Lizzy Lopez, LPC is the Director of Clinical Operations at Synergy. She helps manage, direct, and develop the clinical program to align with Synergy’s values and clinical philosophy. Due to her deep belief in the profound healing impact of relational repair, if she was able to choose a title it would be ‘Director of Weaving Connections.’ Lizzy found her passion for helping others through her own personal experience with healing and recovery. Her compassionate, direct style was inspired by a clinician that met her in her early recovery experience who reminded her that she is accountable to doing her own work to heal. The inspiration this person provided led to her receiving her Master’s in Professional Clinical Counseling. She started her career working with adolescents struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. She then continued her career path working with young adults who had several treatment experiences and recovery attempts. She became skilled at helping clients identify “the why” underneath their desire to self-medicate and self-sabotage. She strives to empower people through accountability, connection, and insight-oriented action to cultivate meaning in life. Her career includes the development of Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) for specific populations, which in the past has included an adolescent dual-diagnosis program and a women’s trauma-informed substance abuse program. Lizzy is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the state of Pennsylvania. She is currently being trained in psychodrama to further explore how experiential methods can allow for a deeper connection to authenticity. She focuses on implementing creative methods to treatment to help clients embody their strengths and connect to the resources available. She believes in the importance of education within the community and is a speaker on topics such as boundaries, adolescent and young adult challenges, addiction, and navigating treatment. Lizzy utilizes her experience and training as the foundation for the clinical programming at Synergy that focuses on the values of creativity, collaboration, transparency, and authenticity. Her goal is to drive a culture of wellness for the employees and the clients at Synergy. In her free time, Lizzy spends time with her husband and children enjoying the life they have built as a family. She is a skilled fort maker and loves connecting with her two younger children’s imaginations to play. She also likes to adventure in the outdoors, travel, exercise, and be spontaneous. She says “yes” to life and has gratitude for the ability her recovery has given her to be a part of the world rather than apart from it.

Kevin Bandy is a tenured clinician who has worked with the adolescent and young adult substance use disorder population since 1998. He is the Co-Founder and executive Director of Voyage. He had previously been Clinical Director at The Hanley Center. Kevin is an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor (ICADC) and Certified Addiction Professional (CAP) and holds a BA in Addiction Psychology from The Evergreen State College. Beginning recovery from​​ substance use issues in 1990, Kevin did the hard work of figuring out how to be a teenager in sobriety, reuniting with his family, returning to high school, and finding his place in the local Twelve Step community. In 1997, he began his career in treatment, accepting an entry level position as peer staff in an adolescent treatment center. Since then Kevin has worked at all levels of care within the treatment continuum, from tech to Executive Director. Kevin’s passion is working with young men and their families, and he has developed multiple family recovery programs over his years in the field. He believes that recovery is possible for all members of the family and that long term remission must be a team effort. When he is not working with patients or families, you’ll find Kevin immersed in the experiential programming at Voyage. He's a passionate ambassador of recovery in the sun and saltwater of beautiful South Florida, and is committed to helping young men find and nurture their passion while in treatment.

Mike found his passion for helping others through his own healing journey. He began his career supporting adults with complex trauma, PTSD, and addictions. Mike is a Florida Certified Addiction Counselor and an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor through the IC&RC. He is also a nationally Certified Trauma Professional and a NARM® Practitioner, having assisted in teaching NARM® principles for working with complex trauma to professionals around the world and consulting on their application to adolescent treatment. Mike currently serves as Chief Clinical Officer for Family First Adolescent Services, a premier residential treatment center in South Florida. He uses his extensive training in trauma, somatic psychology, interpersonal neurobiology, and addiction treatment to develop individual, group, and family programming for clients and families. Additionally, Mike is a national speaker, educator, and consultant on developmental trauma, addiction, and adolescent treatment.