KEY STAFF
Dr. Tom Scott
Savage - Clinical Director
Dr. Savage has worked with hundreds
of chemically dependent clients and their families.
He believes in a client-centered approach in helping
both the individual and family members understand
the illness of addiction. He facilitates a practical
path to recovery using the assets that the clients
and their family members already possess.
Dr. Savage entered the field of
counseling at the Hazelden Foundation in 1984
and remained there helping clients in various
capacities for fourteen years. He first worked
on a primary care inpatient unit as a counselor
then moved to one of Hazelden’s extended
care facilities in St. Paul. There he worked as
a counselor and clinical supervisor of a staff
whose purpose was to help clients reintegrate
into daily life and the workplace and reunite
with their families.
Most recently Dr. Savage has worked
in private practice helping chemically dependent
clients in an outpatient setting with their recovery
issues and the often-associated mental health
complications. Dr. Savage has the unique ability
to connect with clients and their families due
to his training, education, and personal and professional
experience.
- Eighteen years experience in the
field of chemical dependency treatment
- Fourteen years at the Hazelden Foundation in Minnesota
- Four years of private practice
- Twelve years experience in business management
- Four years experience in the field of education
- BS degree in biology at the University of Wisconsin 1969
- Counselor training at Hazelden Foundation 1984-1985
- Masters in counseling Psychology University of St. Thomas in St. Paul MN. 1994
- Doctorate in Counseling Psychology University of St. Thomas 1998