Our Team Take Great Care in Guiding Patients Through Their Treatment Experience.
Our staff are passionate about their work; we have a high staff retention rate the majority of our staff have been with us for five years or longer, and some have been through treatment themselves.
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Many patients have commented that Castle Craig has a warm and family-like atmosphere, which channels the continuity and purpose of our work.
Our patient satisfaction rate of 98% speaks for itself. In addition, many people who experienced Castle Craig return to visit for our annual reunion or keep in touch with their therapists and other staff members after they leave treatment.
Meet The Team
Rehabilitation begins with people, which is why our most unique resource is our staff of caring and deeply committed individuals. Below are some of the team and distinguished specialists you will meet when you come here.
Dr. Margaret McCann, MB BCh BAO
Co-Chair & Co-Founder
Peter McCann
Co-Chair & Co-Founder
Dominic McCann
Chief Executive Officer
Victoria McCann
Communications Director
Daniel Gouws, MBA, CIMA, Dip.Bus.Man
Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Maria Kelly, MBChB, DipPsych, MRCPsych
Associate Medical Director
Rachel Palethorpe
Hospital Manager
Dr Felicity Sasada
Resident Medical Officer
Dr Giedre Putelyte
Resident Medical Officer
Phillip Baron
Unit Lead
Roseanne Boyle
Admissions Unit Lead
Teri Lyn Fairnie
Lead Therapist, Family Programme
Tony Marini
Senior Specialist Therapist
Victoria Greenshields
Senior Therapist / Continuing Care Coordinator
Jessica Tomlinson Hill
Senior Specialist Therapist
Frank O’Hare
Specialist Therapist
Kane Duffy
Specialist Therapist
David Gibson
Therapist
James Moore
Therapist
Charlotte Pester
Therapist
Claudia Salmanis
Therapist
Gordon Hogg
Visiting Therapist
Audrey Grant
Online Therapist - Continuing Care
Duncan Dewar
Deputy Head Nurse
Dawn Dixon
Head Nurse
Guy Heath
Senior Staff Nurse
Karen Watson
Senior Staff Nurse
Donna Campbell
Senior Nurse Assistant
Margaret Nelson
Nursing Assistant
Paul Shannon
Recovery Advocate
Wendy Kinloch
Recovery Advocate
May Riddell
Recovery Advocate
Kim Smith
Recovery Advocate
David Kilgour
Fitness Manager
Scott Brownlie
Fitness Instructor
Lucy Douglas
Assistant Governance Manager
Donald Whitaker
Service Dev. Manager
Tracy Golombick
HR Officer
Maureen Crosbie
Head Housekeeper
Anne Goodall
Admissions Case Manager
Andrei Zamfir
Admissions Case Manager
Alison Mills
Admissions Case Manager
Bruce Tait
IT Manager
Christopher Burn
Consultant Therapist - Creative Writing Therapist and Content Editor
Castle Craig is an International Addiction Treatment Clinic
Many of our staff come from the UK, but we also have staff from across Europe, the United States, and further afield. Our international staff help ensures that patients from other countries feel welcome.
Board of Directors
- Peter J McCann, MA, Chairman
- Dr Margaret Ann McCann, MB BCh, BAO, Chief Executive Officer
- Dominic McCann, MA (Hons)
- Dr Michael G McCann, MD, MA, DIH, MFOM
- John L McCann BA, ACIS
Castle Craig Medical Director
- Consultant Psychiatrist who directs the medical treatment programme
- Oversees the head nurse and nursing department
- Monitors the therapies and the therapists’ training programme
- The medical director regularly keeps in touch with patients around Castle Craig and the extended treatment facility. As one of the teams of psychiatrists, they will also conduct regular medical work, including assessments and discharge planning
Consultant Psychiatrists
- Psychiatrists specialising in addiction treatment
- Manage the medical assessments & personalised care plans of patients
- Assess detoxification requirements and prescribe medication
- Joins multidisciplinary team meetings and patient discussions with the rest of the medical and clinical team
- Continually monitor patients’ physical and mental health status throughout treatment and approve all discharge plans
Certified Addiction Therapists
- Deliver psychosocial talking therapies including specialist and perhaps also complementary therapies in groups or individually
- All patients are assigned a focal therapist to guide them through their individualised treatment plan
- All our therapists have IC&RC accreditation, university degrees or diplomas in addiction counselling and BACP and COSCA accreditation and attend continuous training. Others have qualifications in trauma therapy and CBT.
Resident Doctors
- Ensure dedicated onsite medical cover 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
- The doctor is immediately available to deal with any medical emergencies that arise.
Nursing Team
- Provide nursing care and monitor the physical and mental health needs of patients throughout treatment
- Nurses assist the doctors with the medical assessment
- Distribute medication
- Supervise detox
- Nurses respond to any immediate needs – either health-related or emotional or other
At Castle Craig, the nursing team works hard to ensure that patients in the intensive care unit have 24-hour medical cover.
Other permanent and consulting staff include:
- EMDR and CBT trained psychotherapists
- Eating disorder specialists
- Fitness instructors
- Complementary Therapy Facilitators
- Equine Therapy Facilitator
- Admissions team
- Administration and support staff
Get in Touch Today
To find out how we can help you, please telephone Castle Craig on our 24-Hour Helpline: 0808 271 7500 or click here to arrange a free addiction assessment or here for more information.
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