We employ a large staff of committed medical and psychological professionals at Solution Based Treatment & Detox. In our experience working in understaffed addiction treatment centers, we have found that a large staff helps people avoid burnout, feel supported, and provide better care to our clients.
Clinicians
Tamara LaFontaine
LMFT
Clinical Director
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
2022
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
Clinical oversight of counselors, therapist, and overall client care. Responsible to implement and maintain appropriate clinical guidelines to assure individualized care for all clients.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
Growing up a sibling of an addict, I knew that substance use is merely a symptom of a bigger mental health problem. In order to eliminate the addition, one will need to identify, and properly treat their mental health condition. I am able to assist clients in increasing insight, understand, and accept of their mental health condition and help guide them to being productive member of their society.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
I enjoy spending time with my family, going to the river/boating. I also enjoy attending sporting events and watching sports on TV. I try to also find time to work out/exercise as part of my self-care.
Tamara LaFontaine
Clinical Director
Lindsey Norman
APCC (Associate Professional Clinical Counselor)
Therapist
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
2022
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
I have the opportunity to engage with clients in individual, family and group settings. My passion is to empower and equip clients to create a life they love.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
Passionate about encouraging people to discover their gifts and talents. Passionate about destigmatizing mental health and normalizing therapy as a regular part of selfcare. Passionate at health and wellbeing.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
When I am not at work, I love adventuring and making memories with my husband and three kids, Hiking, going to the beach, traveling, reading, being outside and eating delicious food all bring me joy.
Lindsey Norman
APCC
Breanna Curiel
AMFT
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
December, 2022
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
My average day involves providing psychotherapeutic techniques and family system theories to individuals and families for the purpose of treating mental disorders. In addition, I also maintain case files and progress notes. I develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing addiction, relapse prevention planning, destructive patterns of behavior, mental health, and personal issues. I collect information on clients using interviewing, discussion, observation, and assessment tools. Furthermore, I facilitate group therapy and encourage clients share their struggles and concerns for the opportunity to receive multiple perspectives, encouragement, support, and feedback from other individuals in a confidential and safe environment.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
People who struggle with addiction face discrimination and barriers to getting help. Addiction removes the individual from him/herself. I enjoy reconnecting the individual with him/herself.
Working to help individuals who suffer with mental illness, trauma, or other dynamics and knowing that I made a profound difference in their live and seeing them grow into their potential, is the most rewarding aspect of being an AMFT.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
When I am not working, I enjoy spending time with family; playing video games with my son, camping, going to the beach, swimming, going to amusement parks, dancing, listening to music, doing makeup, going to music festivals and concerts, and hanging out with my friends
Breanna Curiel
AMFT
Mika Heinonen
AMFT
Natalie DiManno
APCC
Clinical Therapist
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
I began working at SBT March 10, 2023.
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
As part of an
amazing clinical team, I remain in contact with other staff members for various reasons to ensure a standard of care is provided to all clients. I provide individual therapy to clients, educate and support family members, provide family therapy, and instill hope using a strengths-based approach, and by reminding them of their worth through genuine interactions. I also facilitate mental health groups to provide education on the nature of co-occurring disorders, and assist clients in developing the skills and tools to improve their overall mental health, relationships, communication, self-esteem, and daily functioning.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
My passion for this field comes from a personal history with addiction, and loved ones who never made it to recovery. My deepest desire is to effect positive change in this world by walking with those on their healing journey, and witnessing powerful transformations of the mind, body, and soul. My primary goal is to foster healing through authentic human connection, and by providing compassionate support on their journey to create a more effective and meaningful life.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
Outside of work, I fully enjoy living life to its fullest! I love traveling, listening to live music, bowling, practicing my faith daily, spending time with my family in California and Back East, and loving on my Malamute Watt’s who is a handful to say the least.
