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The ChangePoint professional and administrative staffs are highly trained and provide clients and referral sources with a caring and respectful environment and access to the latest treatment methodologies. Presently, ChangePoint has 53 counselors and administrative employees working at six different locations throughout the Portland metropolitan and Vancouver, WA areas.
Counseling Staff
Claudette Wallace, MA
cwallace@changepoint.com
 
Claudette received her masters’ degree in addiction counseling in 1999 from Westbrook University. In 1987 she became a certified alohol and drug counselor 111 from the addiction counselor board of Oregon. In 1991 she was certified by the National certification commission. Since 1983 she has worked in the addiction counseling field both as a counselor, supervisor, program developer and consultant in the private sector. In 1985 while working in an outpatient treatment facility in Salem, Ore. she developed a 12 month day treatment program for women and their children. For 16 years she worked for Springbrook N.W. which became Hazelden Springbrook as a supervisor of outpatient services, supervisor of residential treatment services, and Evaluation specialist working with licensing boards all over the United States. From 1989 until 2005 she provided service to male and female offenders in the correctional facilities in Oregon. She developed a workshop outline which was used for 10 hour workshops in the institutions, and supervised 15 chemical dependency counselors all over the state of Oregon. She has been on staff at ChangePoint since October of 2005 as a counselor.

Claudette Wallace

Tim Davis and Dana Mackin
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Dana Mackin, M.A.
dmackin@changepointinc.com
 
Dana Mackin has a Master’s in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Addictions from Lewis & Clark Graduate School and is obtaining her certification as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor for the State of Oregon. She has also worked as a research assistant for the Mood Disorders Clinic at the Portland VA, and with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at UCSF. She completed a year-long internship as a mental health counselor in the Washington County jail where she conducted individual counseling with inmates, and led psycho-educational groups focused on thinking skills, violence prevention/anger management, and relapse prevention. She has an extensive background and training in working with men who abuse partners and would like to focus her career on the intersection between addiction and violence. She currently leads Intensive Outpatient, DUI Diversion, and Domestic Violence Intervention groups.
Elizabeth Wallace, MA, CADC I
ewallace@changepointinc.com

Liz Wallace graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1996 with a B.A. degree in Psychology. She received a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Addictions in 2005. Liz has worked with individuals, groups, couples and families to help them achieve their goals. She is currently a state registered intern and plans to receive her LPC in 2007. She is also CADC certified. Liz moved to Portland from California in 1999 and lives with her husband of 8 years, a 6-year old daughter, and one hyperactive, but loveable Springer spaniel.
Gustavo Picazo, CADC II
gpicazo@changepointinc.com
 
Gustavo is bilingual, bicultural, has over eleven years of experience working with Anglo and Hispanic low-, medium-, and high-risk offenders at ChangePoint. Gustavo has had training in criminogenic needs assessment and risk factors, as well as training with Milkman-based programs and four years experience working with (Duluth Model trained) DV offenders. Gustavo is a member of the Multnomah County Family Violence Coordinating Council. Gustavo has extensive training and supervision in MI as part of the NIDA-CTN 0023 Protocol.
Jacquie Pancoast, BS, CADC 1
jpancoast@changepointinc.com
 
Jacquie Pancoast, B.S., CADC I, DV Program Co-Coordinator and Counselor.  Jacquie has worked as a substance abuse and batterer intervention counselor for Change Point since 2002 and has participated in community outreach and multiple community volunteer positions for over 20 years.  She is a member of Clackamas County Family Violence Coordinating Council, the Tri-County Batterer Intervention Provider Network, and is co-chair of Communities Against Domestic Violence of East Multnomah County.

Jacquie Pancoast
Jim Chapman, L.C.S.W., BSW with minors in A/D and Psychology
jchapman@changepointinc.com

Mr. Chapman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Master Addiction Counselor.
He has a Masters Degree in Social Work from the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle specializing in mental health. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work with minors in Psychology and Addictions.

