About Heal
Exceeding Treatment Industry Standards
Our Mission
HEAL Behavioral Health is designed to be an intimate, evidence-based treatment program catered to both men and women that struggle with substance use or mental health. Our main objective is to treat the family as a whole, rather than just the disease. We will guide families through every step of the treatment process as each patient progresses in our levels of care.
Our mission is to HELP EVERYONE ACHIEVE LIFE — and do it with integrity.
The HEAL Approach
At HEAL Behavioral Health our passion is helping our clients build a solid foundation for enduring recovery. We treat people, not just symptoms. Holistic drug treatment is more than just alleviating discomfort, it’s helping our clients reconnect with their authentic self. Sustainable recovery can only be established by unraveling the underlying causes and conditions that trigger a relapse. Anything less falls short of the mark.
HEAL’s Evidence Based Clinical Program
We provide an evidence-based clinical program enriched with therapies to promote wellness. Holistic drug and alcohol treatment is highly effective because the synergy of medicine, psychology, and philosophy tends to every facet of the human soul. Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment amounts to more than just the sum of its parts. We benefit most from treatment that recognizes that truth. Our focus on nurturing the desire to heal and empower the recovering person is what makes HEAL Behavioral Health stand above the typical substance use treatment center.
Meet The Team
HEAL Behavioral Health is staffed with trauma-informed professionals experienced in all levels of care. We are deeply invested in the success of everyone who attends our treatment program. We design specific aftercare plans suited to each individual’s needs once they graduate our program, including recommendations for continued care or sober living.
Our program hours are 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are here to provide your loved one and family support for every step of the treatment process.
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Our lovely South Florida property was chosen expressly with healing in mind. We want our clients to have the safest and most comfortable treatment possible, so they can enter the next phase of treatment feeling confident with renewed vitality.
While there are no shortcuts to wellness, we are dedicated to helping our clients feel comfortable. The HEAL Ranch accommodations offer all the comforts of home so that clients can progress with their treatment with ease.
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Sean Wolf
A 25-year veteran entrepreneur, business development expert and investor. He started in 1999 when he worked with Greg Danzig, an early pioneer in the online merchant services industry developing the framework for what would eventually become one of the largest online merchant account providers in the industry, Charge.com.
Four years later, Sean would pursue his own business in the credit card processing industry, Merchant Lane, Inc. Sean worked closely with Super ISO Cardservice International. Creating proprietary technology to his advantage, along with his knack for building partner relationships with other B2B service providers, he would grow Merchant Lane’s portfolio to a multi-million-dollar valuation. Merchant Lane would go on to receive many awards and accolades over the next several years as a top revenue producer for Cardservice International.
In 2012, Sean co-founded a new B2B venture creating Time Clock Wizard, where he would oversee the development of the software, user interface design, branding, iOS and Android app development, website design, and marketing strategies. Time Clock Wizard would go on to receive several online awards including being named one of the Best Business Tools of 2019 by Newsweek and Top 10 Best Employee Scheduling Software by Software World.
After hearing a presenter speak on the national need for quality client care in the behavioral health space, Sean was drawn to help. In July of 2019, Sean built a team of industry experts to
create the HEAL Behavioral Health brand and treatment model. Sean’s unwavering commitment to helping those that are struggling with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder has helped HEAL Behavioral Health become a Joint Commission accredited treatment center with industry leading success rates.
Ana M. Ucha
Ana Ucha is the Clinical Director at HEAL Behavioral Health. Ana completed her Master’s Degree in Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Marriage and Families at Palm Beach Atlantic University. She has over 15 years of clinical experience/trauma informed care across a variety of settings including community base services, treatment facilities and structured outpatient programs.
Ana has worked with children, adolescents, adults, couples, families, and groups. She lives and practices in the state of Florida as a License Mental Health Counselor. She also provides supervision to Mental Health and Marriage and Family counselors who are working towards getting license. Ana is fluent in Spanish and has lived in Palm Beach County since her family migrated from Cuba in 1967.
