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Dr. Jacqueline Boutrouille

Dr. Boutrouille
has been helping patients and families cope with addiction for over 10 years. She is one of the field's most well known addiction specialists.

Doctor Boutrouille has a longstanding background of holistic approach. She obtained her degree in homeopathy in 1982. She believes that recovery is a Rediscovery of Self. This approach aims at treating the whole person without taking any medication. Doctor Boutrouille, along with her staff of highly trained and experienced professionals, will evaluate the patient and put together a treatment program to fit the individual needs of each individual patient.

"I am working with a team who is trained in addiction. We provide flexible schedule to accommodate every one."

Dr. Boutrouille's full professional background can be found on our home page when you first enter the site, on our home page here...

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Our Team of Highly Trained Professionals

Our Team of Highly Trained and Skilled Professionals

Ilona Libansky

Ilona Libansky
PhD, LMFT, CAC

Dr. Ilona E. Libansky is a psychotherapist providing therapeutic services to individuals, couples, and families who have mental health problems, substance abuse problems, medical issues, relationship difficulties, behavioral problems with children, or difficulty coping with life stressors. In addition, she provides group therapy.

Dr. Libansky helps patients to recognize how their thought process is connected to their feelings and behavior and, in turn, to the problem cycle that keeps them stuck in their difficulties. She also works with patients to help them recognize triggers and coping strategies that have become a problem. Dr. Libansky helps patients to develop a healthy thought process and coping skills that, in turn, generate change and get them unstuck. She believes that every person can learn and grow from their problems and challenges on their life journey.

Dr. Libansky obtained her doctorate degree in Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University. She wrote her dissertation on adoption and has provided therapeutic services to birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children. In addition, Dr. Libansky has provided in-home crisis intervention and family therapy to families and foster families where children were in imminent danger of being placed outside of the home by the Department of Children and Families because of abuse, neglect, or substance abuse issues.

In addition, Dr. Libansky is a Certified Addiction Counselor who has helped numerous patients and families with their substance abuse problems and co-dependency issues. Dr. Libansky has studied relapse prevention therapy with Terence T. Gorski, who is the leader of relapse prevention therapy in the field of addiction. In addition, Dr. Libansky specializes in maternal addiction and has provided therapy to pregnant women who have a substance abuse problem.

In addition, Dr. Libansky has a specialization in Medical Family Therapy and has worked with physicians helping patients and their families cope with medical issues and illnesses.

Dr. Ilona E. Libansky also speaks Czech, German, and Swiss.

Dr. Ilona Libansky may be contacted through Dr. Boutrouille's office by phone or email.
954-340-3000 Phone - Email
or Directly - 954-829-5080


Dr. Karen Bethel

Karen Bethel
N.D., A.R.N.P., M.S.N., B.S.N.

Karen Bethel is a native of Nassau, Bahamas and spent time in England to get her nurse's training and then moved to The United States in the 1980's to pursue her career growth and gained a Bachelor's and then Master's Degree in Nursing and an Advanced Certification in Psychiatry. She has been practicing as a psychiatric nurse for over 13 years and has obtained her PhD in Naturopathy with a specialization in herbology. Dr. Bethel is also a Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and enjoys working with children, adolescents, and adults equally as well. She provides psychiatric evaluations, naturopathy evaluations, psychotherapy, and medication management. Her specialty areas are mood disorders, thought disorders, anxiety disorders and women's issues.

Besides being an "Über Professional", Karen is both warm and embracing, you will feel at ease with her at your side, helping to diagnose, treat, and prescribe to alleviate your symptoms and to both bring you back to being a well rounded individual and a happy person. You could not ask for more.

Dr. Bethel may be contacted through Dr. Boutrouille's office by phone or email. 954-340-3000 Phone - Email

 

Our Team of Experienced Specialists:

  • Ilona Libansky, PhD, LMFT, CAC - Email
    Read more about Dr. LIbansky in her writeup on the left hand side of this page.
  • Karen Verni, LCSW, MT/BC is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Board Certified Music Therapist. Read about her work on the Treatment Page under The Bonny Method of Music and Imagery. - Email
  • Carol Captain, LMFT, CAP is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Addictions Professional and a Certified Hypnotherapist. Carol has experience working with addictions/substance abuse, depression, anxiety, relationship and family issues with individuals, couples and families. Carol combines her professional experience with the alternative method of Reiki energy healing to synthesize the mind-body connection. Carol loves photography and spending time with her family. - Email
  • Karen A. Bathel, ND, MSN, ARNP Nurse Practicionner
  • Julio Busciolano, Smoking Cessation Specialist
  • Constance Barret, Registerd Nurse - Email
  • Sandra Kattan, MS BS CAP SAP Registered Nurse

Sandra Kattan Registered Nurse

Sandra Kattan
Registered Nurse

Sandra Kattan has been a Florida Registered Nurse since 1965, and has worked to achieve her Bachelors Degree in Health Services Administration. This she achieved in 1979 from Florida International University, specializing in Health Services Administration. In 1988, Sandra has gone on to complete her Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling. She is a Substance Abuse Professional with Addiction Professional Certification.

Sandra's various positions include Detoxification and Rehabilitation nurse and Utilization Review. Her work as an Intensive Outpatient Coordinator involves duties such as Assessments, Treatment planning, Individual, family and group therapy, Utilization review, Coordination of services, Discharge planning, and to give Psycho-educational lectures. Her past experience includes Case Management for Psychiatric and/or Chemical Dependency problems, Clinical Coordinator of Adolescent Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Units, Psychiatric nurse therapist, Emergency staff nurse, and geriatric nursing services. Sandra is also experienced as a Per-diem staff nurse in psychiatry, chemical dependency and Eating disorder units. You could not ask for a more experienced professional Registered Nurse and Professional Counselor than to work with Sandra Kattan.

Sandra may be contacted through Dr. Boutrouille's office by phone or email. 954-340-3000 Phone - Email

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