Accredited Counseling and Intervention Services is all about getting you the help that you need and want, for yourself or a struggling loved-one. I truly understand how frustrating and scary this time can be because I’ve been there too. My mission is to help everyone with compassion, love, respect, and integrity. Addiction often affects every aspect of a person and their family; therefore, overcoming the pain can be daunting. There is good news, by taking proven steps you and your family can begin recovery. The journey toward recovery starts with taking the first step.
Over the last 58 years of my life, I have gone from an athlete, a college graduate, a loyal friend, a surgical nurse, an executive healthcare administrator, to an alcoholic and addict with serious challenges. Since then, I’ve sought treatment, changed my life around, went back to school, became a substance abuse counselor – psychotherapist, a clinical supervisor, an interventionist, a business owner, and a husband. But, above all I am a recovering alcoholic and addict celebrating long term sobriety, and years of service work — formal and informal. I’m a substance and process addiction counselor with vast and varied experience helping others to find recovery through a variety of treatment options, challenges, and past failures. I am a psychotherapist helping people with co-occurring disorders. I am an interventionist. It’s my passion for and belief in the recovery process that led me to help individuals and families get treatment for their addictions and mental health disorders. When a person and/or family realizes they’ve had enough, then the recovery process can begin.
For me, it’s been a journey across the treatment landscape, which has changed for the better over the years. I sought education, certification, and clinical work in order to ensure that the breadth of my training would complement the depth of my experience. From working one-to-one with clients and their families, to leading group sessions in inpatient/residential and outpatient programs, to monitoring someone through detox, from helping those with eating disorders – gambling – sex addiction, dual diagnosis cases to self-harmers, I’ve had the privilege of being present for countless miracles as well as the lessons of tragic failure.
Credentials
Scott holds a masters of arts in healthcare administration from Stanford University, a bachelors of science in nursing from San Jose State University. Scott achieved his project management certification from U.C. Santa Cruz. And, Scott is proudest of achieving his substance abuse studies certification from U.C. Berkeley.
Scott holds a valid LAADC Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor credential through the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP), which is recognized and accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies. Scott holds a valid NCAC-II National Certified Addiction Counselor Level II credential through the National Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals (NCCAP). In addition, Scott’s credentials are certified through the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium. Scott is a qualified US Department of Transportation Substance Abuse Professional.
Scott also holds the following specialized certification:
Intervention Specialist (IS) through CCAPP, and Gateway Intervention Professional (GIP) through Gateway Corp.
Women’s Treatment Specialist Endorsed (WTS-E) through CCAPP.
Certified Relapse Prevention Specialist (CRPS) through Gorski-CENAPS Relapse Prevention Certification School.
Certified Addiction-Free Pain Management Specialist (CAPMS) through Gorski-CENAPS APM Certification School.
Project Management Professional (PMP) through U.C. Santa Cruz.
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