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Intake Staff
Ernest Templeton – Intake Director
 Ernie is the Intake Director here at CASA Recovery. He has 20 years of experience in technology sales and marketing prior to bringing his talents to the team here at CASA Recovery. Holding a Bachelor's Degree from California State University, Long Beach, Ernie values the opportunity to be active in the 12-step recovery community. "Bringing others into the 12-step community is one of the greatest gifts I could give. I am proud to be reaching out to others in need through my work."
Krishna Jessick, C.A.T.C. – Program Director
 With 15 years of experience in the Drug & Alcohol Recovery field, Krishna has previously helped create and market four different Residential Drug & Alcohol Treatment Programs in Orange County, CA. Currently, she is founder and Program Director of Synergy Treatment, a 25-bed facility in San Juan Capistrano, CA.
She is a graduate in Human Services: Drug and Alcohol Studies from Saddleback College, a Certified Addiction Treatment Counselor (CATC) and a longtime member of and educator/provider for the California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE). Krishna is also trained in Crisis Intervention, Recovery Coaching M.L.E., Relapse Prevention, Denial Management and Primordial Sound Meditation.
Her community outreach positions included acting as liaison between Drug Court and Saddleback College, working with the County of Orange Risk Reduction Education and Community Health (REACH) Program, acting as an advisory board member of the TEACH Program at Saddleback College, advisor on Mental Health/Dual Diagnosis and Substance Abuse at Orange Coast College, and a member of the Drug Treatment panel for the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (Prop 36). She has served as Key Note Speaker at the 2008 CAADE Conference in Costa Mesa, CA, as well as Key Note Speaker at the 2009 California Indian Law Association Conference speaking on substance abuse in Indian Country.
Krishna has completed several hundred successful interventions since 2000. After research and preparation with family members, she prefers to use a loving, compassionate style in convincing clients to choose treatment. She concentrates more on revealing how the client's quality of life and relationship suffer because of their addiction. She asks if they are living their dreams and if they are accessing their true potential, often convincing them to find a new purpose in life by choosing to get treatment. She also uses her own experience with addiction as a way of identifying with the addict/alcoholic. As a result, she receives very little resistance to her unorthodox approach to the intervention process.
Professional Staff
Dr. Michael Rudolph, M.D. – Consulting Physician, License #G48974
 “As individuals recover from the disease of addiction, they need personal and professional dedication. Individual attention and care is an integral part of the healing process at Synergy Treatment.” Dr. Rudolph received his Medical Degree from Columbia University in 1981 and has since worked in emergency medicine and addiction medicine. He is also active in teaching emergency medicine at Western University and a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and California Society of Addiction Medicine. “Participating in each client’s recovery is so exciting and the compassion in this program is unparalleled.”
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