THE CARING CENTER

Peter Ninemire

Peter Ninemire is uniquely qualified to work with individuals who have problems with drugs and alcohol and the mental health needs that often accompany these problems. As an adolescent, Peter began using marijuana, and later became involved in the drug related lifestyle of using and selling marijuana and other drugs. This ultimately led to three marijuana-related convictions for cultivating and distributing marijuana which culminated in a 27-year federal mandatory minimum sentence that he received in 1991. Peter served 10 years of that sentence in federal prison before on the greatest day of his life, January 20, 2001, when former President Bill Clinton commuted the remaining 15 years he had left on that sentence.

 

Today, Peter is the Director of Counseling Inc at The Caring Center in Wichita, Kansas. He specializes in the treatment of addictions and mental health with the emphasis on the family and patients understanding the neuroscience of addiction, or how drugs and alcohol impact the brain and behavior. For three years prior to beginning his own private addictions and mental health practice, he was the Supervisor and Mental Health Therapist for the Sedgwick County Drug Court. For the past 10 years Peter has primarily worked with adolescents, probationers and parolees involved in the criminal justice system. In private practice he is serving patients from all walks of life. He believes that addiction is a disease that ultimately has to be treated in the environment where the symptoms occur. Mr. Ninemire is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker and is also a Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor in Kansas.