reaching out with a word of encouragement this week. Professionals are people too. It may mean more than you realize.

06/17/2026

I think it’s time to share this with you.

Alongside all the moving pieces of my life, I have been slowly writing a book for families who have a loved one in recovery. Four years later, it’s now in my designer’s hands.

I wanted to provide answers to the questions I have been asked by multitudes of families.

Really, I have just one goal: to get this short book into the hands of as many families as possible who have a loved one in recovery, or who are hoping to see that process begin.

When this book is published in the next months, I hope you’ll help me get it into the hands of a family who needs it or an organization that can expand it’s reach.

06/12/2026

It never hurts to add more friends / therapeutic providers to your network. Wonderful time connecting with Sara & Jocelyn from consciouscounselling_wellness.

06/03/2026

I hope you have more patience than I do, because at the end of this month, I have something big to share.

It’s something I’ve been working on for more than four years, something that exists because of you.

By you, I mean the families who have spent sleepless nights searching for answers to the biggest questions in recovery. The parents, spouses, siblings, and loved ones who would like more clarity and deserve it!

For now, that’s all I can say.

But if any of that sounds familiar, stick around. I’ll be sharing more very soon.

Photo credit: Sadie Dunnett

05/25/2026

H.E.A.R.T.S. is more than a relationship tool — it’s the posture our counsellors bring into every conversation, beyond techniques, theories, or philosophies.

We believe healing happens best when people feel:

🤝 Helpful — supported in practical and meaningful ways
💛 Encouraging — strengthened, not judged
👂 Attentive — deeply heard and understood
🫶 Respectful — valued with dignity and compassion
🗣️ Truthful — met with honesty and authenticity
🛡️ Safe — emotionally and psychologically secure

At the centre of counselling is relationship.
And healthy relationships help people grow, heal, and move toward a rich and meaningful life.

📷Sarah, Julie, and David during a check in.
HEARTS Creds to Dr. Dawn Snipes

05/20/2026

Out of everything I could be doing with my life, I’m grateful that not a day goes by without being reminded that recovery is possible.

Since launching our outpatient program on October 1, 2025, we’ve had the privilege of walking alongside individuals, families, and organizations who have trusted us with some of life’s hardest moments.

Thank you for believing in Rise Recovery Program, in the work we do, and most importantly, in the possibility of change, healing, and hope.

Recovery is possible.

05/18/2026

The Body’s Paycheque this week went toward 3 different adventures, plus a little strength training along the way.

Every body needs:
✔️ Exercise
✔️ Relaxation
✔️ Real food
✔️ Sleep

Simple things that make a big difference.

Your body keeps showing up for you every day — how you “pay” it back matters.

05/16/2026

Something that stayed with me after onboarding a few new counsellors was how often everything we discussed came back to our values and philosophy as a team.

We lean away from fear and shame-based models of thinking in recovery.

We believe addiction may be a part of someone’s story, but it does not define who they are. People are unique, which makes them powerful and special in their own ways.

Yes, people struggle, and struggle can become a potential hazard. But struggle does not have to be the final destination. People can grow. People can heal. People can choose hope.

There are many treatment models and many evidence-based approaches that support recovery. We deeply value approaches that move people toward healing, connection, and wholeness.

I never realized how important aligned values are within a team or among colleagues until recently. It is meaningful to be surrounded by people who believe change is possible, and whose approaches give people the opportunity to experience it.

I’m excited to see the hope that enters people’s lives this year.

05/15/2026

Creating and running Rise Recovery alongside Gabrielle has been an incredibly rewarding experience. She has played a vital role in bringing a strong mental health perspective to our program, while also providing ongoing weekly consultation to our recovery team. Gabrielle is deeply involved in helping develop individualized care plans for our Rise participants, and her compassion, knowledge, and leadership continue to shape the heart of what we do.

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Fredericton, NB
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https://www.gabriellecormiercounselling.com/

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