Ana’s approach emphasizes the mutual development of goals and objectives for therapy and provision of ongoing evaluation of the therapeutic approach. Guided by the individual needs of the client, she uses a variety of modalities which include Cognitive Behavioral, Motivational Interviewing and Solution Focused. She continues to seek ongoing updates to her skills and knowledge base. Ana is also EMDR Certified (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).
Dr. Emilio Duboy
Dr. Emilio Duboy comes to Heal Behavioral Health with more than 30 years of experience treating individuals with psychiatric and substance use disorders. Dr. Duboy completed his psychiatric residency training at Cabrini Medical Center/NY Medical College in New York City. During his psychiatric residency he was selected as Chief Resident; he also completed a Geriatric psychiatry fellowship at New York University Medical Center.
Dr. Duboy moved from New York City to Palm Beach County, Florida 23 years ago. He has practiced psychiatry in multiple settings; Medical Director/Psychiatrist in several alcohol and addiction treatment centers. Dr. Duboy also has been an attending psychiatrist at several psychiatric inpatient treatment centers.
Dr. Duboy was born in Santiago, Cuba and came to the United States at 3 years old. He attended Loyola University in New Orleans, LA., and obtained his Medical Doctor Degree at University Central Del Este in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Duboy is fluent in Spanish.
Tracie Duich
Tracie Duich is Director of Corporate Relations and Co-Founder of Heal Behavioral Health.
Tracie’s goal is to support individuals and families in need of treatment to find a program that will help build a lifelong foundation for recovery. Trained in both the ARISE and Johnson Model of Interventions, Tracie works in close consultation with the highly credentialed Heal Clinical Team, as well as Case Management, for the necessary continuum of Treatment. Her national presence in the field of Addiction Treatment helps guarantee proper placement of all those individuals that are seeking help for their SUD and Mental Health issues.
Tracie studied Marketing and Psychology at The University of Florida, and has three decades of corporate experience in Management, Sales, and Marketing, with companies such as Sun Financial Group, Motorola, and Estee Lauder. She has a successful track record of motivating and training sales teams to achieve their desired goals, both individually and as a group.
Tracie started in the field of Addiction Treatment in 2007, working with sober homes to find the best fit for those individuals seeking housing post-treatment and eventually opened her own structured, elegant sober home for women; “Tracie’s Place.”
Tracie brought her branding talent to multiple treatment programs throughout her career; helping those organizations create and maintain an upstanding presence in the treatment space. She has served on numerous Marketing and Addiction Advisory Boards, and was also the Group Manager for the Florida Chapter of Learn to Cope, a peer-led family support group for those who have loved ones struggling with SUD and Mental Health issues.
Tracie has also made numerous appearances on TV, radio and podcasts throughout the Country regarding the disease of Addiction and Family Interventions and has made it her personal quest to assist mothers with Addiction issues, helping them to reunite with their children and families. She is personally in long-term recovery, one day at a time.
Nitya Sivakumar
Nitya Sivakumar is a Co-founder and the Director of Marketing at HEAL Behavioral Health. Nitya’s expertise in branding, advertising and digital marketing created the HEAL Behavioral Health brand image from inception to make treatment more accessible to families and individuals around the country. As a member of the executive team, Nitya has instilled a culture of ethical marketing and advertising practices at HEAL Behavioral Health via paid search, social media, lead generation, admissions and analytical outcome tracking. With a strong emphasis on ethics, Nitya helped HEAL Behavioral Health maintain compliance with the Department of Children and Family Services Licensing board, The Joint Commission and the Florida Association of Recovery Residences.
After completing her Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Economics from Rutgers University in 2011, Nitya is currently pursuing her Masters in Psychology. Nitya is a Certified Case Manager and Interventionist from the Breining Institute, working closely with families and patients to help navigate resources for help.
Over the past 6 years, Nitya has worked with several national behavioral health companies to increase efficiency in marketing and admissions departments as Chief Marketing Officer and
Director of Digital Marketing. Nitya built and sold a successful digital marketing agency in the behavioral health space, with a proven track record in low cost per acquisition statistics, specializing in behavioral health digital marketing regulations and accreditations, increasing facility census and revenue, and implementing and managing customer relationship management technologies for multi-location treatment centers.
