ADMISSIONS

We stand ready to help you — with unconditional care, compassion, and respect — to give you exactly what you need to build a foundation for lasting sobriety and a fulfilling, joyful life.

Your journey starts with a phone call!  Our company founder and clinical team stand ready to answer your questions and help you explore our program and community. We discuss your specific needs and then schedule a welcome evaluation with our clinical case manager. After admission, you will begin the stabilization period and address any detoxification needs. Our medical team will assess for possible dual diagnoses and create a custom treatment plan to meet your needs.

Once the medical evaluation is complete, you will meet with a primary therapist who will do al bio-psycho-social evaluation and create a custom treatment plan. During all phases of your intake and introduction, you will be welcomed and supported into our community, get comfortable with the environment and become familiar with your specific treatment plan and schedule that will be created just for you.

Camille in front of Avery Lane sign
Avery Lane entry way

During the admission process, a primary therapist will speak with the participant’s family to address any questions or concerns they may have about their loved one’s treatment. Avery Lane values family involvement in the treatment process. We understand that all members of the family are impacted by addiction so we have created a place where not only the addicted is treated but also where the family has the ability to heal as well.

Throughout the pre-admission, admission, and treatment process, our team is 100% available and is ready to help however we can. We understand that taking that next step into treatment takes courage and vulnerability, and we are ready to receive you and support you on your journey.

Next Steps

The process through admission is a step-by-step process. We take it at the pace that is the most supportive for the individual entering treatment. Our admissions team supports everyone involved through the process and is always available to answer any questions or concerns.

  • First Step is to speak with one of our admission counselors. They will follow you or your loved one through the course of your treatment and will be involved in supporting you through your treatment stay. You can contact an admissions counselor by calling ___ or sending us a contact page ____.
  • Next step is to tell us about yourself or about your loved one needing treatment. Our job is to make sure that Avery Lane is the proper fit based on your individualized needs. We will discuss our program and how we would fit our treatment plan around your needs and goals.
  • During the initial conversation, together we will identify which level of care would be best suited for the individual requiring treatment. Our team will continue to assess level of care and length of stay needs throughout the treatment process.
  • After, we will discuss finances for treatment. Avery Lane accepts most private insurance plans as well as private pay. We will run a verification of benefits to check eligibility and treatment cost, then discuss out of pocket cost based on insurance coverage.
    • Avery Lane does not offer financing, but we do work with financing companies that provide long-term payment plan options.
  • Next we will schedule an admission date. You will meet with your admissions counselor and nurse upon admission to help ease you into our treatment program.
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Summer Lan Franco
MA, MFT-t, Primary Therapist

Summer Lan Franco loves working with people to facilitate recovery from substance use disorders, disordered eating, mental health issues and complex trauma. She earned her BS in Nutrition and Food Science from California State University Chico and MS in Counseling Psychology from Dominican University of California. She has worked in community-based and private practice settings. Her approach is personable and sincere. Summer believes in helping people rediscover their true selves by uncovering barriers that stand in the way. Her warmth and earnest interest in others’ wellbeing are always present in the work she does with people seeking help. She has experience with trauma recovery, substance abuse recovery, codependency, family issues, disordered eating, treatment for anxiety and depression, and working with personality disorders.

Alaina Dunér
Office Manager, Sound Healing Group Facilitator, Reiki Master

Alaina Dunér is a Sonoma County native. She studied sociology and outdoor adventure programming for two years at Loyola University of New Orleans and Warren Wilson College. In 2016 Alaina was on a recreational skydive and had a crash landing that resulted in her fracturing multiple vertebrae in her spine. Since her accident, Alaina has emersed herself in understanding the nuances and complexities of health and spirituality. She is passionate about supporting clients through Reiki and Sound. Since taking a pause from university, Alaina has become a certified Reiki Master Teacher in the Tibetan Usui system, an Ayurvedic yoga instructor, a health coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and a trauma informed sound facilitator. At the end of 2022 Alaina will attend Southern Utah University to complete her bachelor’s in aerospace and aviation with an emphasis on rotary flight.

Sunnie Skillman
Energy Worker

Sunnie has worked within the field of Energy Psychology for over 20 years and has been trained in a number of healing modalities, including EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and Access Consciousness. She has been using the tools of Access Consciousness for 23 years, teaching classes and working with clients using various hands-on energy body work techniques. She specializes working with clients who have symptoms of PTSD and assisting in clearing where trauma is stored in the body.
Sunnie brings her personal experience with trauma healing as well as her kind and
caring energy to support the ladies interested in working with other healing modalities
at Avery Lane.

Nicole Collins,
AMFT, Primary Therapist

Nicole Collins entered the field of healing after receiving her BA from Colorado State University
in Human Services, which led her to work in domestic violence. Following her beliefs and
passion in the body-mind-spirit connection and the Intelligence of the Self-healing power, she
got her MS from Touro University in Vallejo. She believes that addiction, alcoholism,
depression, the things that push against your joy, calm, serenity, and sense of security, are
powerful and baffling. Still, there is something unique inside of you that is ready to push back
against it all. The fear, anxiety, depression, and trauma that press against your head and chest
are real, but they should not define you. She feels her role is to help you find the resources
within to overcome the challenges and suffering that life may bring. She specializes in trauma,
substance abuse, LGBTQIA+ community, matters of belonging, helping individuals heal in their
relationships within themselves. In your work together, she will meet you where you are and
support you in reacquainting you, with all parts of yourself, including your inherent wisdom.

Erin Miller, RADT
Recovery Counselor

Erin is a Registered Alcohol Drug Technician, Certified Recovery Coach, and Certified Clinical
Trauma Specialist-A (Trauma and Addiction). She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in
Psychology and Addiction Studies at Aspen University. Through her personal experience with
alcohol addiction and recovery, Erin was inspired to support others on their recovery journeys.
She brings kindness, compassion, and encouragement to her work at Avery Lane. Erin lives in
Sonoma County with her husband and their two adventurous children.

Laurel LeMohn
Recovery Counselor

is a Mendocino County native. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sonoma State University in 2014 and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Dominican University. She has been a Recovery Counselor at Avery Lane since October, 2021, and works from a trauma-informed, psychodynamic, and humanistic lens. She has had a desire towards helping others since she was young and looks forward to working with you as you transition your life into one where you are thriving and proud to be living.