Arizona Inpatient Drug Rehab Programs

Matthew completed his bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 2005 from Arizona State University and completed his Master’s in Counseling degree from University of Phoenix in 2009. His career began working with children, gaining his initial experience with trauma and substance abuse and dependence. Since that time, Matthew has had the privilege working with multiple populations ranging from children to adults, working with General mental health, Women’s mental Health, Trauma related to children through adults, Psychiatric Intensive Care, Rapid Stabilization, Chemical Dependence/ Substance Dependence, and PTSD in a variety of settings from inpatient and outpatient facilities. Matthew has also received training in Cognitive Processing Therapy and treated active duty military for combat PTSD and Military Sexual Trauma. In addition to his experience as a licensed therapist, he has also worked extensively as a clinical manager and clinical director for substance dependence facilities over the years and worked on developing curriculum and schedules for Detox, Residential, Partial Hospitalization Programs, and Intensive Outpatient Programs. Matthew has also provided and continues to provide clinical supervision to associate level license therapist as part of his passion to continue growth and development within our industry. He is currently licensed independently as a Professional Counselor in the state of Arizona, and is also an approved clinical supervisor through the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiner.

Dave Seymour has been working in behavioral healthcare since 2012. With over 7 years of experience in the field, Dave has developed a passion for working with adults who are struggling with substance abuse and addiction. Dave specializes in helping families understand their loved one’s challenges with substance abuse. Drawing from his own experiences with addiction, Dave can relate to the daily struggles that each patient encounters and works diligently with the team at Decision Point Center to provide the best care possible for each of the clients and their families. Being a father, Dave understands the importance of bringing families together to overcome the imbalance that is created from substance abuse. With over 11 years of sobriety, Dave leads by example, and is living proof that it is possible to live a life filled with hope, faith, and courage.

Alex Spritzer is an AANP board certified Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner & ANCB Certified Advanced Practice Addiction Medicine Nurse Practitioner. Alex obtained his Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University in 2011 and completed his Master’s of Science in Nursing in 2014 from Grand Canyon University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude at both ASU & Grand Canyon University. He is currently a student at Washburn University, where he is completing post graduate studies in Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing. He anticipates to graduate as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in May 2020. Alex started his career in an Ambulatory Family Medicine clinic in Beaverton, Oregon in 2014. He became skilled at diagnosing and treating a variety of common ailments across all age spans. He later specialized in Geriatric House Call Medicine where he treated medically complex & fragile patients at home. He found a calling in treating neuro-psychiatric conditions common with advanced aging such as dementias, depression, anxiety & mood disorders. Alex moved from Portland, Oregon to Phoenix, Arizona in 2017 where he resumed treating medically fragile patients in both nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities. During that time, he received a request to practice general medicine in the setting of substance use and abuse. Since that time, Alex developed a passion for substance addicted populations and returned to school for further studies. In the years that followed his return to Phoenix, Alex became board certified as an Addiction Medicine Nurse Practitioner. Realizing that substance abuse and dual psychiatric mental health conditions go in tandem, he made the choice to pursue psychiatric studies to be able to provide more comprehensive and evidence-based care to his patients. Alex has worked in the field of addiction medicine since 2017 and has provided first hand oversight of medically complex detox cases ranging from alcohol, benzodiazepine, opioid, stimulant, and other-psychoactive and non-psychoactive substances. He successfully treated thousands of patients both at the detox level and at residential, partial hospitalization—php, and intensive outpatient therapy. Hobbies include music, playing guitar, cooking, comedy and voice impersonations. Alex remains steadfast in imploring the most current—evidenced based therapies and diagnostic algorithms to help his patients obtain accurate diagnoses and precise treatment of their addiction, psychiatric and medical challenges.