A Different Side of Treatment

Dr. Barnes holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern California. She is the former Executive Director and President of the Board of Directors of the Harbor Free Clinic and Director of Nonprofit Training at the South Bay Volunteer Center. In addition to her work at Y.E.S., Dr. Barnes is a Management and Training Advisor for the California League of Women Voters, an organization in which she has been a participating member for over fifteen years. Active in the Palos Verdes Peninsula League of Women Voters as a candidate forum moderator and former president, she is a popular speaker and facilitator at community events. Dr. Barnes has been honored for her community work by the city and county of Los Angeles, the California State Senate, the California Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives. In her current position as Y.E.S., Inc.'s founding partner and president, Dr. Barnes brings her years of management and community experience to Y.E.S, as well as her work in interventions with drug and alcohol dependent families. She is a California Registered Addiction Specialist with a particular interest in the plight of alcohol dependent women and the families of alcoholics. More about Mary Ellen and her contact info can be found at http://www.non12step.com or her GoodTherapy.org Therapist Profile.

Dr. Wilson holds a Master of Arts in Human Development from St. Mary's University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Greenwich University, Norfolk, Australia. After over twenty years in rural Alaska where he worked as a political organizer, teacher, commercial fisherman, and therapist, he moved to California where he created the school inside the state's most acute adolescent psychiatric hospital. That work led to he and Dr. Barnes meeting and creating Y.E.S., Inc. Dr. Wilson has been an Alaska Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor since 1989 and a Nationally Certified Master Abuse Counselor since 1996. He is a California Registered Addiction Specialist. A long recovered alcoholic and now moderate drinker, Dr. Wilson has worked with clients seeking alternatives to 12-Step programs in Minnesota, Alaska, and California since 1981. His research, experience, and studies have helped to form many of the basic methods Y.E.S. uses. More about Ed and his contact info can be found at http://www.non12step.com