NEW UPDATE!   The Center has FULLY re-opened its Lakewood facility for daytime Partial Care! We are open 5 days a week for all in-person services.
Our Evening IOP SUD treatment also continues to offer full, in-person services. 

Leadership and Staff

The Center prides itself on its people.

The Center's staff is highly trained and licensed as a  provider for addiction and mental health services. We adhere to strict guidelines and standards laid out by the State of New Jersey’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services. We also work very hard to maintain and foster relationships with our local Universities and Colleges to extend opportunities for local students.

DORI CHIPPENDALE, MSW, LCADC, CCS

Program Director

dori@advancedbehavioral.com

Dori has been Program Director of The Center since March 2016. She has a broad knowledge

and experience in the Behavioral/Mental Health field, Domestic Violence Counseling and Substance Use

Disorder at all levels of treatment, from Detox to Medically-Assisted-Treatment, Partial Care, IOP and

Outpatient treatment. Prior to coming to The Center, she served as Program and/or Clinical Director at

a premiere Methodone Clinic as well as at a number of Counseling Centers.

Dori is responsible for all day-to-day clinical operations at The Center including overseeing the

treatment and care of clients, ensuring the evidence-based clinical excellence of the program and

managing the clinical staff.

An alumnus of Fordham University in New York, Dori also works closely with Rutgers University

where she served as an Adjunct Professor and Supervisor for various Substance Use Disorder Programs

at the University.