David is a recovering addict, alcoholic, gambler and co-dependent who trained as a chemical dependency counsellor at Broadway Lodge in the UK, Europe’s oldest rehab continuously operating since 1974. David moved to South Africa in 2001 as he was offered a job at a treatment centre in Plettenberg Bay where he became Head of Treatment. David opened his own addiction and mental health treatment centre, Twin Rivers in 2011 which fast became Internationally recognised for its Premier Dual Diagnosis Management Programme.

Teresa Angless is a therapist in private practice fortunate enough to now be living in Plettenberg Bay. She spent 12 years lecturing at UCT and has many years of experience in clinical practice and supervision. She is a lover of nature and of assisting people in their paths of growth and healing. Teresa assesses all new clients and is Twin Rivers team supervisor.

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Qualifications-MMed (Psych) Cape Town (2010), FC Psych (SA) (2006), MB ChB Cape Town (1993), BSc Med (1990)

Health Conditions of Interest: Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Eating Disorders, Obsessive-compulsive Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Schizophrenia.

Judy has recently relocated to Plettenberg Bay from Cape Town and has had personal and professional experience of both eating disorders and addiction. Psychiatrists with knowledge and a genuine interest in addictions are quite rare and so Twin Rivers feels extremely fortunate that Judy has agreed to assess our clients which will help us with client treatment planning.

My name is Richard Saunders. I am an addictions counsellor at Twin Rivers Addiction Recovery Centre. The reason I counsel is because I know what it is like to be enslaved against your will. My desire is to see anybody struggling with addiction and the endless problems that come with it to be set free. To live a life worthy of being alive, not just trying to exist! A life driven by self-will is not living. Seeking the help that you know you need, saying ‘Yes, I am struggling with addiction’, is not a death sentence of guilt, shame and condemnation. It is the beginning of the death of an old life lived in active addiction. Don’t let addiction rob you of the life you should be living. I spent twenty to twenty-five years of my life living in silent shame. It’s not worth it. Get the help you know you need. We are here to help you on that journey. (John 10:10)