The Bayside Marin Staff
At Bayside Marin drug and alcohol addiction treatment center, we take pride in the expertise and dedication of our staff. Our therapists and counselors were carefully selected because of their skill level, passion for their field of expertise and their commitment to clinical excellence.
All of our staff is knowledgeable about recovery, and many have years of personal recovery themselves. Due to the varied background and extensive training of our team we are able to respond to the diverse challenges that our clients face.
Joe Tinervin, MSW
Executive Director
Joe is a Bay Area native who has been working in the behavioral health care field for 15 years. He holds a master’s degree in Social Work from Loyola University in Chicago and has experience in a variety of clinical settings, including outpatient, family therapy, crisis intervention, acute care, and residential mental health and addictions treatment.
Over the course of his career, Joe has served as the CEO/Executive Director of four residential treatment facilities in Indiana, Ohio, Hawaii and Tennessee. He joined Bayside Marin in 2011, drawn to the program’s commitment to helping others achieve lasting sobriety while addressing the behavioral and mood disorders that often cause relapse.
Pamela Alba, MA
Clinical Director
Pamela has over 15 years of experience in multi-disciplinary treatment for addiction, mental health disorders, eating disorders and process addictions. She has a specialization in treating post-traumatic stress disorder and recently completed her first 200-hour yoga teacher training.
Pamela brings experience from some of the best addiction treatment centers in the country and loves the intimate setting that Bayside Marin provides, giving her team the opportunity to truly tailor treatment for an individual to a degree that is not possible in larger programs.
Raymond Deutsch, MD
Medical Director
Dr. Deutsch is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a Certified Expert in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. In addition to serving as Bayside Marin’s Medical Director, Dr. Deutsch maintains a private practice in Internal and Addiction Medicine in the Central and Northern California areas. He has lectured extensively in the U.S. and Europe on issues related to addiction medicine and the law.
Dr. Deutsch received his undergraduate medical degree at University of California Davis, and his medical degree at the University of California Irvine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in San Francisco. He completed additional training in Addiction Medicine at the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Center in San Francisco. He was the Medical Director of Substance Abuse Services and the Medical Director of the ARC (A Recovery Center for Chemical Dependencies) for Community Hospitals of Central California for 12 years.
Mark Schiller, MD
Psychiatrist
Dr. Schiller is the founder and Medical Director of Mind Therapy Clinic. Prior to this he was Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF. Dr. Schiller has worked in addiction psychiatry throughout his professional life. He is a graduate of The University of Chicago medical school and the Yale University psychiatric residency program, following which he completed a research fellowship at UCSF. Dr. Schiller has been a leader in the development of technologies that provide an objective and effective basis for guiding psychiatric medication treatment. He has continued his research involvement in his continuing role as Director of Medical Affairs of CNS Response, the developer of referenced-EEG. In addition to his work on electrophysiological technology, he also focuses on the medication treatment of a broad range of difficult to treat psychiatric disorders, including treatment-resistant depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, adult attention deficit disorder, and addiction.
Ron Mied, M.A., R.A.S
Director of Outpatient Services
Ron is a Chemical Dependency Counselor at Bayside Marin Outpatient where he conducts individual and group sessions and presents chemical dependency education classes in both day and evening outpatient programs. Ron grew up in Evanston, Illinois and attended Northwestern University for his undergraduate degree, followed by JFK University where he obtained his master’s degree in Counseling.
Ron is a Registered Addiction Specialist, and he has been in recovery since 1976. Ron is currently completing a book on recovery, has a passion for natural medicine and enjoys the ocean.
M. Maxwell Keller, MFT
Therapist
Maxwell started his career as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist after graduating from Springfield College in 1994. Prior to joining the Bayside team, Maxwell was the family therapist for the youth program at Cumberland Heights in Nashville, Tennessee. After moving to San Francisco he became the Director of the Family Program at the Mayflower Center.
Maxwell is also a co-facilitator of the Bayside Marin Family Program. He has a particular interest in helping families with an addicted love one find recovery and create healthy, meaningful ways of being in relationship.
Lynn McLeod, MA, MFT
Therapist, Bayside Marin RTC
Lynn is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has maintained a private practice for the past twenty years. She received her B.A. from Stanford University, her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, Ca. and is a graduate of the advanced psychodynamic post-graduate training program at The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley, Ca. Lynn comes to Bayside Marin with twenty years experience working in therapeutic residential programs. During the four years immediately prior to her arrival at Bayside Marin, Lynn was the Director of Residential Services at Marin Services for Women, a dual diagnosis, holistic program for women recovering from addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. Earlier in her career, Lynn served as a clinical staff and Assistant Program Supervisor at Braun Place, a Residential Treatment Facility for severely emotionally disturbed adolescents, and as the Independent Living Skills Coordinator at Four Winds West, a transitional residential program for young adults with mental illness.
Angela Schneider, M.S., MFT
Therapist, Bayside Marin RTC
Angela Schneider is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in addiction treatment. Angela received her graduate degree from Dominican University of California in 2005.. She holds a M.S. in Clinical Psychology. Angela has over 10 years of experience in a variety of clinical settings, including intensive outpatient and residential chemical dependency treatment settings. Her clinical experience includes working with adolescents, adults and families facilitating change, hope, and inspiration.. Before coming to Bayside Marin, she was the Manager of the Extended Care Program and a Primary Therapist at the Mayflower Center residential treatment facility. She also was the Program Director for Ohlhoff Recovery Program’s Intensive Outpatient Program in both San Francisco and Marin. Angela is committed to the process of recovery. Her commitment includes outreach in the community. She enjoys speaking at public school forums and fundraisers on the recovery process from substance abuse disorders and the effects of family dynamics. Angela is an inspiration to others and has been interviewed on the radio and the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.
