Orchard Staff
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Lorinda Strang
Executive Director
Lorinda Strang oversees all daily operations of the Orchard and ensures the quality of care and treatment provided is consistent and of the highest caliber. She draws on her personal experience with addiction and recovery to convey strength and hope to clients and their families. Lorinda is committed to the Orchard's community of recovery and is a powerful advocate for the addict who still suffers. "Our goal is for clients to leave the Orchard ready to live life feeling emotionally strong, personally accountable and excited about their ongoing recovery," she says. "At the core of our beliefs and values is our absolute conviction that all clients can succeed." |
Clinical Team
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Dr. Patrick Fay, MD, FASAM, ABAM(D)
Orchard Physician
Dr. Patrick Fay leads our medical team and has more than 30 years of experience in all areas of addiction medicine, including detox, outpatient addiction clinics, and as Vancouver's Medical Advisor on Addictions to the Provincial Government. He has been exam-certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine since 1988, and is board-certified by ABAM (Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine).
Dr. Fay was one of the founding physicians of the Vancouver Detox Centre (est. 1978). He was also a co-founder and member of the Advisory Committee on Opiod Dependency (ACOD) of the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons for 15 years (est. 1989). The ACOD advises the college on addiction issues, administers the BC Methadone Program and holds regular training workshops on addiction and opiate replacement therapy for BC physicians.
Dr. Fay worked as a sessional physician with the Greater Vancouver Mental Health Services for more than 20 years and developed an expertise in treating co-occurring disorders, including unipolar and bipolar depression, psychotic illness and addiction.
In addition to his work at the Orchard, Dr. Fay is the Pacific Region Advisor on Addictions and Methadone Delivery to Correction Services of Canada and is a board member of Pacifica Treatment Centre. He is a mentor to physicians in recovery and an auditor on prescribing issues for the College of Physicians of BC.
Dr. Fay is a highly respected physician working with the addicted population in British Columbia.
Initiated in 1996, the Fellows program celebrates the exceptional contributions of the leading members in the field of addiction medicine. As a new ASAM Fellow, Dr. Fay joins a distinguished list of approximately 300 colleagues worldwide to whom ASAM and its members look for guidance and leadership in addiction medicine. |
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Dr. Maire Durnin,MD, Phd, MSc, BA(Mod), CCFP (C), ISAM
Orchard Physician
Dr. Maire Durnin has been in medical practice for 20 years and is certified in addiction medicine. As well as working at the Orchard she also has an addiction practice at the Alliance Clinic in Surrey and works in the downtown eastside in addiction medicine. Her previous work includes several years at St. Paul's Hospital on both the Eating Disorder unit and the HIV unit. She holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Calgary. Dr. Durnin's attention to detail and comprehensive approach to treatment is part of what makes her an integral part the Orchard Recovery Center treatment team. |
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Launette Marie Rieb, MSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Orchard Physician
Dr Launette Rieb is a Family Physician certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine and the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where she is the Director of the Addiction Medicine and Inter-collegial Responsibility Program for education of undergraduate medical students and residents. Dr. Rieb also works clinically in chronic pain rehabilitation at OrionHealth – Vancouver Pain Clinic, using her graduate research in pain neurophysiology. She was the Addiction Medicine consultant to the Maternity ward at St. Paul's Hospital for ten years and worked in Addiction Medicine at the Three Bridges Community Health Centre for 14 years, both in Vancouver. In the past she co-chaired a committee that wrote BC provincial guidelines for the treatment of pregnant substance using women. Dr. Rieb is a past Board member of the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine. She is past Chair of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's Inquiry Board for Physician Incapacity. Dr. Rieb is a sought after lecturer on Addiction Medicine at local, national, and international medical conferences and received the UBC Postgraduate Teaching Award for 2010-2011. |
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Valencia Du Plessis, LPN
Orchard Nurse
Valencia has more than 13 years experience in general nursing. Trained in mental health and addictions by the University of Arizona, she brings a caring, compassioned approach to our medical staff. Always willing to help, Valencia specializes in monitoring drug and alcohol withdrawals, detoxification, and ensuring clients are medically stable before and during their treatment plan. She started her nursing career in South Africa, working for the African HIV Foundation. In Canada, she has worked at Riverview Hospital (BC Mental Health and Addiction Services) as well as in geriatric nursing. |
The Orchard offers 24 hour on call nursing to our clients. Along with Valencia, we have a team of registered nurses who have extensive backgrounds in addictions and mental health issues.
