I am the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dedicato Treatment Center Inc. (est. 2015). We provide substance use disorder treatment including patients with co-occurring mental health disorders. Our services are Certified by the State of California Department of Health Care Services and are among only 6% in the nation with Joint Commission Accreditation. In addition to my duties as the CEO, I also teach various clinical skills training (accredited CEU provider) and human developmental topics, designed to build leaders. I am a person with multiple years of service management experience at all levels and a certified addiction treatment professional who has held executive and clinical management positions for many years in the addiction treatment industry. Moreover, I am Certified by the International Sports Science Association as a Professional Fitness Trainer. For many years I owned and operated a private fitness training business. My areas of specialty are administration, psychoeducation, group, and individual psychotherapy, family therapy, and education, motivational speaking, life skills education, substance abuse counseling, communications skill training, cultural competence training, conflict resolution, and leadership and supervisory skills training, both clinical and in the service industry (which includes hotels, office building, and large hospitals). Dedicato Treatment Center Inc. is also an official CEU provider for Certified addiction treatment Professional Counselors, Counselor Interns, LMFT, MFT, ASW, LCSWsDedicato Treatment Center Inc.CEU Provider Numbers: CAADE CP20 111 AC 1025CADTP #233CCAPP # 5-23-351-0325During my early adult years, I experienced a personal struggle with a chronic chemical addiction (which was the manifestation of childhood sexual and physical abuse, low self-esteem, and poor choices), all the while trying to maintain my career. My past addiction led me to periods of homelessness, some near-death experiences (such as being shot in the head, run down by an automobile, and stabbed multiple times), relationship disruptions, and periods of unemployment. In 2006 I was delivered by God from addiction and conducted a painstaking introspective work on myself and became pro-active and responsible for my life. Moreover, I forgave myself and all those whom I perceived hurt me. I then went back to school for nine years full-time (while working as a personal trainer to take care of my family), and rebuilt my lifeThe pain of my past humbled me to tap into the power of God and to walk in my purpose.
Listed skills include Addictions Treatment, Cognitive Psychology, Public Speaking, Administration, and 16 others.