Bios

Sidney Sarfaty

Sidney Sarfaty is an International Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselor (ICADC), CADC II (Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselor - highest level), registered Substance Abuse Professional (SAP), and Intervention Specialist. He specializes in the education of the neuroscience of addiction, relapse prevention techniques, and in the facilitation of grief and loss sessions. He also serves as an interventionist to assist families and/or involved persons to determine what mode of action best suits their concerns, needs and abilities so as to raise the bottom for another ensnared in addiction for whom they have an interest.

Sidney Sarfaty has worked in many settings including Adolescent Residential Treatment Programs, Psychiatric Out-Patient Medical Center, In-Patient Residential Treatment Centers and Out-Patient Treatment Programs. As a result, he has developed a deep compassion and empathy for a wide demographic pool which serves to produce a helpful and productive relationship with those he serves.

He enjoys keeping up-to-date with the latest finding on addiction, neurobiology and the differing modalities for treatment. His passion is to be able to constantly update information so that his educationals and groups can provide those he meets with information that will help them achieve the strongest life of health and sobriety.

Dr. Harold Brown

For more than 25 years, Dr. Harold Brown has been professionally involved in the lives of individuals who wish to experience life in a deeper, more fulfillinf manner than which they had known. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology, specializing in Depth Psychology, from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara. Integrating this degree with his Master Degree in Divinity, he enjoys working with addictive disorders, utilizing a Psycho-Spiritual approach to the therapy he provides. He observes that we often adapt to life in ineffective ways, leading to destructuve and painful outcomes.

From early in his career as a minister to most recently enjoying a private practice in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Brown assists his patients in becoming more fully aware of the need to strengthen the core aspects of self which opens the door to more fully participating in a life.

Beyond his clinical practice, Dr. Brown's experience includes working with patients within a psychiatric hospital, providing treatment in a drug and alcohol residential center, and providing continued out-patient care. He also enjoys teaching and provides supervision for doctoral students preparing to become psychologists.

Dr. Brandy Dunn

Dr. Brandy Dunn is a licensed clinical psychologist. She practiced in Manhattan before moving to the San Diego area. She specializes in dual-diagnosis disorders, marriage, family and sex therapy. She has served as Clinical Director for a residential chemical dependency treatment facility and is the author of the book "Why Women Lose Their Sexual Drive and How to Get It Back".

Dr. Ginette Perrin

Dr. Ginette Perrin has over 10 years of experience in the field of psychology. She enjoys working with couples, adolescents, adults, older adults and families. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2007 with a specialty in Couples and Family Therapy.

Besides working with couples, families/step-families and adolescents, Dr. Perrin has extensive experience working with people with a dual diagnosis of chronic and severe mental illnesses (i.e. schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and major depression disorder) and substance abuse. Her experience includes working in community mental clinics, private psychiatric hospitals and private group practice, both in Pennsylvania and California. She currently lives in Temecula, CA.

She is a member of APA, CPA, PPA and SDPA. She also is active with the National Association for Mental Illness (NAMI).