Addictions Counselors
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Roy McKinley, BGS, ICADC
Roy McKinley specializes in helping clients discover their purpose and meaning in life and recovery. He has extensive experience working with clients who have complex issues, including those diagnosed with concurrent disorders. Roy is an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (ICADC) and a member of the Canadian Addiction Counselors Certification Federation. Prior to joining the Orchard, Roy spent several years working with individuals incarcerated in British Columbia's Correctional System. He is particularly skilled in helping those clients requiring extra motivation to press on in their recovery. Roy draws on his personal experiences with addiction and recovery to plant seeds of hope and personal responsibility in his clients. |
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Barb Metcalfe, BSc
Director of Family Programs
Barb Metcalfe has worked extensively with marginalized women and men in the areas of addiction, domestic violence and life skills management. Drawing on extensive personal and professional experience, Barb empowers clients to identify the obstacles standing in the way of their recovery and to establish the skills necessary to overcome them. In addition to her work as a counselor, Barb is the Facilitator of Family Programs at the Orchard. She is passionate about helping families and couples examine their unhealthy patterns of relating and facilitating their movement toward more supportive, healthy relationships. |
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Susie Newman
Susie Newman is a member of the Canadian Addiction Counselors Certification Federation and earned her Certificate in Counselling for Alcohol and Substance Abuse in 2008. Prior to emigrating from Ireland in 2004, Susie facilitated groups at St. Patrick's Hospital, Dublin, and in the Central Mental Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where she worked with inmates having concurrent addiction issues. Susie's personal experiences with addiction give her a deeper understanding and empathy for her clients, and help her more fully engage and challenge them. She is passionate about her work and enjoys helping clients realize that a life beyond their wildest dreams is possible. |
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Sharon Jackson, ICADC
Sharon is deeply committed to the reality that full recovery from the impact of untreated addiction is possible. She is a ‘seasoned veteran', working in the field since 1990 as an Addiction Counsellor, Codependency Specialist and Public Speaker. Sharon earned certificates in Substance Abuse Counselling in 1990 (distinguished achievement) and Cognitive Behavioral Clinical Counselling in 1991, followed by decades of on-going specialized training. She is an active member of the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation, accredited in 1998 as an International Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor (ICADC). Sharon developed resilience, compassion and empathy working on the ‘front lines' for a large part of her career on the Downtown Eastside (DTES) and at the Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women as program facilitator for the substance abuse program. Her approaches include Reality Therapy, 12 Step Facilitation, Motivational Interviewing, CBT and Satir Transformational Therapy. Sharon is the co-facilitator of the Family Program at the Orchard and views the promotion of healthy, loving relationships as the most rewarding aspect of client care. She draws on her personal experience and spiritual principles to energize her work with the gratitude, joy and freedom that recovery promises. |
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Quintin Anthony, ICADC
Quintin is a member of the Canadian Addiction Counselors Certification Federation and a Certified Youth Counselor. Quintin brings with him years of experience working with men, women and families struggling with addiction. He has a reality based approach that comes from a sense of empathy, compassion and the belief that addiction is treatable with a sense of love and guidance to each person. Quintin is fun and has a unique disarming approach in dealing with resistance and engaging clients into recovery. Respectful but challenging he gets clients to the core issues that are holding them back from wellness. Quintin is passionate about his role as an addictions counselor and finds it rewarding watching others receive the gift of life again. |
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Jess Malkin, M.A., M.S.W.
