Staff

Krista Smith is the Founder and Co-Owner of Centered Recovery drug rehabs Marietta, Roswell and Atlanta. She also serves as CEO of this nationally acclaimed drug and alcohol addiction treatment center. Krista has a BS in Psychology and is currently finishing her MS in Organizational Psychology from Troy University. She has worked in residential, inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment in many different roles. Krista is the author of “Transformational Recovery, A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Substance Abuse Recovery” in conjunction with clinically proven MBCT, MBRP, behavioral psychology, and cutting edge neuropsychology. Krista plays a big role in educating Atlanta, Roswell and Marietta, Georgia on substance abuse treatment. You can learn more about our IOP outpatient drug rehabs Marietta, Georgia program here.

Reed Smith is the Founder and Co-Owner of Centered Recovery drug and alcohol addiction treatment centers. He serves as Director of Client Services for the drug rehabs Marietta, drug rehabs Roswell and is in charge of assisting the drug rehabs Atlanta centers in Georgia. Reed began in the field of addiction first as Director of Admissions and Interventionist, but quickly became highly sought out for teaching and training for his unusual wit and expertise in mindfulness. Reed is an internationally known speaker in the field of drug and alcohol addiction and mindfulness. His personal story allows him to bring his own unique style and passion to his substance abuse rehabilitation classes ar the IOP drug rehabs Roswell location. He is passionate about helping people recover their physical and mental health through mindfulness, and serves as an educational speaker for the recovery industry in North Georgia.

Dr. Tim Cummings serves as Centered’s Medical Director for our drug rehabs Roswell and drug rehabs Marietta locations. He provides individualized medical services for our clients. Dr. Cummings received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University in 1980 and completed medical school at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1986. He has a private practice in Roswell where he has been providing high-quality care to his patients for over 15 years. Dr. cummings was voted as one of America’s Top Physicians by the Consumer’s Research Council for ten consecutive years. He has helped educate on substance abuse rehabiltation with our drug rehabs Atlanta, Georgia service area.

Risa serves as the Nurse and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Intern at Centered. She is currently studying to complete her PMHNP degree and has a passion for helping others. She has served as Adjunct Professor for various nursing colleges and is incredibly skilled, compassionate, and enthusiastic about helping people increase their mental and physical health. 

Dr. Holly Varona serves as a primary therapist at Centered. She is a bilingual, Latina intuitive empowerment coach and psychotherapist. In 2019, she began her work as a psychotherapist and graduated in 2020 with her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and her PhD in Metaphysical Humanistic Sciences specializing in Spiritual Counseling. She uses a humanistic approach to therapy rooted in both Eastern and Western theories, techniques, and philosophies and a wide array of modalities to fit the individual needs of clients, who are mostly working through addiction, trauma, abuse, depression, anxiety, and self-esteem issues. As a life coach and public speaker, Dr. Holly specializes in empowerment and intuitive living, and helps Centered clients build lives full of health in body, mind, and spirit.

Before becoming a therapist, Valerie Miller built a career in research operations, working at the forefront of translational research in cancer at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as well as in psychiatric and behavioral sciences at Emory University. Inspired by a deepening desire to engage more directly in the healing process, she earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Georgia in 2020. During her graduate studies, she was awarded a SAMHSA grant to participate in specialized training in addiction research.

Since then, Valerie has devoted her career to supporting individuals in recovery, blending her scientific background with a compassionate, person-centered approach. She is also an Imago Certified Facilitator, drawing on this framework to help individuals and groups explore and heal core relational dynamics. Valerie brings a unique lens to therapy, integrating neuropsychological insight with mindfulness-based and relational modalities. Her work is grounded in a commitment to conscious evolution—helping people navigate life’s challenges with greater awareness, resilience, and connection.

