our program::

INNOVATIVE*** STRUCTURED*** SERENE*** EXCLUSIVE*** INDIVIDUAL

our approach::

LOVE*** SUPPORT*** STRUCTURE

We are committed to providing positive behavioral changes. We spend time getting to know you, learning about where you have been, where you want to go, what has worked, and what hasn’t. A personal approach is implemented to help you maintain sobriety so that you may begin to realize your dreams and rebuild your life. Trust and freedom are earned simultaneously as we work together toward sober autonomy.

a few days sober::

For those clients with just one or a few days sober, Greenfield offers a highly structured program with 24 hour monitoring and referral services. The first 30 days we ask the you to temporarily hand over your phone, car, access to money and your computer. For that 30 day period, you participate in house activities, daily 12- step meetings, and therapy. As you begin to earn trust, you are rewarded with incremental freedom and access to the relinquished items. We handle all the details of this trust building process, and they only thing you need to do is arrive medically cleared with an open mind.

our staff::

Michael Harmann, MSW, Founder and CEO

Michael earned his Masters in Social Work in 2002 from Columbia University. After working in the field of recovery for several years, Michael decided to create a program based on positive reinforcement rather than punishment. After years of saving and preparation, his dream became a reality with the opening of Greenfield Lodge in 2006. Michael continues to work with families specializing in strategic teamwork designed to support the recovering individual in achieving the goal of long-term sobriety. Michael recently launched Adolescent Behavioral Consulting"

Adam Dixon, Executive Director (Alumni)

A New York City native and alumni of Greenfield Lodge, Adam moved to California to get sober and has been working in recovery for the majority of his sobriety. Adam earned his Bachelors degree in Psychology from Middlebury College. Prior to recovery, Adam worked in the commercial real estate, finance and entertainment industries. In addition to his Director position at Greenfield, Adam is the enthusiastic Founder of an events production company that organizes large social events for people in recovery.

Donna Dawson, House Manager

Donna is the live-in House Manager at Greenfield Lodge. She is certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and has completed courses in anger and loss. Being part of a therapeutic community, for 2 years and growing, allows her to witness and participate in others finding their true selves. Donna enjoys meditation, yoga, beach walks, and loves animals.

Aaron Casper, Client Supervisor, (Alumni)

Aaron is an Assistant Teacher at a preschool, and has been living in Los Angeles for over two years. Aside from teaching, his work in recovery helps him to develop relationships with people in different stages of life, helping him to further his own self-awareness and influence his perspective about how people grow and change. Aaron has a sincere belief that everyone can discover their potential to have a full, rounded life and that is only something we can systematically block from happening for so long before we must re-discover the essential self that we knew so effortlessly as children.

Jake Murray, Client Supervisor

Jake did not have a difficult time getting sober at the age of 17, but by that point he had no life to speak of and suffered a crippling case of drug addiction. Once he got sober, Jake came to the conclusion that he had a life program. He describes it as if he "lost the life manual that was passed out in grade school." Through the process of his recovery, he has gained his life back in full. His sobriety date is June 30th, 2007, and for that, he is extremely grateful. The clients at Greenfield Lodge benefit tremendously from his positive outlook and appreciative nature.

Alexis Jones, Director of Operations

Alexis graduated from Ohio State University majoring in Art but has worked in marketing and sales. Alexis joined Greenfield Lodge in 2010 as a Client Supervisor, but has grown in her responsibilities. Alexis is a mother, and is grateful to be doing what she loves while experiencing first hand what it's like to be part of other's recovery success. She feels her son has taught her more about her sobriety and life itself than anything else.

Beth Prandini, Yoga Instructor

Beth's yoga practive began when she was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus with a rheumatoid arthritis crossover at the age of 19. Thankfully, it was recommended that she try yoga as a solution for her illness. More than a decade has past since that first initial step into her yoga journey. Today, Beth enjoys a medication free remission from her symptoms. In that time she has earned her Master’s Degree in Education from Pepperdine University and has completed 5000-hour program through yoga works in Santa Monica. Beth attributes a large part of her recovery to her yoga practice. Beth knows the transformative effects of yoga first hand, and is inspired to educate others about the amazing mental, physical and spiritual benefits a yoga practice can provide.

Enrique Collazo, Guided Meditation

Enrique began his path with light-weight spiritual seeking through heavy-duty drug and alcohol use. A native of Los Angeles, Enrique got sober in 2004 and in ’05 he began a serious exploration of the 11th step of the 12-step tradition. Studying primarily in the American Buddhism tradition, which has its roots in many traditions and lineages of the ancient schools of the Theravada (old school) and Mahayana (new school), Enrique works with the cultivation of mindfulness through meditation to reduce the anxiety of living sober. He is currently studying under Noah Levine (author of Dharma Punx and Against the Stream), he also facilitates two mediation groups in Santa Monica.

Elizabeth Wheat, Massage Therapist

Elizabeth is a Certified Massage Therapist who specializes in Swedish, deep tissue, hot stone, sports and cranio-sacral therapies. She began her study of massage therapy 3 years ago after beginning her road to recovery in November of 2006. Elizabeth has a degree in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. Outside of massage therapy, Elizabeth enjoys surfing, yoga, hiking, writing, and doing stand up comedy. She enjoys making people happy whether it’s through healing through massage or through laughter. She loves working in recovery and aiding other people in their own journey and helping them to discover what it is that they love to do.