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BreakAway Health Staff

BreakAway Health Corporation programs are designed with the whole family in mind. Where addiction is present in a family, it can and will destroy relationships. Our hope and wish is that we can help by giving you the guidance and direction to lovingly heal family wounds and broken relationships.

Richard Plaskett
Executive Director, CEO, Owner
Mr. Richard Plaskett is the Owner and Executive Director of BreakAway Health. He has 17 years of experience in the field of Mental Health. Having gone through the BreakAway program as a patient in 1986, he became a volunteer Peer Counselor after his treatment graduation. In 1990, he was promoted to Case Manager and, in 1994, he was promoted to Program Director. From 1995 -1999, Mr. Plaskett served as Executive Director at several agencies' non-profit community-based homes. He became the owner of BreakAway Health Corporation in 1999. Mr. Plaskett holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Psychology and is a Certified Clinical Forensic Counselor.

Dr E Dorsey MD, MBA
Medical Director
Dr Dorsey is a board-certified psychiatrist whose career includes a mixture of clinical and management experience, including military medicine, pharmaceutical industry, private hospital management and public administration.  He retired as Medical Director for the Riverside County Department of Mental Health, and now serves as Medical Director for the BreakAway Health Corporation, as well as active private practice emphasizing psychopharmacology and disability evaluations.

David Delmastro
Education Director, BreakAway Education Center
Mr. David Delmastro has worked in the chemical dependency and mental health field since 1976. He holds a Master of Science degree, Alcoholism Studies Program, University of Arizona. He has created alcohol / drug education programs for schools and juvenile courts. Mr. Delmastro has developed and marketed adult and youth mental health and chemical dependency treatment programs for health systems throughout the United States. He was certificated to teach in 1971 by the state of Illinois. Following a successful business career, he returned to his most loved endeavor, teaching, and obtained professional certification in California in 2000. As a tenured teacher with the Orange County Department of Education, he has provided structured classroom and independent study for students at BreakAway Education Center since 2003.

"Know what is true, Seek what is good, Do what is right."

Leslie Drosman
Program Director for Adolescents, Primary Adolescent Counselor
My name is Leslie Drosman, CAS, I am the Program Coordinator/Case Manager at BreakAway Health Corporation.   I have been working with adolescents and their families at BreakAway since March, 2003.  I have assisted in the healing of several families by helping them trust again, live together in harmony, and above all love and forgive one another.  I am dedicated to the recovery and healing of each person that enters our treatment center both child and parent alike.  I have over 25 years experience both personally and professionally dealing with the effects of addiction and how tragic it can be in the lives of those it afflicts.   I believe that each person can turn the most tragic moments in life into miracles of new beginnings. 

"To see the world through the eyes of a child is truly magical."

Ari Drosman CATC II, CCS
Couselor, Case Manager
I have been working at BreakAway since 2005. Prior to coming to BreakAway I worked in a number of facilities working within multiple modalities and populations. I came to BreakAway because working with adolescents is my passion. I have had experience with recovery since 1999 on personal and professional levels. A former student of English and Philosophy, I am currently working toward a master’s degree. I am a Certified Addictions Treatment Counselor (CATC). I teach aspiring counselors subjects like physiology and pharmacology, co-occurring disorders, special populations, and others. I work intensively with adults in many capacities. I hold a firm belief that everyone deserves to be free and that the answers commonly are contained within.

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of those that have come before you. Seek what they sought."

Danny O'Dell
Counselor, Case Manager
Mr. Danny O’Dell has been part of the BreakAway Health team since 2006 as a counselor and case manager. He was first introduced to substance abuse counseling in 1992 and has been certified since 2005. He is currently a CADC II (certified alcohol and drug counselor level two) and continues to strive to increase his knowledge in his chosen profession by attending a university to earn an advanced degree in psychology. He has an authentic desire to help those struggling with substance abuse and their families. Danny states that he has the greatest job in the world and looks forward to going to work every day. Mr. O’Dell is also a professionally trained interventionist.

"Yesterday is written in stone, tomorrow is a blank page, today we hold the pen."

Clint W. Johnson, CADCA
I have been in recovery since 1998.  I came to BreakAway in 2008 as an intern after graduating with honors in Addiction Studies. I received my CAADAC certificate in 2009. At BreakAway I found my home.  Working with adolescents has been the most challenging and rewarding thing I have ever experienced.  With love and compassion, I am known as the “great encourager.” My position, as the morning counselor, is to provide a safe, challenging, and fun environment that is conducive for growth.  It’s so amazing to me, to see the light turn on; and a smile reappear on a child’s face.  Here at BreakAway I spend a lot of time teaching our kids how to enjoy life on life’s terms. “Catch a man a fish feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish feed him forever.”

 “When the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change, we will change.”

Amy Cusumano, CADAC I (working toward CADAC II)
I have a passion for motivating and advising people. Getting families to see it's not where they've been that matters but where they can go from here. The wreckage of their past is nothing compared to what their future can hold. My desire is to take fractured families and help make them whole again in a safe environment with the best possible care; based on personal, professional, & educational experiences.

“The biggest room anywhere is the room for improvement “

Tiffani Milstead
Tiffani began working in the treatment arena in 1995 and is currently an Associate Clinical Social Worker.  Her experience includes numerous treatment practices including psychodynamic therapy, behavior modification and therapeutic community settings, social model treatment, educational & prevention models, and administrative social work and advocacy.  Tiffani earned her Bachelor's in Science in Human Services in 1999 from California State University at Fullerton and her Masters Degree in Social Work in 2008 from California State University at Long Beach.  Her work has afforded her the opportunities of working with all age ranges and various specialized populations, including over 15 years servicing adolescents and young adults with their personal identity and development processes.  She specializes in substance abuse, co-occuring disorders, and gender responsive trauma-informed practice.