We are Southeast Addiction, and we’d love you to meet our team. These are the people who make us the best rehab center Nashville TN has to offer.
Quality addiction help requires not only medical expertise, but compassion and caring. The Southeast Addiction Center brand is a trusted name in drug and alcohol addiction because of the people who make up our team.
It’s all part of the Southeast Addiction experience. Our singular goal is to help our clients get and stay sober. Obviously, this doesn’t happen by accident. No, it’s the result of cutting-edge, evidence-based programs, as well as the nonstop daily efforts of our truly amazing staff.
The friendliest and most effective drug rehab in Nashville TN. Owned and operated by people who care.
Meet Our Team
Here are just some of the people who help make Southeast Addiction Center a truly special place to get well.
Ben Dobbs
Executive Director
Ben Dobbs struggled with addiction for 15 years before he found recovery. He earned a Bachelors in Psychology and Counseling and a Masters’ in Human Services and Executive Leadership. He spent a decade working his way through to the top of the addiction treatment field.
Beginning as a Behavioral Health Tech he has served as a Group Facilitator, Program Coordinator, Director of Operations, CEO and Executive Director at some of Florida’s most well-known SAMH treatment centers. Ben believes everyone deserves in life to be given a platform to become the best they can be and seeks to help patients discover their purpose and the greatness within them.
Alyssa Sebastian, LPC
Clinical Director
Alyssa has spent the last several years in the mental health field with a focus on addiction. She has a focus on emotions and trauma work as well. Alyssa graduated from Tennessee Tech University with a B.S. in Psychology and Trevecca Nazarene University with a M.A. in Mental Health Clinical Counseling.
She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor. Alyssa’s specialties are in Animal Therapy, Addiction Treatment in Military and Veteran Cultures, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Reality Therapy, Seeking Safety, and Motivational Interviewing.
In her spare time, Alyssa enjoys rescuing rabbits and caring for her therapy dog, Winston.
Erik Shockley
Director of Operations
Erik Shockley has over with eight years of experience in this field along with eight years of personal recovery success. Erik has worked in many capacities within the substance use and mental health field and knows it top to bottom. His greatest passion is helping other addicts find their way in recovery. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two boys.
Ashley Jackson – Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
Alumni Director
Ashley is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist with over 5 years of experience working directly with individuals and family members affected by substance abuse and mental health issues. With over a decade as a proud member in the recovery community in Nashville, Ashley shares her passion, knowledge and excitement about recovery with all of our clients. She believes in teaching those affected by the disease of addiction how to enjoy living again by being part of a community that celebrates recovery and all that it stands for.
When she is not working, Ashley enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, singing, and living out her own recovery.
Claire Jergensen
Primary Therapist
Megan Faucher, FNP
Nurse Practicioner
Jay Booker
Business Development Representative
Jay Booker is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and Certified Interventionist, passionate about helping others in their recovery journey. Born and raised in the Nashville area, he has been actively involved in the recovery community for over a decade, and understands the importance of empathy and compassion towards people seeking recovery.
Charlie Clemence
Primary Therapist
The best way to describe Charlie is to say, he is relationship driven. Charlie believes everything in life is about relationship. We all have a relationship with ourselves, the question is, are we aware of it? We are always interacting in some kind of relationship, whether it be with our families, social life, ourselves, who we work with and how we spend our resources.
Charlie has been in recovery for over 20 years and have discovered that without a good value system to guide his own recovery, it is very difficult to maintain long term sobriety. He has a degree in the field of psychology and is certified in dialectical behavior skills.
Michael Ferri, MD, Psychiatrist
Medical Director
Tonya Pruitt
Case Manager