Jess Malkin earned a Masters of Social Work at University of Toronto (2011) with a specialization in mental health and addictions. Prior to this degree, she earned a Masters of Arts at York University where she was awarded a SSHRC grant for her research on mood and anxiety disorders. Ms. Malkin received her clinical training at Toronto General Hospital (General Medicine) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Eating Disorders and Addictions Clinic). In addition to her clinical work, she has been a research coordinator in the psychology department at Ryerson University since 2008 and has co-investigated several grant funded research projects. She has received several awards for excellence in mental health research and regularly presents her research at academic conferences. Jess is proficient in a variety of therapeutic interventions including cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamically oriented therapy and dialectical behavioural therapy. Her specializations are adolescents/young adults with addictions, eating disorders, mood and anxiety disorders. Jess excels at helping Orchard clients find the will and determination to change their lives. |
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DianaCatherine Keith, MA, MSc, PhD, LADC
Diana brings compassion and candor to clients in early Recovery. From inner-city shelters to Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies, Diana's diverse experience and extensive education form the solid foundation upon which she works. She educates clients about the science of addiction and, with them, explores such underlying issues as trauma, grief, shame, depression, and anxiety. Viewing Recovery as Inner Peace, Diana promotes self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-care, employing a holistic perspective. She helps clients-and families-accept feelings, set boundaries, communicate clearly, and, ultimately, develop healthy relationships with their individual selves and each other.
Diana walks alongside clients in early Recovery. Providing client-centred care, she augments 12-step facilitation therapy with motivational interviewing and such therapeutic approaches as cognitive-behavior therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, and family-systems therapy. Her added background in communications, capacity building, art, ecology, and research brings broad-based insight to client problems. Her life-long relationship with horses brings a quiet consciousness to therapy. And Diana's personal experience with addiction brings nothing short of love. |
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Shahar Rabi, MA
Shahar is finishing his M.A. in Clinical Counseling, his Ph.D. in Philosophy and currently holds a M.A. in Education. He has worked for several years as a counselor and trainer in Canada, Israel, and India. For his work with disadvantaged soldiers, he earned a medal of honour from the President of Israel. Shahar also has a broad spectrum of work experience as a choreographer, philosophy teacher, yoga teacher, meditation instructor, and even a clown! He brings his knowledge from all of these fields to his counseling sessions.
Shahar provides a holistic approach that engages the emotional, mental, relational, spiritual and physical aspects of his clients, with deep respect for their belief systems and cultures. His therapeutic orientations include: solution-focused therapy; acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT); existential therapy; narrative therapy; cognitive-behavioral therapy, archetypal therapy and embodiment work. Areas of focus that Shahar addresses include substance abuse, major life changes, grief and loss, pain management, personal development and life planning, spiritual and/or emotional crises, spiritual meaning and youth counseling. Shahar believes that counseling should provide a healing space for his clients to explore the feelings, thoughts, behaviors and relationships that cause difficulties in their lives. |
Administrative Staff
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Joanna Journet
General Manager
Joanna is a member of the Canadian Addiction Counselors Certification Federation and earned her Certificate in Counseling for Alcohol and Substance Abuse at VCC. Joanna provides preadmission coaching to the Orchard's clients and their families and guides them through the telephone intake process. As their first point of contact with the treatment center, Joanna exemplifies the calm, firm and compassionate approach we take to addiction treatment and recovery. She reviews the Orchard's programming and treatment philosophies with clients and families, easing their worries and helping them develop a plan of action in their time of crisis. The intake process is the start of a lasting connection as Joanna ensures the client's needs are met throughout their stay. She is unwavering in her belief that addiction is a treatable disease and her many years of involvement in addiction treatment allow her to engage clients and families in a particularly empathetic way. |
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AnnMarie McCullough
Director of Communications and Community Relations
AnnMarie is a results-driven professional who brings considerable experience and knowledge to her role at the Orchard. Her charisma and passion for recovery shine through in her work. As a proponent of the 12 step programs, she believes that where there is life, there is always hope. Her role involves managing all internal and external communications, producing special events and conferences, managing web, print and promotional materials, as well as directing media relations and outreach to the treatment community. AnnMarie is a dynamic individual and certified Project Manager (PMP) with over 15 years experience in a variety of roles within the Healthcare and IT sectors. |
