About Freedom Detox

Katharina grew up in the northeastern area of Pennsylvania and New England. She relocated to South Florida at a young age and experienced first-hand a life in addiction and shortly after surrendered to a life in recovery.

Katharina has dedicated herself to serving the recovery community. She always volunteers her time to pay it forward and shares her story in hopes of saving others from the throes of addiction that almost took her own life.

Katharina has an extensive background in substance use disorder and mental health treatment. This, accompanied by her clear understanding of the 12 steps and recovery, has allowed her relentless pursuit in helping individuals struggling with addiction. She strives to let every individual know that they are taking the very first step in a life-changing journey – emphasizing how important that first step toward their new life truly is.

Katharina’s extensive operational, clinical, substance use disorder and mental health background allows her to help not only those who are suffering, but also their families suffering as well.

Katharina has led many great teams in the behavioral health field. She specializes is facility start-ups, team building, turnarounds, CARF, Joint Commission and compliance with all state and accrediting bodies’ standards.

Nikki is a board certified Nurse Practitioner with almost twenty years of experience in the medical field, specializing in adult medicine. Nikki has extensive experience in healthcare leadership after serving as nurse manager of an acute care unit for over ten years.  Her medical expertise includes both acute care and outpatient services.  She is passionate about providing care to the underserved community suffering from untreated mental health disorders.  She enjoys seeing how clients transition while at Freedom Detox.

Tina is a Licensed Clinical Substance Abuse Therapist and Clinical Supervisor who has worked in addiction for over 28 years.  Tina comes with experience from such areas as mobile crisis management services to supervision of an addiction-specific treatment setting.  Tina hopes to build with the Freedom Detox team a compassionate, caring, nurturing and effective clinical team that will allow both clientele and employees to feel a sense of achievement and success at the end of the detox process.

Cheryl has been a Registered Nurse for nine years, starting her medical career as a telemetry nurse. She is focused on building a strong nursing team that can provide top-tier, compassionate care to the clientele we serve at Freedom Detox. Cheryl enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and traveling across the country.

Danny has been a team member at Freedom Detox since September of 2020. He started as a Behavioral Health Tech, was promoted to Aftercare Coordinator, and is now the supervising manager for the case management team. Danny is a friendly face who welcomes clients to our facility and helps our clients develop an aftercare plan suited to their lifestyles. Danny is passionate about life after addiction and is active in the Charlotte recovery community, volunteering at several organizations within the community.

Philippe hails from a small country farm from the southwest region of France, near the Spanish border and he inherited his passion for the kitchen from his mother. Philippe received his culinary degree from a school in France. He has worked in the south of France, Geneva, Switzerland and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in England. Philippe loves making people happy by serving quality food and making memories with them. He hopes to one day own his own vineyard.