Barbara Nosal
Ph.D, MFT
Clinical Director
Dr. Barbara Nosal has been in the addiction and mental health treatment field for over 17 years, driven to make a career change by her own personal recovery.
She has held managerial and clinical positions at various addiction and
mental health treatment settings including inpatient, outpatient, and school based programs. Specializing in Family Systems and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy she has had private practices in La Jolla and Newport Beach.
“Newport Academy provided me with the opportunity to create an
Individualized intensive family program that previously did not exist in this
industry. Within this program we witness miracles of transformation on a
regular basis that make everything we do worthwhile.”
Dr Nosal holds a Doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology and a Master of
Arts in Counseling Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology in Palo Alto, CA. She also holds a Master of Science in Human
Services with a Concentration in Alcohol and Drug Studies from Springfield
College in Springfield, MA. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from
Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT with a Bachelor of Science in
Marketing and Communications.
Dr Nosal is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (MFT39207)
and Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LAADC
#LR370411).
She is currently on the faculty of University of Phoenix in their Psychology Department and an Instructor of Alcohol and Drug Studies at ICDC College.
Dr Nosal is a member of American Association of Marriage
Family Therapists, California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Counselors and Women’s Association of Addiction Treatment.