Nitya works as a consultant with law enforcement agencies and state and local governments to bring about systemic changes to their approaches towards mental health and substance use
disorders in their communities. She provides training and education to create diversionary programs for individuals within the judicial systems struggling with substance use disorders and mental health. Nitya is a well-regarded public speaker, who speaks in high schools, to parent and community organizations, and to school district administrations about preventative drug and alcohol interventions for adolescents.
Nitya’s passion for her work in the behavioral health industry stems from her own experience with mental health. She spends her time outside of HEAL Behavioral Health bringing mental health awareness and resources to the Indian-American communities.
Glen Aitken
Glen Aitken is the Clinical Director at HEAL Behavioral Health. Glen is a Master’s Certified Addiction Professional as well as a Certified Trauma Professional. Using a multidisciplinary approach to treatment of addiction and mental health issues, he specializes in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Polyvagal Informed Therapy, Safe Sound Protocol and more.
At HEAL, Glen oversees the entire Clinical Department and also works with individual patients and their families.
Brittney Whelihan Irwin
Brittney Whelihan Irwin, APRN is the nurse practitioner at Heal Behavioral Health, who manages medical and psychiatric treatment of clients. Brittney is a Florida native and has been working in the medical field since 2006. Her journey into addiction treatment began in 2014, when she began working in the field and noticed how rare it was to find compassionate care for people struggling with addiction. Her goal is to always provide the highest standard of care, giving the necessary time to listen and treat each person as a whole.
Brittney earned her Master’s Degree in Nursing at Florida Atlantic University and is board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is also currently working toward another board certification, attending Liberty University to earn her Post Master’s in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).
Trish Byars
Trish Byars is the Primary Trauma Therapist of HEAL Behavioral Health. With over 28 years of experience in the field of trauma and PTSD, she contributes to practically every facet of the behavioral health industry. Trish is Spirit to Spirit trained and was coached by forerunners of trauma treatment. She has dedicated her life to building refuge for victims of trauma and those suffering from addiction. Trish is also an active member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Holistic Chamber of Commerce.
Trish Byars has designed our comprehensive Trauma Program at HEAL Behavioral Health, of the many family programs she has developed in her experience. Trish specializes in “Healing the Soul Wounds” using Experiential Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Psychotherapy.
Igor Soldatov
Igor was born in Russia and grew up in New York, where he began his journey in long-term recovery. Igor’s passion to help others comes from his own experience with addiction and overcoming it in long-term recovery. He has helped men and women kick-start their journey in recovery by founding and running sober living homes of his own. Igor is currently enrolled in Florida Atlantic University, studying for his CPA degree. His hobbies involve football, fishing, chess and cooking.
Igor promotes the message of HEAL by helping all clients achieve success in recovery, in a comprehensive way. Igor serves as the case manager of HEAL Behavioral Health. He helps our patients fully focus on their treatment by working on financial, legal, job search, or other important obligations patients need to take care of while they are in treatment at HEAL.
Alexander Gonzalez
Xander began his career in addiction treatment as a Behavioral Health Technician and later transitioned into Community Outreach. Today, he is a Community Outreach Coordinator of HEAL Behavioral Health and helps place individuals struggling with addiction and mental illness into the appropriate treatment program. He builds lasting relationships treatment facilities, hospitals and sober living communities while working closely with families to help addicts get the same help he once was given. His passion is to show individuals struggling with addiction that there is a better way of life and works tirelessly to give back to the community.
As a native to Florida and a person in long-term recovery, Alexander Gonzalez battled with addiction for many years believing there was no other way of life. He admitted to addiction treatment, actively attended 12 Step fellowship meetings and obtained a strong foundation in recovery.
Joseph Aragona
Originally from New York, Joseph began his career in addiction treatment as a behavioral health technician and today he is Operations Manager at Heal Behavioral Health. Joe oversees day to day functions at the clinical building and housing, compliance, and is responsible for operations department supervision. The passion he has to help his fellow peers shines through his hard work and dedication he displays everyday. With Joseph’s long term sobriety and passion to help the next struggling addict, he truly promotes the vision and the values of HEAL Behavioral Health.
