Addiction Recovery – Meet Our Team

Meet the Team

The success of any treatment program largely depends on the quality of their employees and their ability to perform their given responsibilities. At The Source, our professional and highly trained staff performs like a championship sports team. We all work together to benefit our clients, while at the same time remaining humble and compassionate. We all share in the joy of recovery and work every day to pass that joy on to our clients.

Meet our teammates right here!

Directors

  • Bill Rodman
    Bill Rodman
    Director of Operations
  • Mark Korcok
    Mark Korcok
    Founder and CEO
  • Joanna Painton-Hathaway
    Joanna Painton-Hathaway
    Compliance Officer
  • Leticia Ferraro
    Leticia Ferraro
    Clinical Director

Medical

  • Dr. Linda Dolin
    Dr. Linda Dolin
    Medical Director
  • Jaison Chakkappan
    Jaison Chakkappan
    APRN

Admin

  • Jodi Caico
    Jodi Caico
    Billing
  • Shanika Jackson
    Shanika Jackson
    Utilization Review Coordinator
  • Eric Masse
    Eric Masse
    Office Manager

Clinical

  • Deborah (Cookie) Rosier
    Deborah (Cookie) Rosier
    Group Facilitator
  • Karen Barak
    Karen Barak
    Group Facilitator & Creativity Specialist
  • Christopher Garcia
    Christopher Garcia
    Therapist, LMFT
  • Elke Kappner
    Elke Kappner
    Rapid Resolution Therapy / Hypnotherapy
  • Althea Lewis
    Althea Lewis
    Group Facilitator
  • Michelle Cantwell
    Michelle Cantwell
    Primary Therapist
  • Gina Arnold
    Gina Arnold
    Group Facilitator
  • Serena Aldridge
    Serena Aldridge
    Group Facilitator
  • Jim Corrigan
    Jim Corrigan
    Group Facilitator
  • Gary Sheppard
    Gary Sheppard
    Group Facilitator

Care

  • Helen Cobb
    Helen Cobb
    Client Advocate
  • David Levitz
    David Levitz
    BHT
  • Stephanie Cardoso
    Stephanie Cardoso
    BHT
  • Bridgete Ellis
    Bridgete Ellis
    BHT

We truly believe that each client is an individual with unique life circumstances.

We help the client recognize and correct the dysfunctional behavior patterns that have overtaken their existence and ultimately heal the pain of the past, so they can lead a healthy, addiction-free life.

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We truly believe that each client is an individual with unique life circumstances. We help the client recognize and correct the dysfunctional behavior patterns that have overtaken their existence and ultimately heal the pain of the past, so they can lead a healthy, addiction-free life.
Bill Rodman
Director of Operations

When you arrive at The Source, one of the first people you will meet is co-founder and Director of Operations; Bill Rodman. Bill is one of those people that can’t help but put a smile on your face; but it wasn’t always that way.

Bill was born in California, and at the age of eight his father passed away. He moved to Mexico with his mother where grew up fatherless and ended up as part of the wrong crowd. As a result, he began his drinking and drugging at an early age. Fast forward 30 or so years and relocated back in Florida, Bill had been in and out of rehab several times in-between jobs. His last run on crack nearly killed him. Knowing that he would soon die if he didn’t make drastic life changes, Bill took one more attempt at rehab, AA, and actively working the 12 steps. He got a sponsor, went to countless meetings, eventually began sponsoring others, and in time he co-founded The Source.

So no one “gets it” better than Bill!

Bill’s passion and true desire is to help those who are sick and suffering. As Director of Operations at The Source, he gets to know each client personally and always takes the time to talk with, and help clients in need. His goal is to bring treatment professionals together to foster teamwork and growth within the industry. “Working for The Source does not feel like work. It’s like being a part of a family with one common goal,” says Bill.

Mark Korcok
Founder and CEO

Source Founder and CEO Mark Korcok has been a Fort Lauderdale resident for over 40 years. Earlier in his career Mr. Korcok was responsible for building several nationally recognized financial service companies. After being personally treated for addiction, Mark discovered his passion for helping other addicts and the idea for The Source was born.

