Dino Bedinelli, MSW,
LICSW, LADC
Chief Operating Officer
Dino Bedinelli
Compass Recovery’s Executive Director Dino Bedinelli, MSW, LCSW, CADC is a veteran who has over 10 years of experience in the field. Dino started as a CADC level counselor after completing the ACE program at Westfield University. Dino then received his BS, and MSW, from Springfield College and started practicing as a masters-level clinician. Dino has over five years of administration experience and has been the director of multiple programs.
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Michelle MacLagan
Compass Recovery’s Clinical Director Michelle MacLagan, LADCI, CADC, is a seasoned professional in treating individuals and families impacted by addiction for the past 29 years.
Completing her addictive behavior studies in New York State in 1994, Michelle holds a Master’s in Human Services from Post University. Michelle has worked in all facets of substance abuse services comprising of direct care, supervisory and managerial all from a trauma-informed, person-centered lens. She has experience and understanding of the many modalities of treatment including traditional outpatient, intensive outpatient, day treatment, residential inpatient, and crisis care.
Proficient in creation and management of clinical programming including training development and presentation for clinical staff, Michelle is passionate about the education and enhancement of skills in those who work directly with those afflicted with substance use disorders to ensure they receive the highest quality of care.
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Michelle MacLagan,
LADC1, CADC
Clinical Director
Clementine Amidon
Clementine is Compass Recovery’s care and admissions coordinator. Clementine is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College. Clementine worked as a writer and Assistant Social Media Editor at the Dailymail.com before joining Compass Recovery. Clementine manages community outreach and Compass Recovery’s social media, and she loves to help clients find providers and resources as they reintegrate back into their community.
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Clementine Amidon
Lead Care Coordinator
Director of Admissions
Ada Langford
With over 20 years of professional and personal experience, interest, and knowledge within the Holistic Wellness Model for Whole Being Health Care and The Healing Arts, Ada Langford has built a unique skill set through a more comprehensive lens for Addiction Recovery and Relapse Prevention. From her time as a Licensed Skin Therapist to her time as a buyer for the naturopathic treatments at Whole Foods; and her recent experience as a Recovery Specialist and Experiential Coordinator at an ATS/CSS, Ada has always felt her most complete when she is working to help others. Ada is the creator of a very successful experiential art program called ‘Accidental Art’ that she taught to thousands of addicts in a previous program. She is currently a licensed yoga instructor with over 300 registered hours with the Soma Yoga Institute and has offered trauma-informed classes for hundreds of addicts in recovery at the CSS level of care. Ada is also a certificate holder and instructor of the Y12SR program (integrating the spiritual principles of the 12 Step program with wisdom, philosophy, and practices of Yoga) which she gratefully brings to treatment for the very first time at Compass Recovery. One word that Ada uses to describe the many aspects of that yoga is “relationship”. It’s about building, creating, healing, reclaiming, reworking, reevaluating, reconnecting, rediscovering relationships. Relationship to yourself, the relationship you have with others, and your relationship to the world around you. A sense of union and harmony. Like Yoga, a person’s recovery path is a journey where the invitation is to explore all aspects of themselves. A chance to uncover and heal areas of separation and disconnection. In this way, people have a better chance at examining the intricate connections that make up their whole being and where the root of separation started. Addressing the whole person, in mind/body/spirit, can bring out the happiest, healthiest wholesome most authentic version of themselves.
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Ada Langford
Yoga & Meditation Instructor
Mark Schwaber
Compass Recovery’s Counselor/Group Facilitator Mark Schwaber has eight years of experience in the field as an administrator and clinical leader. Mark started his career as a Recovery Specialist, working directly with people from all walks of life through ATS, CSS, and Halfway House facilities. Mark was quickly promoted to Addiction Counselor and an Administrative Leader with a team of up to ten employees. Mark has also been a co-creator of curriculums for three recovery programs. Mark also brings an experiential element to the recovery process as a Grammy-nominated, lifelong musician that has traveled to over 20 countries to perform live. Mark has worked as a studio musician since the late ’90s. Mark is also a published author and editorialist who can be found in such periodicals as Rolling Stone and The Boston Globe. Mark brings specific attention to the importance of music, writing, and art in the recovery process as a means of self-preservation and re-empowerment. He is also a public advocate for addicts in recovery, as a person who is open about their own journey in recovery, Mark has worked with mayoral offices and city councils in many localized cities to destigmatize and educate the public on the disease of addiction.
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Mark Schwaber
Counselor
Chris Maschino
Compass Recovery’s Counselor Chris Maschino, CADC, is a substance use disorder clinician with five years of experience in the field. Mr. Maschino completed the Addiction Counselor Education program at Westfield State University and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Trauma Services from Endicott College. Since entering the field, Mr. Maschino has worked in ATS, CSS, PHP, and IOP programs in various clinical, operation, and administrative roles.
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Chris Maschino, CADC
Counselor
Paula Gagnon Hite
Hi, my name is Paula Gagnon Hite and I am a Substance Abuse Clinician for Compass Recovery. I found my way into the Human Services Field in the late 90’s and for the past 15 years I have been working solely in the field of addiction. I have worked in various levels of care over the years and am so excited to come on board with the outpatient Compass team. My passion is showing people who struggle with substance abuse disorder that there is another way to live. My goal is to educate clients on what this illness is and how it affects a person’s body, mind, and spirit, and what is needed to begin the healing process. I strive on a daily basis to offer evidence-based modalities of treatment to individuals and groups. More importantly, I bring my heart, mind, and soul to my job and give each client the opportunity to feel safe and a sense of belonging, which is necessary for anyone to begin the journey of recovery. My greatest achievement has been the ability to surrender from my personal addictive lifestyle and to become honest, open-minded, and willing to live a “new way of life.” This allowed me to return to school, become educated, and hone my innate skills into a career where I can be myself and help others find their path back to their True Self. I am a crazy cat lady and love to laugh in my new life.
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Paula Gagnon Hite
Counselor
Joseph Boucher
Coming Soon!
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Joseph Boucher
Counselor