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Inter-Care has been serving the addiction community for 20 years providing treatment and education services to those who are negatively impacted by substance use disorders. Inter-Care was founded in 1989 by Vincent Casolaro and Robert Smith. They chose the name Inter-Care to signify a broad continuum of services, from Intervention to Aftercare. With a team of dedicated addiction professionals, Inter-Care grew from a small clinical practice into a multi-service treatment facility. In 2001, Inter-Care continued its expansion through a merge with a local outpatient treatment program, NRL Resources which introduced Nicholas R Lessa, MA, LCSW, CASAC as a partner. Today, Inter-Care is guided by Mr. Lessa and CFO, Maria Rowie Gross who are committed to ensuring Inter-Care’s high standard of quality care and maintaining its reputation as an industry leader.
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 Nick Lessa, MA, LCSW, CASAC
Chief Executive Officer
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Nick has been in the addiction treatment field for over 25 years. He began his career as a counselor at a therapeutic community on the Lower East Side and today is the CEO and Partner of Inter-Care, an industry leader in the field of chemical dependency treatment. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Work at NYU and Adelphi University.
Nick is sought after by the treatment community as a trainer, and is nationally recognized for his seminars on chemical dependency. He was most recently the keynote speaker at the NASW Addiction Conference in New York.. In 2008, he received a Special Recognition Award from the Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology. Â He has written 2 books on treatment, the well received Concise Guide to Mental Health: Substance Use Disorders and his newest book, Living with Alcoholism and Drug Addiction: The Teen Edition.
Nick is known as an innovator and leader to his colleagues, a mentor to his staff and interns, a teacher to his students, a therapist to his patients: a man whose commitment and dedication has made a huge contribution to the addiction field. |
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 Joel Bradley
Director of Community Relations
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Joel Bradley is the Director of Community Relations for Inter-Care (a comprehensive OPC) and Inter-Care Private Services and the Community Relations Coordinator for Marworth, with the New York City Metro and Long Island areas. Joel has been in addictions and mental health fields for more than 23 years, and has held directorships and other supervisory roles in prominent mental health and substance use disorder agencies.
One of the main objectives of Joel's work has been to provide excellent training and education for professionals and growth opportunities for the recovering community. He has coordinated many specialized conferences and seminars with a focus on the clinical aspects of addiction as it relates to race, sexual orientation, trauma and the workplace.Â
He has been involved in advocacy work supporting parity, family treatment, and decriminalization of drug use and dependence. Starting on 9/11, Joel provided direct clinical support to families affected by the tragic events of the day. For many months following 9/11, he continued to coordinate CISD and trauma debriefings for labor organizations and other agencies and companies that experienced employee losses. As a member of various professional organizations, such as EAP, NASW, and the NAADAC, Joel has chaired and has been part of many committees that provide regional and national conferences and ongoing monthly workshops. Joel has always held the vision that professionals in the field of addictions must support, embrace and encourage each other.
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