About

Alex is co-founder and Head of Treatment at the Houghton House Group of treatment centres. These include including: an outpatient centre, primary care, secondary care and a tertiary care centre.

Alex is a member of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counsellors (NAADAC) and is a certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse counsellor through the United Kingdom Professional Certification Board of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counsellors (UKPCBADC).

Since certification in 2000 Alex has been supervising counsellors both inside and outside of the Houghton House Group in Johannesburg. He also trains counsellors and other professionals, including doctors studying at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) school of family medicine,  through specialised courses in the “12 Core Functions of Addiction Counselling” & “Counselling the Addicted Communities”.

Alex is an expert in the field of group therapy within the addicted populations and is himself in recovery from heroin and crack cocaine addiction. He has been abstinent since October 1994.