South Orange, New Jersey Drug Rehab Facilities

Christopher Ferry is an addiction recovery advocate, professional coach, motivational entrepreneur, and internet personality. Ferry is best known for his work in digital marketing and as the Founder of the Florida-based Boca Recovery Center. With Ferry’s counseling and coaching, you can lead a sober life and also develop your personality. Raised in New Jersey and based in Florida, Ferry began helping people from a young age. The long-time sportsman played ice hockey on his high school varsity team, and at 18 years old, he received a tryout invitation for the U.S. National Team Development Program (Team USA). He quit ice hockey when he got into drugs. After extensive struggles with his addiction, Ferry attended drug rehab on several occasions. During this time, he served as the co-founder of We Insure Florida, a Jacksonville-based insurance franchise. He was forced to leave his position and return to rehab as a result of his drug abuse. Then, when he got sober, Ferry started using his past experiences to help others facing similar situations. After Seven years of sobriety, Ferry is the founder of Boca Recovery Center, a notable drug and alcohol treatment facility. He is a Certified National Master Interventionist (CNMI) from the National Association of Drug & Alcohol Interventionists (NADAI), and he has studied marketing and business development in great detail. Ferry launched Clean and Sober – Addiction Recovery Support, one of the largest social media groups of its category. He is also the first addiction recovery advocate to work with influencers Riff Raff, Stiches, Supreme Patty and Tyrone. In his free time, Ferry is an avid athlete and sportsman. He regularly attends sporting events and maintains a deep interest in physical fitness.

Jeffrey A. Berman, MD, FASAM is a Diplomate and Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is the Executive Medical Director of Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders in Marlboro, NJ and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He was recruited from Bergen Regional Medical Center, NJ’s largest acute psychiatric hospital, where he served as Director of Chemical Dependency Services to join Discovery Institute in Marlboro. Dr. Berman is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) in Adult and Addiction Psychiatry as well as Psychosomatic Medicine. He has been certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine since 1988 and is Board Certified in Addiction Medicine (ABAM). Dr. Berman’s area of special interest in research and teaching is Pain Management and Co-occurring Opioid Dependence. He is also a strong advocate for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for the chronic persistent mentally ill. Dr. Berman participated in NIDA’s clinical trials of Buprenorphine/Naloxone for treatment of heroin addiction in 2001. Since then he has developed innovative treatment programs for individuals with Co-occurring disorders as well as Substance Use Disorders. Dr. Berman served as Chief of Psychiatry at Fort Leavenworth, KS including the Department of Defense’s US Disciplinary Barracks located at Fort Leavenworth. He recently retired from the US Army Reserve after 22 years of service which included service in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. He is currently the Psychiatric Consultant to the Department of Immigration Health (DIHS), a division of Homeland security. Prior to coming to New Jersey, he served as Medical Director of Gieisinger Health Care’s Marworth chemical dependency center and consultant to pain management centers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for issues of addiction, pain and co-occurring mood disorders. He has taken an active role in the medical treatment of HIV patients in all of these clinical settings.

Gershon has been managing substance use disorder treatment programs for over 25 years. He has deep experience in integrating treatment of co-occurring disorders, trauma, gender-specific issues and anger management into drug and alcohol treatment. Gershon has provided clinical leadership in residential, outpatient and prevention programs. He directed a residential mother/child program for 7 years as well as an IOP for substance use disorders in an outpatient psychiatric setting for 7 years. Gershon’s philosophy of treatment is a person-centered collaboration between client and program, a therapeutic alliance that promotes personal responsibility in the client and emotional support by the program. Clients are viewed as individuals with their own strengths who may need to negotiate developmental challenges or social skill deficits in order to meet their own goals for a satisfying life. Gershon believes in being personally available to patients and their approved collaterals.