Natalie DiManno
APCC
Counselors
James Tomas
Counselor CADC I
Vicki Harr
Counselor CADC II
Raychel Tyre
Counselor CADC II
Christopher Walters
Counselor CADC II
Andre Avant
Counselor CADC II
Vera Martinez
UR CADC CAS
Christina Young
UR Manager CADC II
Andrew Osuna
Counselor RADT_I
Michael Patterson
Counselor RADT_I
Nichole Jeffries
Counselor RADT_I
Veronica Paz
SUDCC II
Santenna Wilson
RADT_I
Timi Higginbotham
RADT_I
Client Care
Tami Luna
CADC II
Lise Peterson
Client Care Coordinator
Morinda Early
Client Care Coordinator
Rachel Jennings
RADT_I
Medical Team
Justin Gatfield
LVN III
Medical Supervisor
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
2022
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
On average my day consists of reviewing assessments, coordinating care for our clients, providing education to clients on various topics, oversight of all medical staff at residential detox facilities providing direction to ensure delivery of care meets the expectations of clients, and act as the liaison for our medical provider.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
My passion for addiction treatment and recovery stems from my own personal history. I’ve worked with countless individuals in the many years of working in substance abuse treatment that my passion has only grown, watching the change occur for so many on a daily basis is both humbling and inspiring.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
My free time is spent mostly with my two young sons Dax and Samuel, we enjoy camping and the outdoors, traveling and seeing new places. We really enjoy trying new stuff, so it is often that we are out and about seeking adventure.
Justin Gatfield
Medical Supervisor
Betty Van Horn
Family Nurse Practitioner
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
I started with SBT in 2023
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
What does your average day look like as a member of the team? House visits in the AM, Seeing PHP clients in the afternoon, and House visits in the late afternoon/evening. In these visits, I offer medical services, mental health services, and medication-assisted treatments for addiction.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
Working on the street with people experiencing homelessness, it was obvious that our social services were inadequate at treating substance abuse and mental health. The county services only wanted to help those who wanted to help themselves. They did not consider that people without housing did not have the capacity or resources to be able to go to outpatient services or mental health appointments. So, I got my buprenorphine waiver and started training in psychiatry so that I could help people where they were.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
My favorite thing to do is spend time with my family. The hobbies I enjoy with my kids include decorating cupcakes, cookies, caramel apples, and cake pops. My favorite place is San Diego, with SeaWorld being my most frequently visited location.
Betty Van Horn
Family Nurse Practitioner
Jordyn Campbell
Medical assistant certification
Medical Assistant
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
2022
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
Looking after our client’s medical health by vitals, medications, assessments, and advocating for anything else they may need while in our care.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
Being a child of an addict, this job gave e healing as well as a better understanding of the disease. Watching the progress made here is very rewarding/exciting.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
Enjoying time with friends, family and my two dogs, Jet-skiing in the summer, binge watching new shows, drawing and finding new music to listen to.
Jordyn Campbell
Medical Assistant
Jesse Herrera
Certified Medical Assistant
Medical Assistant
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
2022
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
Administering medications, taking vitals, care and comfort of clients and medical assessments.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
I entered the medical field to help people, it is fulfilling to watch client’s complete treatment and transform into the people they want to be.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
I enjoy spending time with my wife and two boys. Going to concerts, movies and riding roller coasters.
Jesse Herrera
Medical Assistant
LaToyla Fulton
Medical Assistant
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
2022
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
Putting clients first, team player, rounds, passing meds, checking emails.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
Being able to help someone overcome their addictions, one of the hardest things in life, it’s very rewarding to be part of their recovery.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
Spending time with family.
LaToyla Fulton
Medical Assistant
Schuyler Johnson
Medical Assistant
Medical Assistant
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
November 7, 2022
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
I start my morning meeting with each client. I observe the clients take their medications, I record vitals observe and document their physical conditions, attitudes and appetites and report any changes to the provider. I do crave assessments, medication refills, l order labs, I do client intakes and anything else that needs to be done to take care of our clients.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
Why am I am passionate about addiction treatment and recovery because I see that it is a real disease and just like all the other areas of the medical field this is very important and I love coming to work every morning to help others who want and need help. We are not just helping a person we are helping a family.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
What I enjoy doing when I’m not working, I enjoy Traveling, Shopping, spending time with my 3 Heartbeats (my kids) and entertaining.
Schuyler Johnson
Medical Assistant
Andrea Abarca
Certified Medical Assistant
Medical Assistant
What year did you begin with Solution Based Treatment?
2019
What does your average day look like as a member of the team?
Observe medications pass to the clients, check control medications and count, check with the clients and assist any medical issues or concerns, observe rounds, refill medications if needed, call new orders in when needed. Obtained daily UDS.
Why are you passionate about addiction treatment and recovery?
I like to see the difference in the client’s health and attitude from when they first come in to when they move to PHP.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at work?
Spend time with my family, go to the movies
Andrea Abarca
Medical Assistant
Operations Team
Melaine Wells
Program Director
Executive Team
Scott Brown
CEO
Erich Portigal
Vice President
Aaron Earnest
Director of Operations
Josh Hathaway
Director of Placement Specialists