Cinde Stewart Freeman is the Chief Clinical Officer at Cumberland Heights in Nashville, TN. Cinde has been in the behavioral healthcare field for over 35 years, serving in direct care, clinical management, quality management, and leadership roles. She is a bachelor’s prepared Registered Nurse and a master’s prepared Level II Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor. Cinde has also held the Qualified Clinical Supervisor credential for many years and enjoys stoking the passions of people who are coming into the field. She has trained at the national, state, and local level, holding a particular interest in the relationship between somatic and spiritual healing as well as how the lived wisdom of the Twelve Steps informs clinical education and experience.

Prior to his current position as Clinical Director of the Women’s Department, Kirk Schafer worked as a family counselor for six years at Cumberland Heights, providing direct family services to patients and families. Prior to his time at Cumberland Heights, Kirk served in a variety of clinical therapy and administrative roles for three different behavioral health organizations in multiple states. Kirk has a passion for helping people learn to trust themselves again, to recover from the depths of self-destruction associated with addiction and other mental illnesses, and to build healthy and happy lives.