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Reilly McCloskey is a Lead Program Facilitator at Green Hill. Reilly brings a unique attitude and personality honed by years of working with young men in recovery in 12 step communities.

Reilly is a high school graduate with some college credits, and almost a decade of time in long term recovery. His work experience includes professional photography and digital media production, construction and painting, along with hospitality experience. After realizing construction was not a fulfilling career path for him, Reilly transitioned to working in this field. He has found working with young men in recovery to be the most rewarding path he has taken so far.

Reilly’s professional passion is helping others and showing young men that life in recovery can be both extremely fun and rewarding. Reilly brings endless energy and optimism to a job that most certainly needs it!

Elliot is a Hoosier native raised in Carmel, Indiana. Elliot graduated from DePauw University with a major in Philosophy/Political Science and Psychology studies, where he also played Varsity Baseball. He is the Clinical Case Manager at Green Hill.

Elliot has dedicated much of his life to volunteering and service. As a Green Hill alumni, he is committed to growing himself and those around him in the path of recovery. In college, he was a national debate contender and aspires to use this experience to become an advocate for those with addiction and mental health awareness.

Elliot hopes to bring his passions of adventure and fun, as well as a commitment to building lasting healthy habits, to Green Hill and its clients. He sees that there is often a belief that recovery is only a strenuous and painful process, and hopes to expand that view to include the joys and happiness of personal growth. In working with clients, he shows that recovery is largely about finding what you truly care about and enjoy in life. Tapping into his joys and passions, having structure, and investing in the creation of daily healthy habits were core components of his own recovery journey, so he utilizes this knowledge and experience when supporting others.

Education:

DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) — B.A.

Katie Hancock is a Clinical Therapist at the Advaita Collective, which includes Advaita Integrated Medicine and Green Hill Recovery. Katie earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has been with the Advaita Collective since August 2021 and has served in multiple roles: as an MSW intern, a Case Manager, an IOP Admissions Coordinator, and now a clinical therapist. Katie became a RYT 200 Registered Yoga Instructor in 2018 and provides weekly yoga, meditation, and mindfulness for the Advaita Integrated Medicine IOP program. Katie is passionate about experiential therapies, inner child work, and holistic treatment. Her therapeutic work is most informed by Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Katie’s work as a Peer Support Specialist in a crisis stabilization psychiatric hospital and detox unit inspired her to pursue a career in social work. Katie worked closely with folks of all ages struggling with severe mental illness, trauma, and addictions. In this role, Katie was trained in Trauma-Informed Care and served on the Trauma-Informed Care Leadership Committee. Katie believes in always leading with compassion, the importance of a strong therapeutic alliance, and the miracle that can happen with genuine human connection. She is passionate about breaking stigmas, cultivating balance, living purposefully, having fun, and showing that it is possible to live a fulfilling life in recovery. Katie is a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist Associate and Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate.

Katie grew up in Florida and loves to swim and scuba dive. She enjoys hiking trips in the mountains with her family, hot power and restorative yoga, reading books in her hammock, Pure Barre, music, spending time with her beloved rescue pup Milo, caring for other animals, (she’s also a professional dog walker!), and always being a student in her own yoga and meditation practice.

Education

University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) – Masters in Social Work

University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) – B.A. in Gender Studies

Armond Hendrick, MA, LCASA is a Primary Therapist at Green Hill Recovery, which is part of the Advaita Collective. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, he now calls the Raleigh area home. He earned a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from South University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from North Carolina Central University (NCCU). When he is not working, he can be found traveling, enjoying shows on Netflix, or spending quality time with friends and family. Armond is a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist Associate(LCASA) and is currently preparing for his (LCMHCA) license.

Armond has done a lot of I/DD work and has served in many different roles supporting the I/DD population. He served as a Clinical Supervisor of numerous ICF facilities ensuring they remained in compliance during state audits and created goals to help clients increase cognitive skills while learning ADL’s. Armond’s I/DD experience showed the importance of person centered care and he believes that care is unique to each individual. He spent the last 5 years working in Community Mental Health providing crisis support to clients and assisting with improving stability in all areas of their lives while gaining insight into their diagnosis post hospitalization. Armond utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and has worked with many clients helping them increase knowledge of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills.

Armond hopes to bring his passion for mental health and substance use to the Advaita Collective to help clients reach their individual goals. He works to break the stigma associated with attending therapy. Armond utilizes an integrated care approach to treatment. Armond approaches treatment in a non-judgmental way and ensures all interventions are specifically aligned with the individual needs of each client.