Mark envisions The Source as a holistic, up-scale and exclusive Addiction Treatment Center where clients in recovery are treated with respect and dignity. His mission for The Source is to treat each client with a program that is compassionate, personalized and focused on the individual’s specific needs.

Joanna Painton-Hathaway
Compliance Officer

Clinical Director and a founder of The Source, Joanna Painton-Hathaway, MS, IMH, MCAP, CRRA has been working in the field of recovery for over 10 years. Joanna earned an MS in Mental Health Counseling and holds many other certifications in the field of addiction treatment. She is a highly skilled and qualified therapist who takes the time to fully understand the intrinsic needs of the clients she works with. In addition to her work at The Source, she has developed workshops, programs, and curriculums that allow patients to participate in food and addiction recovery programs.

Ms. Painton-Hathaway brings with her an understanding and compassion to her clients that depends on effective communication and empathy to help them navigate through the most challenging periods in their lives. As a person in recovery herself, she knows firsthand how difficult it is to recover from substance abuse and the challenges that come along with addiction. She offers a personal perspective to help those who are also suffering from addiction.

Leticia Ferraro
Clinical Director

Leticia is a self-proclaimed lifelong learner of all things that embrace the human psyche, spirit and connection to a higher power. As the Program Director at The Source, her spiritual mission is to assist clients in returning to their true selves. Among her many qualifications are a BA in Psychology and an MS in Mental Health Counseling.

As a grateful recovered alcoholic, Leticia uses her love for people and unique talents to foster healing. She strongly believes that through self-love and self-care, people find a way to reconnect to themselves, along with family and loved ones. She is an advocate for eradicating the stigma of addiction. “At the Source we believe everyone deserves a chance to recover. We love you until you can love yourself.”

Dr. Linda Dolin
Medical Director

Dr. Linda Dolin serves as the Medical Director of The Source and oversees the medical aspect of addiction treatment. Dr. Dolan ensures that all medical procedures are followed by all staff members including those that encompass urine collection and Medical supervision of clients that are taking prescription medications as a component of their treatment.

A graduate of Chicago Medical School; Dr. Dolin completed her residency at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She has focused on addiction and mental health issues for most of her decades-long career.

Jaison Chakkappan
APRN

Bio coming soon!

Jodi Caico
Billing

Every business needs to rely on back office personnel for smooth operations. Jodi is our insurance guru and although she does not always meet every client; she assists every one of them! She has an enormous amount of experience in filing insurance claims and puts that experience to use every day at The Source.

Jodi has a Degree in Accounting and has been doing Revenue Cycle Management for 34 years. She started out Chiropractic and Holistic Medicine before switching to Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse about 12 years ago.

Shanika Jackson
Utilization Review Coordinator

As the Utilization Review Coordinator, Shanika Jackson brings to The Source 10 years of experience in the UR, substance abuse / mental health industry. While the clinical team ensures that clients get the best level of  care, Shanika focuses on advocating for clients to ensure that services rendered are deemed medically necessary ( by way of clinical review ),  and covered by insurance.

Shanika ensures that each client’s treatment plan includes the maximum allotment of covered services. By so doing, the team can individualize a treatment plan for each client without the worry of time being a factor.  She states that she is passionate about recovery because she has seen first-hand what life in recovery could look like when it’s done the right way and when the motivation is there.

Eric Masse
Office Manager

Bio coming soon!

Deborah (Cookie) Rosier
Group Facilitator

Group Facilitator Deborah Rosier brings 33 years in recovery and extensive experience as a therapist to The Source. Beginning her career as a therapist in 2015, she started out working in the field as a Group Facilitator at Helping Hands Recovery. Along with her work at The Source, she is also a Group Facilitator at St. Francis Community.  Prior to entering the field of recovery, Deborah worked for the state, BCC, 23 years and left as a District Director of Bookstores, overseeing 5 campuses and 50+ employees.

Deborah states that she is client centered, creative, and uses solution focused therapies that include CBT, DBT, and 12 step modalities as needed. It is obvious that she enjoys her work as demonstrated by her focused, solution based interaction and rapport with clients.

