Meet the Virginia addiction treatment team behind BeBold Recovery

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Certified addiction treatment provider
Joint Commission
Accredited behavioral health program
Virginia DBHDS
State-licensed PHP & IOP services
11 clinicians
Multidisciplinary staff in Norfolk, VA
Healing Starts Here: Real Testimonials
Hope is possible. Change is real. Listen to those who’ve walked this path.

Our team is at the heart of everything we do
Our multidisciplinary team includes
The people you will work with

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Todd Abraham
Todd Abraham serves as the Clinical Director at BeBold Recovery, where he oversees the clinical operations and ensures that all levels of care are delivered with consistency, quality, and integrity. He leads the clinical team in maintaining treatment standards, developing effective programming, and aligning care plans with best practices in behavioral health.
His role focuses on building a structured and well-coordinated clinical environment where both staff and clients are supported through clear systems and strong leadership. Through ongoing oversight, guidance, and program development, he helps ensure that every client receives comprehensive, ethical, and clinically sound care throughout their recovery journey.

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Nathan Ocegueda
Nathan Ocegueda serves as the Executive Director of BeBold Recovery, where he provides overall leadership and direction for the organization’s clinical and operational systems. He is responsible for ensuring that all programs align with the mission of delivering structured, compassionate, and effective care for individuals facing substance use challenges.
His role involves overseeing daily operations, guiding program development, and supporting both administrative and clinical teams to maintain consistency across all levels of care. Through strategic leadership and a focus on quality service delivery, he helps create an environment where clients can access treatment that is organized, reliable, and centered on long-term recovery outcomes.

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Alexis Edwards
Alexis Edwards works as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where she supports clients in processing the emotional weight, internal conflict, and personal challenges that often surface during early recovery. She provides a grounded and supportive therapeutic environment where individuals can begin to safely explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors without judgment.
Her work focuses on helping clients recognize patterns in how they respond to stress, relationships, and triggers, allowing them to build stronger emotional awareness over time. By combining empathy with structure, she helps individuals stay engaged in treatment while also learning how to respond to life with greater clarity, intention, and emotional control.

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Ann Marie Thomas Matthews
Ann Marie Thomas Matthews serves as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where she facilitates both group and individual counseling sessions designed to strengthen self-awareness, accountability, and emotional insight. She works closely with clients as they begin to unpack the deeper challenges that contribute to their struggles, guiding them through honest reflection and meaningful self-exploration.
Her approach encourages clients to take ownership of their recovery journey while also recognizing that growth is a process that requires patience, effort, and support. Through structured guidance and consistent encouragement, she helps individuals build confidence in their ability to change, make better decisions, and create a more stable future for themselves.

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Cassius Murphy
Cassius Murphy is a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where he supports clients through the structure and consistency of the Partial Hospitalization Program, ensuring they remain engaged and connected to their treatment goals. He plays an important role during difficult phases of recovery, particularly when motivation fluctuates or when clients begin to feel discouraged or overwhelmed.
Through calm, steady presence and consistent guidance, he helps individuals stay anchored in their treatment process rather than withdrawing from it. His work focuses on building trust in the recovery journey itself, helping clients develop resilience, patience, and the ability to continue forward even when progress feels slow or uncertain.

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Angelica Smith
Angelica Smith serves as an Intake Therapist at BeBold Recovery, where she is responsible for guiding individuals through the very first stage of their treatment journey. She conducts initial clinical assessments, gathers essential background information, and helps determine the most appropriate level of care based on each client’s needs and circumstances.
Her role is centered on creating a calm and supportive first impression of treatment, helping individuals feel heard and understood during what is often a vulnerable and uncertain moment. Through structured evaluation and compassionate communication, she ensures that each client is properly placed into care with clarity, direction, and a sense of reassurance as they begin their recovery process.

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Ashley Bellinghoven
Ashley Bellinghoven serves as the Admission Coordinator at BeBold Recovery, where she is often the first point of contact for individuals and families seeking treatment support. She helps guide new clients through the admission process by providing clear information, answering initial questions, and ensuring each step into care is handled with structure and professionalism.
Her role focuses on creating a smooth and supportive transition into treatment by coordinating assessments, managing intake requirements, and facilitating communication between clients and the clinical team. Through her organized and compassionate approach, she helps reduce confusion and stress during the admission process, ensuring each individual begins their recovery journey with clarity, direction, and reassurance.

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Danesha Artybridge
Danesha Artybridge serves as a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) at BeBold Recovery, where she plays a vital hands-on role in supporting clients throughout their daily treatment experience. She helps maintain a structured, safe, and therapeutic environment where individuals can stay focused on their recovery goals while navigating the challenges of early healing.
Her work centers on being consistently present during the day-to-day moments of treatment, ensuring clients are engaged with programming, following their care plans, and receiving the support they need in real time. Through steady observation, guidance, and encouragement, she helps reinforce accountability while also offering reassurance during moments of emotional difficulty or adjustment.