Jim Chapman did internships in two shelters, a level 3 drug treatment center, and a high security prison. He has 5 years experience at level 3 residential A/D treatment with high risk offenders and mental health crises, 6 years with level 1 A/D treatment, and 12 years in A/D detox treatment. He worked about 1 year doing family and crisis assessments for suicidal children, and 3 years in a methadone clinic. He has over 28 years clean and sober time.
Karen A. Craig CDP, CDACII, NCACII
kcraig@changepointinc.com

Karen Craig retired from the VA Medical Center in Salt lake City, Utah after working on their Psychiatry, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Treatment Units for 31 years. She also worked for Intermountain Health Care in their Psychiatry and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for 16 years. Together these jobs provided her a rich experience with the treatment of a variety of mental health and substance abuse treatment issues. She did graduate study at the University of Utah. After her retirement she moved to the Oregon Coast and worked for Lincoln County Health and Human Services, in their substance abuse treatment program, then to Vancouver where she worked for Community Alcohol and Drug Center before joining the ChangePoint staff in the summer 2005. She staffs the Vancouver office.
Kimberly M Hayes
khayes@changepointinc.com

Kimberly M Hayes, age 30, was born and raised in Northern California. She received her Associates of Science degree in Administration of Justice from Santa Rosa Junior College in 1998, while interning at Santa Rosa Police Department in the Violent Crimes unit. In 2001, she re-located to Oregon to return to her studies and received her Bachelors of Science degrees in Social Sciences and Liberal Studies with a minor in Sociology from Portland State University. During this time, she first served in AmeriCorps working with disadvantaged youth at the Oregon Trail Chapter’s Red Cross and later became the Domestic Violence Deferred Sentencing assistant for Washington County’s Community Corrections. She is currently pursuing a Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor I certification and evaluating several Master’s programs to continue her studies in domestic violence treatment research.

Kimberly considers traveling and reading to be two of her favorite leisure activities. She also enjoys spending time outdoors in the Pacific Northwest with her 12 year old daughter and their dog.
Robert Nobile , MA, MAC, CADC III
rnobile@changepointinc.com
  
Robert Nobile, age 59, holds a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Norwich University in Montpellier, Vermont. He is a NAADAC Certified Master Addiction Counselor, as well as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor III in the state of Oregon. Bob has worked in the counseling field for over twelve years and has been a practitioner of Zen Buddhism for over twenty five years. Bob has worked at ChangePoint for the past eight years facilitating Level II I.O.P. groups: Individual counseling sessions; and Level I A&D treatment groups. Bob’s professional interests focus primarily with the treatment of co-occurring disorders. Bob was a participant in the NIDA protocol Research Project, Northwest Node. He is on the Advisory Panel for Portland Community College Counselor Training Program and has functioned as a supervisor for PCC student counselor interns.

Susan Wilson
 etoh Susan Wilson, AS, CADCII
swilson@changepointinc.com

Susan received her Associates of Science degree from P.C.C. and has 160 credit hours towards her Bachelors of Science Degree Southern Oregon State University. She obtained her CADCII and has been working as a certified addictions counselor for 19 years in the state of Oregon, and Hawaii . She has worked in the field of addictions and mental health as a counselor, supervisor, and program developer. She has been with Change Point for the past 2 years, and currently leads Intensive Outpatient and Domestic Violence Intervention groups.

She has one 18 year old daughter who currently attends University of Oregon . Susan enjoys ridding her horse Beau, and hiking with her dog Max.
Tim Davis, MDiv, MA Counseling
tdavis@changepointinc.com

Tim Davis, age 41, has a Masters of Divinity from Denver Seminary (1994) and a Masters in Counseling from Western Seminary (2004). Tim worked as a pastor for 10 years and continues to work as a pastoral counselor in his own private practice. Tim completed a year and half long internship at the William Temple House for his master's level counseling degree and has since been working at ChangePoint part-time as a bilingual addictions counselor.

Tim grew up in Honduras running around barefoot on a Caribbean island. Tim and his wife, Joye, have been married for nearly 19 years, and have two increasingly large teenagers eating them out of house and home. (And one yellow lab dog).
 
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