Kelli & Gail - "We're in this together".

The experience of our staff and their development is vitally important to the program:

• Each of our staff has had personal experience with addiction, followed by extensive sobriety and clean time, which enables them to empathize with the residents.
  
  
• They have had formal education and training, which enables them to assist the residents in understanding substance abuse behaviour and its consequences.
  
  
• Our senior clinical staff members are Certified Drug and Alcohol Counsellors.

Patricia (Trish) LaNauze
Executive Director

Trish had a long and successful career in the performing arts sector as an administrator and publicist before moving into the recovery field. Her experience of working with many different people and groups has proved invaluable to her in her new career.

Trish joined the Charlford team in October 2004, and is honoured to be associated with the women, past and present, who demonstrate the courage to change their lives by stepping through Charlford's doors.

Linda Shaw
Program Director, Counsellor

Linda has worked in the substance abuse field for two decades and has more that 20 years of personal recovery experience. She was certified by the Addiction Intervention Association in 1988 (I.C.A.D.C., C.C.S), and continues her education on an ongoing basis. Most of her career has been centered on working with women in a number of diverse settings. She manages the addiction program and works with our clients in the capacity of counsellor.

Angie Paul
Counsellor

Angie comes from the Sto: lo nation and joined Charlford in 2008. She is currently completing the Alcohol & Drug Counselling Program at Vancouver Community College.