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Lindsey Raina Moore
Lindsey Raina Moore serves as a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) at BeBold Recovery, where she provides direct, day-to-day support to clients as they move through structured treatment programming. She plays an active role in maintaining a safe and organized environment where individuals can focus on their recovery without unnecessary disruption or instability.
Her work centers on being consistently present during critical moments of the treatment day, ensuring clients remain engaged with their schedules, participate in programming, and follow their care plans. Through steady supervision, encouragement, and real-time support, she helps reinforce accountability while also offering a stabilizing presence that clients can rely on throughout their recovery process.

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Rodney DaSilva
Rodney DaSilva serves as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where he helps clients navigate the structure, expectations, and emotional intensity of daily treatment with a steady and practical approach. He plays a key role in helping individuals make sense of overwhelming situations by breaking them down into clear, manageable steps that feel achievable rather than intimidating.
His approach emphasizes consistency, accountability, and gradual progress, helping clients rebuild daily routines that support stability both inside the treatment environment and in their personal lives outside of care. Through this structure, he helps individuals regain a sense of control and confidence in their recovery journey, especially during moments when progress feels slow or uncertain.

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Candice Shanklin
Candice Shanklin serves as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where she works closely with clients to develop healthier routines, stronger coping strategies, and more stable emotional regulation skills. She emphasizes the importance of small, consistent changes that gradually reshape how individuals respond to stress, conflict, and internal emotional pressure.
Her approach supports clients in replacing reactive patterns with more intentional and thoughtful responses, helping them build a stronger sense of control over their daily lives. Over time, she helps individuals develop not just structure in treatment, but also sustainable habits that support long-term recovery beyond the program.

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Alta Smith
Alta Smith works as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where she supports clients in developing a more structured, intentional, and sustainable approach to recovery. She helps individuals move beyond crisis-driven thinking and begin building a clearer sense of direction, stability, and purpose in their daily lives.
Her work focuses on guiding clients through the process of rebuilding their foundation step by step, helping them understand that recovery is not just about stopping harmful behaviors, but also about learning how to create a life that feels stable and meaningful. Through her support, clients are encouraged to strengthen coping skills, rebuild confidence, and move toward long-term personal growth and stability.

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Todd Abraham
Todd Abraham serves as the Clinical Director at BeBold Recovery, where he oversees the clinical operations and ensures that all levels of care are delivered with consistency, quality, and integrity. He leads the clinical team in maintaining treatment standards, developing effective programming, and aligning care plans with best practices in behavioral health.
His role focuses on building a structured and well-coordinated clinical environment where both staff and clients are supported through clear systems and strong leadership. Through ongoing oversight, guidance, and program development, he helps ensure that every client receives comprehensive, ethical, and clinically sound care throughout their recovery journey.

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Nathan Ocegueda
Nathan Ocegueda serves as the Executive Director of BeBold Recovery, where he provides overall leadership and direction for the organization’s clinical and operational systems. He is responsible for ensuring that all programs align with the mission of delivering structured, compassionate, and effective care for individuals facing substance use challenges.
His role involves overseeing daily operations, guiding program development, and supporting both administrative and clinical teams to maintain consistency across all levels of care. Through strategic leadership and a focus on quality service delivery, he helps create an environment where clients can access treatment that is organized, reliable, and centered on long-term recovery outcomes.

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Alexis Edwards
Alexis Edwards works as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where she supports clients in processing the emotional weight, internal conflict, and personal challenges that often surface during early recovery. She provides a grounded and supportive therapeutic environment where individuals can begin to safely explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors without judgment.
Her work focuses on helping clients recognize patterns in how they respond to stress, relationships, and triggers, allowing them to build stronger emotional awareness over time. By combining empathy with structure, she helps individuals stay engaged in treatment while also learning how to respond to life with greater clarity, intention, and emotional control.

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Ann Marie Thomas Matthews
Ann Marie Thomas Matthews serves as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where she facilitates both group and individual counseling sessions designed to strengthen self-awareness, accountability, and emotional insight. She works closely with clients as they begin to unpack the deeper challenges that contribute to their struggles, guiding them through honest reflection and meaningful self-exploration.
Her approach encourages clients to take ownership of their recovery journey while also recognizing that growth is a process that requires patience, effort, and support. Through structured guidance and consistent encouragement, she helps individuals build confidence in their ability to change, make better decisions, and create a more stable future for themselves.

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Cassius Murphy
Cassius Murphy is a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where he supports clients through the structure and consistency of the Partial Hospitalization Program, ensuring they remain engaged and connected to their treatment goals. He plays an important role during difficult phases of recovery, particularly when motivation fluctuates or when clients begin to feel discouraged or overwhelmed.
Through calm, steady presence and consistent guidance, he helps individuals stay anchored in their treatment process rather than withdrawing from it. His work focuses on building trust in the recovery journey itself, helping clients develop resilience, patience, and the ability to continue forward even when progress feels slow or uncertain.