Education

South University (High Point, NC ) — M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC) — B.A. in Psychology

Krista Allen, MSW, LCSW, is an outpatient therapist who serves as the Clinical Supervisor and Training Coordinator at the Advaita Collective, which includes Green Hill Recovery and Advaita Integrated Medicine. Krista is a licensed clinical social worker and brings over 10 years experience working with individuals and families in many different capacities. Krista graduated with her Masters in Social Work from NC State in 2015 and her B.S. in Social Work from University of North Carolina Greensboro in 2011.

Krista has provided clinical mental health services since 2015, including intensive in-home services for children and their families,outpatient therapy and outpatient therapy groups. Krista’s approach to therapy is informed by cognitive and dialectical behavioral frameworks, psychodynamic and relational, solutions and strengths focused, acceptance and commitment and trauma informed models. Krista takes an active stance in sessions and supports individuals in identifying their own goals and steps towards achieving these. In addition to therapy, Krista provides clinical supervision to masters levels interns and newly licensed clinicians. Krista also has many years experience with clinical program development and management. Krista is passionate about human connection, understanding, curiosity, reflection and empowerment and believes these things can be the catalyst for change. Krista also takes this approach in clinical supervision and trainings with other professionals in the field.

Krista hopes her work with the Advaita Collective will continue to allow her to provide high quality therapy, clinical supervision and consultation and training to therapists in the area. Krista is excited to be a part of the Advaita Collective’s mission to increase accessibility to mental health services and individualized whole-person care.

Education

North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) — M.S.W.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, NC) — B.S.W.

Dr. R. Dewayne Book is the Medical Director at Green Hill Recovery, having joined our team in the late spring of 2022. Dr. Book specializes in addictive disorders (such as substance use and alcohol), having studied neurobiology and biochemistry to understand chemical brain functions. This knowledge informs his well-rounded, individualized approach to treating patients struggling with addiction, an approach that also includes medication management, psychotherapy, patient education, and social network development. Dr. Book also offers Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at Advaita Integrated Medicine. TMS is often used when a patient has treatment-resistant depression and has previously tried other treatment methods and modalities.

Dr. Book received his medical degree from Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. He was the outstanding resident of the year during his residency at the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center.

Working in a variety of settings and having a private practice since 1999 has led him to have over 30 years of experience treating patients with a wide range of psychiatric conditions, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. Prior to coming to Advaita Integrated Medicine, Dr. Book was the Medical Director of the Addiction Recovery Center at MindPath, and was the Medical Director at Fellowship Hall for 10 years.

Dr. Book received the ROCK Sleyster Scholarship from American Medical Association as well as the Fredrick B. Glaser Award from the Governors Institute. He was president of the NC Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) chapter, a guest editor of the NC Medical Journal, and served as an adjunct faculty member at Duke University Medical Center.

Education:

Mercer University School Of Medicine — M.D.
University Of Georgia School Of Social Work — M.S.W.
Louisiana State University — B.S.

Alexander Peacock is the Program Director at Green Hill. Alex has been with the Green Hill team for nearly 3 years under a variety of roles, including transitional living program facilitator, outpatient program facilitator, and event coordinator for activities. He is a certified peer support specialist and recovery coach who has a passion for helping others. Alex works closely with the clinical team to facilitate group sessions for the outpatient clients as well as planning weekly and weekend activities for all client communities.

Prior to joining the Green Hill team, Alex worked as a Rapid Responder for Healing Transitions and Wake County EMS. He was responsible for linking individuals to treatment of any kind who have recently suffered from an opioid overdose reversal. In 2020, Alex started a 501(c)(3) called Recess Games USA. Their mission is to pair those in the community with people in recovery who are seeking healthy avenues to have good clean fun while building a meaningful and purposeful life. Recess Games provides a number of events that are open to the public helping connect the local community with the recovery community to help answer the question, “How can I have fun without any mind altering substances?” Green Hill regularly collaborates with Recess Games to engage clients in activities and to connect with the larger recovery community.

As a person in recovery who has shared experience with our clients, Alex brings energy, passion, and most importantly a sense of accountability to our client community. Alex’s experience in peer support, motivational interviewing, and recovery coaching gives him the ability to reach our clients like no other. He is a person who is always thinking of new and innovative ways to reach our clients to show them that recovery is possible.

Outside of Green Hill, Alex enjoys spending quality time with his fiancé, son, and dog Charlie. Despite a busy professional and personal life, Alex dedicates time to coordinating Recess Games USA events for people to have good clean fun.

Marcus Shumate, LCMHC, LCAS is the Clinical Outreach Director at the Advaita Collective, which includes Green Hill Recovery and Advaita Integrated Medicine. Marcus is a North Carolina native who grew up in the Eastern part of the state. He has functioned in various clinical roles and provided individual therapy, family counseling, group counseling, and supervised the professional development of staff. Throughout his career Marcus has cultivated various relationships between treatment systems towards coordinating care for individuals.

