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Meet Our Team
Passionate Experts Dedicated to Your Recovery
Medical Team
Mitchell Naficy
Medical Director
Dr. Naficy is a Board Certified Family Physician with over 25 years of clinical experience. He is a member of the California Medical Association, American Medical Association, and American Academy of Family Physicians.
Dr. Naficy has been licensed to prescribe Suboxone since 2007 and has treated hundreds of drug dependent patients throughout the years. His family medicine background was helpful in establishing his minimalist approach to prescribing medications for patients struggling with drug dependence. Unfortunately, he witnessed too many patients who had been unnecessarily prescribed controlled medications and he encountered too many patients who were overmedicated in the name of treating drug dependence. From the onset of his involvement in this field he sought to undo those trends. Dr. Naficy also happens to be one of only a handful of physicians in the state of California with expertise in mobilization of the unconscious and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherpy (ISTDP).
He has extensive training and research with Dr. H. Davanloo, the world renowned pioneer of the technique at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. This knowledge of the metapsychology of the unconscious has proven invaluable in understanding and treating substance abuse and dependence. At the heart of all addictions, drug and otherwise, is unconscious anxiety and unconscious guilt, which is the dynamic force that drives self-destructive behavior. These emotional forces are difficult to access and not easily available to examine for most. Dr. Naficy’s intricate knowledge of the unconscious and ability to shine light on this fundamental area of the patient’s suffering and to guide the willing and determined patient to experience what was heretofore repressed represents a quantum leap in the treatment of substance abuse.
Lernik Sepanosian
Clinical and Leadership Team
Dr. Ray Armstrong
Dr. Armstrong is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. His undergraduate degree was from Eastern Washington University, his Master’s was done at Antioch, Los Angeles, and he completed his coursework and dissertation for his Doctorate at Ryokan, Los Angeles. His dissertation was on applying the best evidence-based treatment methodology in working within the adoption triad and foster-families. Dr. Armstrong has been in the field of therapy for over 20 years. His experience ranges from private practice, acting as a Clinical Director of several large agencies (one for 15 years for foster youth and their families), psychiatric hospitals, residential and day treatment programs (substance abuse facilities and eating disorder facilities), inpatient and partial hospital settings. His theoretical orientation is focused primarily on Post-Modern modalities, such as Narrative therapy & Solution-focused therapy. In addition, other modalities include (but are not limited to) Cognitive behavioral, Structural Family therapy, Gestalt, and working on EMDR certification.
Ray has a broad and unique base of experience working with adolescents and young adults. Areas of emphasis include: mood disorders, anxiety, ADHD/ADD, PTSD, conduct disorder, oppositional defiance, substance abuse, and eating disorders. He has extensive training and experience working with adults and premarital, marital, and family therapy.
Ray has been married for 25 years and has 2 daughters. He enjoys outdoor activities, especially jet skiing and hiking.
Jennifer Cooper
HR Director
Anjelica Ortiz
Admission Director
Operations Team
Krystal Rico RADT-i
Resident Aide
Lizette Mogart RADT
Resident Aide
AJ RADT-i
Resident Aide
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