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Rodney DaSilva
Rodney DaSilva serves as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where he helps clients navigate the structure, expectations, and emotional intensity of daily treatment with a steady and practical approach. He plays a key role in helping individuals make sense of overwhelming situations by breaking them down into clear, manageable steps that feel achievable rather than intimidating.
His approach emphasizes consistency, accountability, and gradual progress, helping clients rebuild daily routines that support stability both inside the treatment environment and in their personal lives outside of care. Through this structure, he helps individuals regain a sense of control and confidence in their recovery journey, especially during moments when progress feels slow or uncertain.

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Candice Shanklin
Candice Shanklin serves as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where she works closely with clients to develop healthier routines, stronger coping strategies, and more stable emotional regulation skills. She emphasizes the importance of small, consistent changes that gradually reshape how individuals respond to stress, conflict, and internal emotional pressure.
Her approach supports clients in replacing reactive patterns with more intentional and thoughtful responses, helping them build a stronger sense of control over their daily lives. Over time, she helps individuals develop not just structure in treatment, but also sustainable habits that support long-term recovery beyond the program.

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Alta Smith
Alta Smith works as a PHP Counselor at BeBold Recovery, where she supports clients in developing a more structured, intentional, and sustainable approach to recovery. She helps individuals move beyond crisis-driven thinking and begin building a clearer sense of direction, stability, and purpose in their daily lives.
Her work focuses on guiding clients through the process of rebuilding their foundation step by step, helping them understand that recovery is not just about stopping harmful behaviors, but also about learning how to create a life that feels stable and meaningful. Through her support, clients are encouraged to strengthen coping skills, rebuild confidence, and move toward long-term personal growth and stability.

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Angelica Smith
Angelica Smith serves as an Intake Therapist at BeBold Recovery, where she is responsible for guiding individuals through the very first stage of their treatment journey. She conducts initial clinical assessments, gathers essential background information, and helps determine the most appropriate level of care based on each client’s needs and circumstances.
Her role is centered on creating a calm and supportive first impression of treatment, helping individuals feel heard and understood during what is often a vulnerable and uncertain moment. Through structured evaluation and compassionate communication, she ensures that each client is properly placed into care with clarity, direction, and a sense of reassurance as they begin their recovery process.

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Ashley Bellinghoven
Ashley Bellinghoven serves as the Admission Coordinator at BeBold Recovery, where she is often the first point of contact for individuals and families seeking treatment support. She helps guide new clients through the admission process by providing clear information, answering initial questions, and ensuring each step into care is handled with structure and professionalism.
Her role focuses on creating a smooth and supportive transition into treatment by coordinating assessments, managing intake requirements, and facilitating communication between clients and the clinical team. Through her organized and compassionate approach, she helps reduce confusion and stress during the admission process, ensuring each individual begins their recovery journey with clarity, direction, and reassurance.

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Danesha Artybridge
Danesha Artybridge serves as a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) at BeBold Recovery, where she plays a vital hands-on role in supporting clients throughout their daily treatment experience. She helps maintain a structured, safe, and therapeutic environment where individuals can stay focused on their recovery goals while navigating the challenges of early healing.
Her work centers on being consistently present during the day-to-day moments of treatment, ensuring clients are engaged with programming, following their care plans, and receiving the support they need in real time. Through steady observation, guidance, and encouragement, she helps reinforce accountability while also offering reassurance during moments of emotional difficulty or adjustment.

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Lindsey Raina Moore
Lindsey Raina Moore serves as a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) at BeBold Recovery, where she provides direct, day-to-day support to clients as they move through structured treatment programming. She plays an active role in maintaining a safe and organized environment where individuals can focus on their recovery without unnecessary disruption or instability.
Her work centers on being consistently present during critical moments of the treatment day, ensuring clients remain engaged with their schedules, participate in programming, and follow their care plans. Through steady supervision, encouragement, and real-time support, she helps reinforce accountability while also offering a stabilizing presence that clients can rely on throughout their recovery process.
Where our Virginia clients come from
The people you will work with
BeBold Recovery offers Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), and Outpatient Programs (OP). We also provide Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and exclusive sober living options through trusted partners. We coordinate referrals for detox, inpatient, and residential services when needed.
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Levels of care include Detoxification, Residential Treatment, PHP, IOP, and OP. BeBold Recovery specializes in PHP, IOP, and OP, and coordinates higher levels of care as needed.
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We treat substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, and trauma.
Our evidence-based therapies include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing (MI), and holistic wellness approaches.
MAT combines FDA-approved medications with therapy to treat opioid, alcohol, and tobacco use disorders.
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Dual Diagnosis treatment addresses both addiction and mental health disorders simultaneously with integrated care.
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Currently, BeBold Recovery specializes in substance use treatment, with integrated support for co-occurring mental health conditions.
Our focus on flexible outpatient care, same-day admissions, personalized treatment, exclusive sober living partnerships, and strong alumni support sets us apart.
We do not provide detox services onsite but offer trusted referrals to local detox centers as part of our intake process.
Learn More About Detox Coordination➔
Our admissions team will conduct a confidential assessment to recommend the appropriate level of care for your needs.