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Tara Hall, BA
Intake Coordinator
Tara has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Western Ontario along with a Diploma in Counseling. Tara strives to help clients achieve personal wellbeing in order to live a better life enriched by emotional and spiritual health. Tara is well-traveled and has strong analytical and problem solving skills. She is passionate about recovery and believes strongly in the power of individuals to heal and transform their lives. |
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Kim Molinski
Kitchen Manager
Kim grew up on Bowen Island with a passion for cooking. After completing two years of college, she began to work in the hospitality industry. During the following five years Kim excelled as a leader on the management team of a well regarded Vancouver restaurant group, known for their high energy environments. Coming back to Bowen Island in 2002, Kim was thrilled at the opportunity to work at the Orchard as a cook. In this role she was able to combine her love and knowledge of food and nutrition, with her commitment and belief in the 12 step program. After working under two accomplished Chefs, Kim took on the management of the Orchard kitchen where they have been consistently getting rave reviews for the past six years. |
Support Staff
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Martin Wedepohl, BSc
Support Staff Supervisor
Martin Wedepohl leads the Orchard's support staff in supervising the care and safety of our clients outside of business hours. He has been working with addicts and alcoholics for six years and in addition to his supervisory duties, Martin manages the Sober Living houses and is one of our step coaches. As a step coach, he helps clients understand and work through the 12 steps that form the base of our treatment philosophy. Prior to joining the Orchard, Martin worked with homeless and addicted men at the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre. His background also includes 25 years of software engineering and design. |
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Sue Clark
Support Staff, Step Coach
Sue Clark assists the support team in caring for our clients outside of business hours and works as a step coach. She has been a valuable member of the Orchard's staff since 2002. Sue draws from her personal experiences with recovery to help clients work through the early stages of their sobriety. She enjoys working one-on-one with clients, helping them embrace their spiritual and emotional recovery. |
Holistic Contractors
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Rev Shelagh MacKinnon, BA, MDiv
Spiritual Director
Shelagh MacKinnon teaches spirituality and other topics at the Orchard and is a source of wisdom, humor and inclusiveness. She trained with the Saskatchewan Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (SADAC) and has been providing spiritual advice and support to people in recovery since being ordained in 1980. In addition to her work at the Orchard, Shelagh is the Minister of the Bowen Island United Church (the Little Red Church in the Apple Orchard). |
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Jeffrey Simons, RYT500 SOYA, Yoga Alliance, Yoga BC
Yoga Instructor
Jeffrey Simons has been teaching yoga and meditation on Bowen Island for the past 5 years. After two serious back injuries and almost 2 decades living with chronic pain Jeffrey started practicing yoga while in the Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Center at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. After his rapid recovery, he felt drawn to help other people find their path to wellness and balance through yoga. Jeffrey has studied meditation and yoga with Dr Deepak Chopra and Dr David Simon at the Chopra Centre and is a Certified Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Instructor as well as RYT500 Certified Instructor with SOYA. |
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Jan Parker, Qigong Instructor
Qigong (chee-gong) is the ancient Chinese art of cultivating and developing one's energy and vitality. Every weekday morning, Jan Parker teaches the gentle stretching, breathing, self-massage, meditation and graceful movements that make this practice so effective in bringing wholeness and alleviating symptoms of withdrawal. Jan is a gifted teacher and accomplished martial artist who began her adventure with Taijiquan and Qigong in 1985 after her first year of recovery. She developed this Qigong program exclusively for the Orchard and has offered it here since 2005. |
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Mary Letson, PT, 200 hr Yoga Instructor, BA
A fitness professional since 1984, Mary brings a valuable balance of knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm to her training sessions. In addition to her Personal Training and Yoga certification, Mary has specialty training as a Clinical Exercise Specialist and OSTEOFIT, a course in osteoporosis and fall prevention offered through BC Women's Hospital. Mary has trained for the Orchard Recovery since the Centre opened in 2002. |
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Ellie Mackay, M.Sc, RD
Ellie is a Clinical Dietitian registered with the College of Dietitians of British Columbia. She specializes in helping individuals develop a healthy relationship with food. She has over 20 years experience in a wide range of nutrition areas including diabetes management, heart disease, weight control and eating disorders. Ellie received her Masters degree in Human Nutrition from the University of British Columbia examining the role of dieting in the development of eating disorders. She works one-on-one and in group education settings to help clients attain their nutrition goals and guide them to lead a healthful, nourishing lifestyle. |
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