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Hope By The Sea's Caring
Professionals
Hope By the Sea’s staff of caring professionals is committed
to excellence. We work together to provide a safe and confidential
environment while working with the clients to achieve your recovery
goals. Our staff utilizes a team approach to assure that all
clients receive a comprehensive and in depth treatment experience.
Each client works with a select group of professionals over
the course of their treatment to achieve the maximum results.
The staff of Hope By the Sea provides a unique combination of
experienced drug and alcohol counselors who have successfully
worked the recovery tools, the guidelines of which are found
in the Twelve Step philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics
Anonymous. Theses staff members provide meaningful examples
of what can be accomplished with sobriety if the steps are made
a part of the person’s daily routine. In addition, there
are trained professional staff members who have worked with
addictions for a combined seventy-five years. These professional
include a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed marriage
and family therapist. All are hired, first, because of their
ability to show love and compassion and, secondly, for their
professional expertise. Even with this priority, we believe
our staff has as much, if not more, experience working with
substance abuse as any dual diagnosis recovery program. Our
staff members are ready and willing to talk with interested
parties about our goals, methodology, and treatment issues.
We will never be too busy to explain our role and our philosophy.
Dr. Kenneth Gheysar, M.D.
Dr. Gheysar is an Addiction Medicine Specialist certified
through examination by the American Society of Addiction Medicine
(ASAM). He is in charge of all initial medical assessments.
With over 10 years of experience as a Family Physician, he
has attended to numerous patients with a wide range of diseases.
He treats our patients for many conditions ranging from those
requiring urgent care to ones with psychiatric illnesses requiring
referral, as well as formulates their detox plans for a variety
of substance dependence problems.
Dr. Gheysar has completed his undergraduate studies with
honors at UCLA, prior to attending the University of California,
Irvine's' School of Medicine. After obtaining his medical
degree from UCI, he went on to complete the University of
Southern California's 3 year family practice residency program.
In addition to being Board Certified by The American Board
of Family Practice, he is an active member of the American
Society of Addiction Medicine.
Mel Glass, PH.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Director
Dr. Mel Glass has a Doctorate in Psychology with a specialization
in Counseling Psychology and a Masters Degree in Social Work
with a specialization in Case Management. He is licensed in
California as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Marriages
and Family Therapist. As a Psychotherapist, he is licensed
to diagnose and treat mental disorder in the state of California.
Dr. Glass has worked as a professional since
1973. He has maintained a private practice for 22 years, specialized
in Dual-Diagnosis treating both addictions and coexisting
psychiatric conditions, worked as a Deputy Probation Officer
for the city of Los Angeles for almost 11 years, and has 10
years of hospital experience.
Dr. Glass is well known and respected for his integrity and
commitment to delivering the highest quality of treatment
available.
Michael Roham P.A.C.
Michael Roham is a Physician Assistant who, under the supervision
of Dr. Gheysar, can make evaluations and prescribe medications.
He enjoys working with all ages and is very good with young
adults.
Penny Carlsen, R.N.
Administrator
Penny is a graduate of Loma Linda University School of Nursing.
After graduation she spent the next few years working at Loma
Linda University Medical Center on the Neurosurgery, Neurology
and Rehabilitation Units. She later served as the business
manager for Medical Imaging Specialists, Inc. She has an extensive
background in both clinical and administration. She is a warm
and loving person and is considered by the clients to be the
“resident mom”.
Chad Carlsen
Director Of Marketing
Chad Carlsen is the founder of Hope By The Sea. He has worked
in the field of chemical dependency for 4 years. As a recovering
addict and alcoholic he brings his personal experience of
triumph thru adversity and is a true role-model to the clients.
He has vast experience in the field of health and fitness,
with certifications in nutrition and fitness. Not only does
Chad serve as the Director of Marketing, he personally works
with clients in education of health and fitness.
Jose
Majias
Certified Counselor
Jose Majias has been in the field of chemical dependency
counseling since 1981. His focus has been working with clients
that suffer from Dual-Diagnosis as well as the substance abuse
population. His strength is working with the family members,
employers and probation departments. He has found through
his years of providing counseling services that substance
abuse is not just dealing with the use of mood altering chemicals,
it is the underlying issues that need also be dealt with.
Jose is a board certified substance abuse counselor and he
attended UCLA.
Cyndie Dunkerson, BAS, CMA
Operations Manager/Intake Coordinator
Cyndie came to Hope By The Sea with many years of experience
in the field of chemical dependency. She brings with her a
compassion for recovery. As a medical assistant with experience
in the emergency room she brings calm to any situation. Cyndie
works directly with clients to ensure their well being. She
maintains the day to day operations of Hope By The Sea.
Kelly Carlsen
Director of Human Resources
Kelly, a native of California, has many years experience
as an intervention aide to troubled elementary students. She
currently works as our Director of Human Resources. She also
works directly with the clients in job development skills
and as spiritual mentor.
Amanda
L. Rahling
Certified Counselor
Amanda has been in the field of counseling since 2000. She
has worked in the field with clients that are experiencing
Co-Occurring Disorders and also with the Department of Corrections.
She enjoys counseling because it gives her an opportunity
to give back what was so freely given to her. Amanda looks
forward to working closely with all of the clients and staff
Hope By The Sea.
Mark Kosins, M.D.
Consulting Psychiatrist
Dr. Kosins established Affiliated Psychiatric Medical Group,
Inc. in 1977. He specializes in innovative diagnosis and treatment
planning for a wide variety of behavioral, learning and emotional
problems for children, teenagers and adults. APMG, Inc. has
a reputation for evaluating and treating difficult diagnoses
and chemical imbalances that may cause underachievement, school
failure, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, bi-polar
disorders, panic and anxiety, aggressiveness and brain toxicity
from drugs and/or alcohol abuse.
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