Preferred Behavioral Health Group

About Preferred Behavioral Health Group – Barnegat Township, New Jersey

Based in Barnegat, New Jersey, Preferred Behavioral Health Group is committed to providing structured programs that focus on mental health and substance abuse disorders for those seeking an integrated approach. This facility offers personalized, community-based care for all genders.

Preferred Behavioral Health Group provides care for substance abuse disorder. They support clients with outpatient services and follow-up care. They use clinically proven methods, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to provide clients with the tools they need to maintain long term recovery. Depending on your needs you may be placed in an intensive outpatient program (IOP), a co occurring disorder treatment program, or a specialty group. They have a women specific treatment program and an opioid focused one.

Their mental health program focuses on addressing disorder and trauma. There is nothing more personal than mental health and the team at Preferred Behavioral Health Group ensures that their care is just as individualized. By counseling both on an individual basis as well in a group format and family counseling, they teach clients new methods of coping so that traditional problems don’t arise. But more interestingly, what this facility does differently is create a sense of home and family during the healing process. They do not just take care of the symptoms but also teach a person to live with an emphasis on continuous health improvements.

This center can be helpful for those in and near Barnegat who might be struggling to control their mental health challenges or seeking the path they need out of addiction.

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Our Team

Tara A. Chalakani, PsyD

CEO

Eric C. Alcera, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Julie Vanore, MPA

COO

Peter Kisylia, MBA, CPA

CFO

Michelle Hague, MSW, LCSW, LCADC

VP of Quality & Health Integration

Laura Messina, MSW, LCSW, LCADC

VP of Adult Services

Valerie Ortense, MBA

VP of Strategic Development

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