Marcus holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Gardner-Webb University and a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Gardner-Webb University. Marcus has previously worked in residential SUD treatment working with a broad clinical demographic through various roles. Eventually, he helped develop a Young Men’s Program where he led the implementation and development of clinical programing and curriculum, provided clinical supervision, and oversaw clinical care and management of staff.

Marcus is passionate for innovation in the field of SUD treatment and challenging assumed constraints. As Marcus and his professional interests have evolved, he’s become increasingly interested in how various biases evolve and become limiting for individuals and the field as a whole. This has fueled his interest in the ways in which contemplative practices can help penetrate these biases. Additionally, he has deep rooted interests in human flourishing that began in his undergraduate experience when he was first introduced to different texts from classical philosophy. Given his interests in all things related to human flourishing, Marcus was drawn to the alignment he experienced with Advaita Collective’s mission.

Marcus currently resides just outside of Asheville, NC. He loves the beauty of Western NC and spending as much time as he can outside with his three dogs. Marcus is a big advocate for trying new activities that he’s likely to be bad at. He’s been a life-long enjoyer of the martial arts and views them as pathways for improvement and confronting unhealthy aspects of ego. He enjoys spending his free time on the mats training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, or wrestling. He loves food, cooking, and almost all sports. If you happen to find yourself around him for more than a few minutes he will likely force a reference to the latest podcast episode that’s caught his attention.

Education:

Gardner Webb University (Boiling Springs, NC) — MA, EDs. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Gardner Webb University (Boiling Springs, NC) — B.S.. in Psychology

Dr. R. Dewayne Book is the Medical Director at Green Hill Recovery, having joined our team in the late spring of 2022. Dr. Book specializes in addictive disorders (such as substance use and alcohol), having studied neurobiology and biochemistry to understand chemical brain functions. This knowledge informs his well-rounded, individualized approach to treating patients struggling with addiction, an approach that also includes medication management, psychotherapy, patient education, and social network development. Dr. Book also offers Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at Advaita Integrated Medicine. TMS is often used when a patient has treatment-resistant depression and has previously tried other treatment methods and modalities.

Dr. Book received his medical degree from Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. He was the outstanding resident of the year during his residency at the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center.

Working in a variety of settings and having a private practice since 1999 has led him to have over 30 years of experience treating patients with a wide range of psychiatric conditions, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. Prior to coming to Advaita Integrated Medicine, Dr. Book was the Medical Director of the Addiction Recovery Center at MindPath, and was the Medical Director at Fellowship Hall for 10 years.

Dr. Book received the ROCK Sleyster Scholarship from American Medical Association as well as the Fredrick B. Glaser Award from the Governors Institute. He was president of the NC Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) chapter, a guest editor of the NC Medical Journal, and served as an adjunct faculty member at Duke University Medical Center.

Education:

Mercer University School Of Medicine — M.D.
University Of Georgia School Of Social Work — M.S.W.
Louisiana State University — B.S.

Corey is the Clinical Director providing leadership, supervision and quality assurance to the clinical teams at the Advaita Collective, which includes both Advaita Integrative Medicine and Green Hill Recovery. Corey holds a Masters in Social Work from University of South Carolina and a B.S. in Community Health Education from UNC-Wilmington.

Prior to obtaining her Masters, Corey worked under the Governor’s Crime Commission Grant in Wilmington, NC aimed at reducing recidivism in youth through after school programming. This lead to a nomination in 2015 as one of Wilmington’s Women to Watch. While receiving her Masters, Corey worked as a research assistant with South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health publishing research on best practices, access, delivery models and current implications for policy related to Behavioral Health and Substance Use delivery systems in South Carolina. During Corey’s four years with Carolina Outreach she served as a Community Support Team Lead, Site Director for both Raleigh and Durham Sites and the Director of the Behavioral Health Urgent Care. While at Carolina Outreach Corey co-created and implemented a new delivery model for medication management services aimed at increasing access to care, reducing provider burnout and reducing no-show rates.

Corey brings a variety of experiences including almost 10 years of program development and implementation, research, inpatient and emergency department social work, Community Mental Health enhanced services and clinical leadership. She is trained in ACT, CBT, CPT, mindfulness based strategies and intensively trained in DBT. Corey believes in utilizing a relational approach to both her clinical practice and her leadership. She aims to assist individuals and supervisees closest to their authentic self by aligning their goals and purpose with their innermost values for increased work and life satisfaction.

Corey believes human empowerment is intrinsic to whole-person care and that we, as practitioners, are the lucky guides in the human process towards flourishing. Corey hopes her role at the Advaita Collective will create increased access to high-quality, whole-person care in Behavioral Health and Substance Use treatment while also focusing on developing clinical sophistication within her clinical team.

University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC) — B.S. Community Health Education
University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) — Masters in Social Work