All the details in our Health Safety stories come from publicly available Final Orders, Consent Orders, Orders of Suspension and other documents from the Virginia Department of Health Professionals.

Jul. 12—Friends say Juan Valdez was many things. A quitter was not among them. Valdez, who worked for a time in Santa Fe city government, spent years as an addiction and behavioral health counselor ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Kubasaki High School’s new drug and alcohol counselor has opened her door to students. Although for now her bookshelves are empty and walls bare, Margaret Zohni, ...

The state is spending $3 million in an effort to recruit and retain more substance abuse counselors amid a surge in drug abuse and overdoses that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Counselors have ...

A Spokane drug abuse counselor has had her license suspended following accusations that she had a sexual relationship with client who later overdosed and died at her home. The state Department of ...

My name is Kayle Satterwhite and I am the founder of True North Integrative Counseling, LLC. I am a dedicated, licensed clinical social worker specializing in trauma, anxiety, and substance abuse. I ...