Amanda Morrison, M.A., MFTI
Therapist, Bayside Marin
Amanda Morrison holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). She facilitates the Bayside Therapeutic Garden Program, helping clients apply the wisdom and healing power of nature to their recovery. Having been involved in organic gardening and farming for 10 years, she knows what an profound guide the natural world can be, and works with people to connect to this wisdom through activities that evoke a mindful, curious, and playful engagement with the garden. Amanda also counsels individuals and couples at the Holos Institute in San Francisco and facilitates group work with prisoners in the Insight Garden Program at San Quentin. Her work has been published in the book, Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind, as well as on various blogs and in magazines. In addition to her clinical work, she is an Assistant Professor at CIIS where she teaches Ecopsychology and other courses to undergraduate students. She is passionate about dance, music, and yoga as forms of self-expression and self-awareness.
Sunny Sabbini, MFT
Family Program Coordinator and Therapist
Sunny is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice focusing on couples therapy. Prior to designing and running Bayside Marin’s Family Program weekends she was a primary therapist and core family program staff for Foundations Alta Mira Treatment Program. She began her work in dual diagnosis and crisis residential treatment 20 years ago. In addition to working as a psychotherapist, she is trained as a mediator and team facilitator. Sunny uses her expertise in the sciences of clinical psychology, organization development, relationship coaching and mediation to help individuals and families experience more authenticity, courage, wisdom, and connectedness, and to inspire the kind of transformation that enriches lives.
Thomas Bourne, MA, CADC-I
Lead Counselor
Thomas received his master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 1999 and completed his undergraduate education at Temple University. He has 17 years of experience working in mental health treatment programs, and 10 years of experience working with dually-diagnosed and chemically-dependent individuals.
Thomas has held the position of Lead Counselor at Bayside Marin since 2005. His personal and professional understanding of addiction and recovery allow Thomas to be highly effective in counseling individuals and their families through the early chemical dependency treatment and recovery processes.
Rebecca Bennett, MA, RAS
Counselor
Rebecca is a Registered Addiction Specialist who received her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA, and obtained her graduate degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco. Rebecca is passionate about working with chemically dependent clients as she in recovery herself and can relate to the common experiences her clients share. Rebecca has specific experience working with dually diagnosed clients, women and younger adults.
Maurita Costales, BSN, LVN
Nurse Coordinator
Maurita has worked in nursing for 21 years. She finished her B.S.N. in the Philippines, and has extensive experience in acute care, including Med-Surg, Acute Rehab, AIDS Oncology, Wound Care and Psych. She is also a Clinical Research Associate with TS Biopharma in San Ramon, California.
Maurita has completed advanced meditation techniques at the Maharishi University of Management and is an active member of the Bay Area Transcendental Meditation Center continuing consciousness-based studies in increasing EEG coherence and brain functioning.
Tracy Becker, MA, RRW
Director of Admissions
Tracy has been working in addiction treatment programs since 2003, and has been with Bayside Marin since 2005. She received her master’s degree in Counseling Psychology in 1998 from the University of Minnesota.
Prior to her current position as Director of Admissions, Tracy worked as a Counselor at Bayside Marin’s residential addiction treatment program. Tracy’s clinical training, experience and professionalism make her highly skilled at assessing clients’ history and needs, making treatment recommendations, and guiding clients and their families through the admissions process.
Aaron Kenney, MA, MFT
Admissions Counselor
Aaron holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco. For over four years he has been receiving specialty training in chemical dependency, leading groups and providing substance abuse counseling. He is currently completing his licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Aaron brings clinical experience, specialized training, motivational skills, as well as compassion to those making the decision to seek drug rehabilitation treatment.
Linelle Cowan, RASi
Director of Alumni Services/Office Manager
Linelle has a passion for people and for recovery. She knows firsthand what residential drug treatment entails as she has 25 years in recovery. Linelle oversees alumni services, including Recovery Renewals at the Bayside Marin residential drug rehab program, a weekly alumni support group and alumni events. She also calls residential graduates periodically after discharge to see how they are doing and get them connected to resources as needed.
Elise R. Adams, L.Ac.
Acupuncturist
Elise graduated with a master’s degree in Oriental medicine from Emperor’s College in Santa Monica with the highest honors. Her work at Cri-Help and the LA Free Clinic were instrumental in the development of protocols that she uses to treat withdrawal symptoms, curb cravings, and relieve pain, anxiety, insomnia, depression and stress.
Acupuncture treatments have profound healing and calming effects on the mind and body, and help make transitions from addiction through detoxification to recovery sustainable. Elise is able to discern the nature of acute and constitutional imbalances to create individualized treatments for clients. She also treats clients in a group setting using the NADA protocol, which focuses on five specific ear acupuncture points.
Eva Yearsley
Yoga Instructor
Eva has practiced and studied the joy of Yoga for over 15 years, and has been teaching at Bayside Marin since 2009. She is certified with Baptiste Power, registered through Yoga Alliance and has studied Iyengar for many years.
Eva strives to offer a class that is accessible to all. She encourages positive thought and self-acceptance while fostering a sense of community and friendship. Eva teaches with clarity, precision, warmth and enthusiasm. Alignment, safety and relaxation are always emphasized in class.
Shannon Pedersen, MS, RD
Registered Dietitian
Shannon earned a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology/Nutrition from University of California, Davis and a master’s degree in Nutrition from Simmons College. Since 2008, Shannon has lectured at Bayside Marin about the fundamentals of health and nutrition. She also provides private consultations for those who will benefit from more customized eating regimens.
Shannon’s overall philosophy integrates self-awareness, balance, knowledge and culinary enjoyment. She approaches each client with enthusiasm and realism, and she always promotes having a healthy relationship with food and one’s own body.