Karen Barak
Group Facilitator & Creativity Specialist

Multi-talented Karen Berk Barak is a Group Facilitator, Coactive Life Coach, Creativity and Recovery Specialist, classically trained pianist, composer, and author. She believes that creativity and music are the bridges that connect us all and can heal us. She is the creator of “Cultivate and Create”, a curriculum teaching collaborative lyric writing and mathematical music composition for the purposes of healing. In addition, as the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, she undertook the study of epigenetics and Transgenerational Trauma Transmission. In additional to generational trauma, Karen is a survivor of childhood trauma and sexual abuse. As a result, Karen studied Family Dysfunction and Addiction, and she gained extensive knowledge of the etiology, effects and tools of recovery for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post Traumatic Stress.

Karen is a Group Facilitator, as well as a Creativity and Recovery Specialist.

Karen is a master motivator with a remarkable ability to build rapport and has been a lifelong learner committed to studying, reading, practicing and imparting ways to overcome adversity and trauma. She uses her artistry to transform the legacy of loss and teaches this to others through group facilitation, personal coaching, workshops and public speaking. Her memoir, “ALLOW: The Gift of Trauma”, will be published later this year.

Christopher Garcia
Therapist, LMFT

Christopher is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy therapist with the State of Florida. After graduating from Nova Southeastern University in 2014, he focused his studies on Trauma and completed a 24-week Certified Expert Trauma Professional curriculum with the International Association of Trauma Professionals. Chris is trained in Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Rapid Resolution Therapy (TIR) which lets him find the best fit for client’s when working through emotional distress.

Chris is passionate in the study of trauma; as it relates to therapy, treatment and recovery for individuals, couples, families and communities who have experienced traumatic events. His goal is to empower clients into learning how to utilize their trauma and lived experiences to overcome addiction and as a means of personal transformation, rather than a diagnosis of symptoms and heartache.

Chris brings over six years of working with individuals and families in the addiction and mental health field.  He combines a holistic approach with therapeutic models to help clients facilitate change for themselves.

Elke Kappner
Rapid Resolution Therapy / Hypnotherapy

Elke Kappner is certified in Transformational Breath developed by Judith Kravitz and in Clinical Hypnoses. She had the distinguished honor for a decade of training with Dr. Jon Connelly, Ph.D., hypnotherapist, and developer of ‘Rapid Resolution Therapy’. Elke has extensive experience working with clients that have suffered from anxiety, trauma, substance abuse, and the accompanying issues such as poor self-image, (post-traumatic) stress, anger, resentment, guilt, sadness and relationship difficulties. Clients report to leave her sessions feeling deeply relaxed with a new and positive outlook on life.

Elke incorporates Reiki (Master level) with a light color pen application (similar to a flashlight) which is a healing system based on cellular communication via light. It is a gentle, yet effective system to promote coordination of the brain and to further deepen emotional and physical shifts on the subconscious level.

Elke learned, that to overcome challenges such as, low self-esteem, “stuckness”, emotional reactivity and compulsive behaviors, or to attain inner peace, it is essential, to bring to light and resolve unconscious conflicts that block the awareness to the presence of love.

Althea Lewis
Group Facilitator

Althea Lewis is a group facilitator at The Source. Althea Lewis has a Master’s in Mental health Counseling and a Master’s in Education. She has been working in the field of Substance Use and Mental health for over 15 years. Althea has provided clinical interventions that are based on Cognitive-behavioral intervention. Althea’s main goal is to assist the clients in learning healthy ways to cope with their core issues. Althea sees group therapy as a joint venture where the client’s knowledge and skills are combined to create solutions. A good therapeutic relationship includes trust, authenticity, freedom, and positive outcomes.

Michelle Cantwell
Primary Therapist

Michelle Cantwell is a Mental Health Counselor with over 10 years of experience working in the substance abuse treatment field. Michelle started in this field as a behavioral health technician. She then became a case manager before returning to college to earn her undergrad degree in Psychology and graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling. Michelle is herself in recovery with almost 14 years of sobriety and brings this passion to work with her every day. Michelle believes that there is good in every person, no matter how far down they slipped in their addiction. Michelle uses a client-centered approach to help clients uncover that good and put it to use in recovery.

