Dr. Shari Corbitt Named Vice President of Promises Treatment Centers
With many years of experience in clinical and administrative work in the addiction treatment field, Dr. Corbitt says her objective is to support Dr. David Sack, CEO of Promises, to further Promises’ mission, and to help provide a seamless experience for Promises clients.
Los Angeles, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 10, 2011
Promises Treatment Centers is proud to announce that Shari Corbitt, Psy. D., has been named Vice President of the organization. Dr. Shari Corbitt received her bachelor’s degree in fine arts (focusing on photography) from Sarah Lawrence College in Westchester County, New York, and then completed graduate work in psychology at Yeshiva University in New York, where she earned her master’s and doctoral degrees. After moving to San Diego, California, Dr. Corbitt became the Clinical Director and Director of Psychological Services at a multi-specialty health clinic on the Rincon Indian Reservation, which treated 16,000 Native Americans from seven different reservations.
A few years later, Dr. Corbitt had the opportunity to become the Clinical Director at Sierra Tucson, a large treatment center in Tucson, Arizona, and to work with Keith Arnold, who was then the Executive Director of Sierra Tucson. When Keith left Sierra Tucson to join Elements Behavioral Health, Dr. Corbitt and her family moved back to southern California, where Dr. Corbitt became the Executive Director of a small treatment center that was re-inventing itself to become a more sophisticated dual-diagnosis program.
After Keith alerted Dr. Corbitt about an opportunity at Promises, Dr. Corbitt said there was no doubt in her mind that she wanted to work there. “I saw a real career path with Promises, a place I could call home. I had been looking for a clinically and administratively sophisticated community environment where I could grow, help the organization grow, contribute to the directors of the facilities, and learn,” Dr. Corbitt said.
Dr. Corbitt said that at Promises, there is an overwhelming emphasis on the relationship between the individual therapist and the client. “We do just as much group work, psychoeducation, experiential work, and psychodrama, but the importance of an empathetic relationship between client and therapist can’t be understated,” Dr. Corbitt said. She added that Promises is also very small, which lends itself to an intimate, emotionally safe, and flexible experience.
“I’ve never seen clients choose to stay in treatment for such tremendous lengths of time,” Dr. Corbitt remarked. “Clients are working on their chemical dependency in the first 60 to 90 days, they’re working on their marital issues around day 120, and they’re working on their parenting skills around day 160. For people who have the resources to stay in extended treatment, Promises is the place,” she explained.
“It’s a game-changer, and not just for the clients but for their spouses, their children, and their children’s children. Being treated at Promises changes the intergenerational trajectory of the entire family when one family member spends four to five months in treatment at Promises,” she continued. “At Promises, it’s not just about the chemicals. It’s about being a spouse, being a parent, and being kind and compassionate to one another. It changes everything.”
Promises Treatment Centers has addiction treatment programs in West Los Angeles and Malibu, California. Promises is part of Elements Behavioral Health, which aims to fill the gaps in mental health treatment between inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services; in co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders; and between traditional and alternative settings to help clients that are underweight or overweight due to eating-related and other issues. The goal is for full recovery and well-being with permanent lifestyle improvement and change, and not just symptom reduction. Our focus is not only on the patient, but on the health and support of the family system. For more information about Promises Treatment Centers visit http://www. promises. com or call 877-351-7506.
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