THE ANGELS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Discovery Behavioral Health, Inc.., an expanding network of evidence-based eating disorder, substance abuse, and mental health treatment centers, has designated David Wilson as Executive Director of the Authentic Recovery Center (ARC) in West Los Angeles.
Wilksen is an experienced marketing and business consultant with additional experience managing behavioral health centers. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of the Serenity Lodge Addiction Treatment Center in lake arrowhead in southeastern california. is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a bachelor’s degree in Business/Corporate Communications.
BOW is a Joint Commission-accredited treatment center specializing in evidence-based treatment of substance use and co-occurring disorders, such as anxiety and depression. The center is licensed to provide medical detoxification and physician assisted treatment (MAT) and also offers a wide range of counseling from 12-step programs to clinical therapies, including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT ) and behavioral dialectics. therapy (DBT).
“ARC is well positioned to harness the convergence of rapidly evolving evidence-based medicine, proven clinical therapies, and the tradition of 12-step scholarship. The path to sobriety is different for each of us, and ARC provides a individualized path to recovery for those in our addiction treatment center,” says Wilksen.
Wilksen has done extensive volunteer work with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, most recently serving a two-year term as vice president of his local chapter during which he generated funds from various sources and helped streamline operations.
“Derek’s background in behavioral health and addiction recovery makes him the ideal executive to lead ARC through the dual challenges of the ongoing pandemic and overdose crisis,” he says. John PeloquinCEO and President of Discovery Behavioral Health, Inc.
About Discovery Behavioral Health
Everyone deserves a happy and fulfilling life. That’s why Discovery Behavioral Health has made evidence-based, results-driven healthcare accessible and affordable from the ground up. With a comprehensive continuum of care: detox, medical residencies, residential treatment centers, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, psychiatric and addiction medicine, TMS, virtual and telehealth services, we can offer the right care at the right time for adults or teenagers. struggling with mental health, substance use, or eating disorders. We are a contracted provider with 100 payers and other managed care organizations. Our portfolio of more than 130 treatment centers includes service lines in successful operation since 1985. When treatment ends, our patients become part of Discovery’s growing family of alumni, connected through free aftercare programs, of support, activities and a caring community. Because when quality behavioral health care is within reach, so is happiness.
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