Gina Arnold
Group Facilitator

Group Facilitator Gina Arnold brings 9 years in recovery and 7 years experience as a group facilitator toThe Source. Beginning her career as a BHT in 2013, she has worked her way through to Addiction Counselor, earning her Master’s degree in Mental Health from Union University in 2020. Gina is now in her second year of the Ph.D. program for counseling education and supervision. Along with her work at The Source, she is also a Group Facilitator at other treatment facilities and is a Primary Therapist at a residential treatment center.

Serena Aldridge
Group Facilitator

Serena Aldridge- 2005 graduate B.A. in criminal justice at Penn State University of Altoona, working in the human services field for 17 years, experience as a Primary clinician, case management, Utilization Review, and my greatest love, Group facilitating.

With not only clinical experience but personal experience of 5 years being clean, I bring relatable and comical, and rememberable knowledge to all I serve, while using modalities of CBT, DBT and the 12 step foundation. Becoming our authentic selves does not have to be scary or boring. Let’s share some tears and laughter, one day at a time 💜

Jim Corrigan
Group Facilitator

Group Facilitator Jim Corrigan has been working in the addiction treatment industry for 30 of his 32 years of sobriety. He started in 1993 at Habit Management Institute in Boston, a methadone clinic which provided MAT for more than 700 clients. He spent 24 years working in methadone programs as a clinician, clinical supervisor, and clinical director. He spent the last four years of his career in Massachusetts as an Addiction Specialist for Greater Lynn Senior Services, a nonprofit agency. He was licensed in Massachusetts as an addiction therapist (LADCI) for 17 years.

He is skilled in many therapeutic models including CBT, Group Facilitation, Motivational Interviewing, and 12-Step Recovery.

Jim received his B.A. in philosophy from St. John’s Seminary College of Liberal Arts in 1988, and his Master of Divinity from St. John’s Seminary School of Theology in 1992. He is a former professional baseball umpire and has been happily married for 21 years. Jim relocated to Florida in 2020, and has been with The Source since February of 2023.

Gary Sheppard
Group Facilitator

Gary Sheppard is a Group Facilitator who has been sober and in recovery since 2007 himself and has worked in the field of Substance Abuse since 2012. Gary has held several positions in the field, with history as BHT Supervisor, Case Manager, Program Manager, Admissions and Group Facilitator. Gary currently works for a total of 4 treatment facilities as a Group Facilitator, including The Source, Compassions Behavioral Health, Crystal Lake Recovery and Guardian Recovery Boca Raton Adolescent Center.

Gary brings passion, conviction, and self-experience to the group dynamic. He is very attuned to listening to and engaging clients to help them actualize their own potential.

Helen Cobb
Client Advocate

As a client advocate, Helen Cobb makes each client feel welcomed and is a nurturing figure for those in early recovery. Helen is on her own journey of recovery, and uses her experience with addiction to be a beacon of light to those that come to us in darkness. Helen often says, “I feel like I can always relate to the people I meet.”

Helen studied human services, was a personnel specialist in the Army, has raised 3 children and uses all of these experiences to help clients succeed in recovery.

David Levitz
BHT

David is one of the newest Behavioral Health Techs (BHT) here at The Source. David is proud to have been on his own sober journey since 12-16-12. He holds multiple BHT certifications and has been working in the treatment field since 2014.

David says “I love what I do. I get to help make a difference in young people’s sobriety – I am fortunate to have in depth conversations with many of our clients.

Stephanie Cardoso
BHT

This is my first time working at a treatment center and I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to work with such a wonderful team of people. I can remember being back in treatment myself and just hoping to one day be able to help others in the same position I was once in. Being in recovery has taught me to give back what’s been so freely given to me and with that I hope to one day be able to go back to school to become a therapist.

Bridgete Ellis
BHT

Bridgete Ellis works for The Source as a Behavioral Health Technician.

When it comes to her work, Bridgete is incredibly empathetic. Among the numerous strategies she has employed to be an excellent behavioral health technician, Bridgete states that being an active listener, understanding what is being said and needed, and responding in a constructive and helpful manner is very imperative.

With proper care and patience, Bridgete can ensure the client feels safe and heard.