Cassandra Sierra
Cassandra has 30 years of being a therapist.
She owned and operated Wellington Counseling and Associates/Elevations Health, LLC in Coral Springs, FL, Wellington, FL and Austin TX for 15 years. Cassandra sold Elevations Health in 2017, she became the Director of Mental Health Services for program in Palm Beach County, FL. Cassandra also provides training classes and CEU’s for mental health and substance abuse professionals. She has worked with many agencies in Palm Beach County and across the United States as a consultant, CEO, CCO, Clinical Director, Compliance Officer and corporate trainer.
Cassandra Sierra was employed by the Palm Beach County Health Department for 19 years. She served as the Staff Development and Training Manager and provided training for over 1,100 employees. She trained clerks, paraprofessionals, nurses, doctors, managers and senior management. She facilitated various training programs, (e.g. Executive Leadership Customer Service, Communication, Conflict Resolution, and Cultural Competency). Her work included consulting, designing, coaching, coordinating, facilitating, monitoring and
evaluating behavior modification and competency base training programs.
Cassandra is also a Certified Addiction Professional, International Certified Addiction Counselor, Certified Relapse Prevention Specialist and a Certified Domestic Violence Facilitator and Assessor and Business and Life Coach. Cassandra has a Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Studies and a double Master’s degree in Human Resource Development and Administration from Barry University and a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Springfield College in Tampa, FL.
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor in Florida, Indiana, Mississippi and Pennsylvania. She served on the Domestic Violence Council of Palm Beach County and served on the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board for two years. She is the co-founder of the Miracles Club, Inc., which opened its doors in 2001. The clubhouse serves the recovery community by providing 12 step recovery meetings and other community education programs to alcoholics, addicts and their family members.
She is married with two children, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Cassandra is committed to health and safety of the citizens of Florida and across the United States.
Kimberly Sheahan
Kimberly Sheahan joins the Heal Behavioral Health’s leadership team with over twenty years of clinical, operational, business development, marketing and sales leadership to the substance abuse and mental health fields. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The Catholic University of America. She works as an executive partner to premiere treatment providers as a brand ambassador, entrepreneur, advisor, team builder, strategist, patient advocate and
empath.
As the Chief Growth Officer, Kimberly’s focus is to collaborate, measure and support Heal Behavioral Health’s mission and vision with integrity, oversee their overall holistic growth, deepen community and workplace relationships, serve the Behavioral Health Community at large, and evaluate and elevate the client experience.
Before joining Heal Behavioral, Kimberly was at All Points North Lodge as Managing Director of Client Services, she was the New York and Florida Regional Resource Director for Caron Treatment Centers, and she was the Northeast Regional Director of Business Development with Lakeview Health.
Kimberly has also worked in the clinical laboratory field and pharmaceutical industry. She was a part of multiple national drug launches including Vivitrol for Substance Abuse patients as well as multiple psychiatric and neurological medications.
Kimberly brings her education, experience, knowledge, and expertise paired with her passion and empathy to understand the needs of patients and families afflicted with behavioral health concerns. Her unwavering mission is to assist patients and families in crisis and in need.
She is a member of International Nurses Society on Addictions, American Nurses Association, the American Businesswomen’s Association. Kimberly is an avid animal lover and traveler and spends her spare time skiing, running, golfing and bike riding.
Elle DuPree
Elle DuPree has been working in the substance use disorder and trauma fields for more than seventeen years. She is passionate about helping people through the most difficult times in their lives. Elle is devoted to supporting people who identify as LGBTQ+, women, and other groups who are marginalized.
Before working with people who struggle with substance abuse, she worked, volunteered, and helped women who were victims of domestic assault. Elle won one of the Women of the Year awards for her service supporting women in Palm Beach and
other local counties. For almost as long as she has been in the substance use disorder and trauma fields, she worked in international business and traveled extensively all over the world.
Elle is a mother of three fabulous adults, a cat, and a puppy. She is also a grandmother. In her free time, Elle enjoys spending time with her family, growing orchids, mangos, and avocados, and jet
setting.