Tanya is a skilled clinician and certified yoga instructor who leads an incredibly impactful Recovery Yoga and Process Group where she helps provide Centered clients the opportunity to incorporate breath work, mindfulness and gentle yoga poses for more integrative mind, body, spirit healing. She specializes in substance abuse/addiction and all that goes along with that such as family dynamics, codependency, adult children of alcoholics (ACOA), trauma, shame/guilt, grief/loss, body image and low self-esteem; her sub-specialties include anxiety, depression and other mood disorders. Her website states: “My mission is to instill hope and self-love to those that are struggling. I am humbled and honored to be doing this work, and that my clients allow me to walk alongside them on their journey to recovery.” 

Robert Schlien joins Centered’s Outpatient drug rehabs Roswell and Marietta, Georgia as a Mindfulness Master Group Facilitator. He shares his decades of wisdom and understanding in mindfulness, meditation, and breath work. Robert has a Bachelor’s of Science from Long Island University in Psychology and has worked in mental health hospitals and in hospice care for over 11 years. Robert also has spent many years volunteering with Big Brothers, Big Sisters program of Broward County and was twice nominated for “Big Brother of the Year.” Robert holds certifications to teach Transformational Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation, Insight Meditation, Patanjali, and Bhagavad Gita courses. He completed his mindfulness training from the Transformational Meditation Institute through the Poverello Center and the Holy Angels Church in Wilton Manors, Florida, where he then taught meditation and yoga for 18 years for HIV/AIDS patients. He can also be found teaching Mindfulness Meditation at the Episcopal Church of Dahlonega, GA on Thursday evenings. 

Branton Box is a Group Facilitator and Breathwork Instructor for clients of Centered. Originally from South Texas, Branton moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. After working on over 50 TV shows, as well as becoming a personal trainer to Oscar winners, professional athletes and the world’s top models, Branton stumbled into a Breathwork class which changed the trajectory of his life. Now after having practiced Breathwork since 2013, introducing Breathwork, Mindfulness, and Self-Inquiry to others has become Branton’s driving purpose and passion in life.

Maureen Whatley provides Group Facilitation and Sound Healing Meditation groups for clients of Centered. Maureen is a Certified Health Coach with special training in Emotional Eating Psychology, Whole Person Health, and Detox Whole Life, as well as a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, among other specialties. Maureen loves to help clients flourish–living to their fullest potential, engaged in relationships and activities that are meaningful and aligned with their own values and has over 10 years of experience in the coaching field.

Sean is well known in the local recovery community for his great work with clients in a variety of ways. Sean provides Breathwork Meditation groups for Centered clients and has a strong foundation in recovery to provide a truly meaningful experience.  He holds a Level 1 Certified Addiction Counselor certificate, and is also a Certified Experiential Specialist, a Certified Anger Resolution Specialist, and a Yoga and Meditation teacher. The various roles he has held within the recovery community allows him a unique perspective to fully understand the entire process to help clients and their families feel extremely comfortable during the entire recovery process. 

Carson serves as our resident videographer and social media support team member for both the IOP drug rehabs Roswell and outpatient addiction treatment center in Marietta, Georgia. Carson has been a videographer for 5 years and works as a digital animation artist/3D VFX artist for video game development when not at Centered. He has a passion for helping people and can usually be found helping out in Marietta group on Thursday evenings as well! Carson owns Cinema Motions and is a fun member of our team!

Trevor Smith is a senior at Cambridge High School with a drive to help others. He has served as CHS Student Class President as well as Vice President, is an honor roll student, and varsity athlete in track and cross country. Trevor serves as a behavioral health technician for our evening IOP program and also interns at Ghost Ship Audio where he gets to expand his love for music.

Charlie serves as a Behavioral Health Technician for evenings at Centered. Charlie is a senior in high school, a star varsity football player, and is looking forward to going to Florida for college. Charlie provides a calm, strong presence at Centered and has enjoyed being a part of Centered’s mission to help create a stronger, healthier community here in metro Atlanta. 

Adelyn serves as a Behavioral Health Tech at Centered. She is an honor-roll high school student and varsity cheerleader with a strong interest in psychology. Her favorite part of working at Centered is meeting all the clients.