DEMETER HOUSE
Demeter House offers medically monitored and clinically managed intensive residential treatment services for adult women. Our female only rehab center provides women a safe, supported, and comfortable environment. This intensive residential program helps break the cycle of drug and alcohol misuse and equips women with the tools needed to be successful in recovery.
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This nationally accredited program includes the following services:
Trauma Informed Care
Medication Assisted Treatment
Use of Evidence Based Practices
24/7 Care
Individual Counseling
Group Counseling
Daily Exercise
Psychoeducation
Additional Medical and Mental Health Care as Needed
Family Involvement as Indicated
Linkage to Community Recovery Support Systems
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Leadership
for Demeter House
Rebecca Black, MSW, LCSW
Deputy Director of Clinical Operations
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Rebecca Black is Deputy Director of Clinical Operations. She works closely with the Chief Operating Officer to oversee National Capital’s residential programs. Rebecca also works closely with our Recovery Haven program, serving adult women in a low intensity treatment setting in Alexandria.
Previous to this role, she was the program director for Demeter House. In that position, she was responsible for clinical operations of Demeter House, NCTR’s residential program for women, to assure that high quality treatment services are provided to all patients.
Prior to joining National Capital Treatment & Recovery, she worked for seven years as an inpatient clinical manager at Pathways-Luminis Health in Maryland.
She is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience in the substance use disorder treatment field. She has a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Anne Arundel County Community College, in Maryland.
Fatima Urias, CSAC-A.
Residential Supervisor
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Fatima Urias Salinas is the Residential Supervisor at Demeter House, where she leads daily residential operations to create a safe, structured environment that supports women in recovery. Her leadership is key to building trust and fostering healing in a setting where compassionate care is essential.
Her background in residential substance use treatment—including managing client care across various levels (3.5, 3.1, and 2.5 programs)—has provided her with advanced skills in crisis intervention and structured programming. This expertise directly informs recovery strategies that empower clients to rebuild their lives.
Fatima’s diverse experience also encompasses emergency response and public safety. At Randolph-Macon College, she served as a Resident Assistant, Campus Safety PD Dispatcher, and Emergency Response Team Member. These roles honed her crisis management and emergency response skills. Additionally, her early childhood education background enhances her ability to create nurturing, resilient environments that are vital for residential treatment.
Ama Boateng, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C
Medical Manager
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Ama is a board-certified Nurse practitioner with a doctorate in nursing practice who specializes in Family and Psychiatry from George Washington University. She believes that empathy and building a trusting relationship with patients and their families are vital to any recovery process across lifespan.
Debra O’Beirne, MD, FASAM
Medical Consultant
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Dr. O’Beirne received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed her psychiatry residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland. She has been a practicing Psychiatrist for more than 30 years.
Dr. O’Beirne served in the United States Army, as the Chief of Psychiatry Service at Fort Campbell, KY, with combat service as Chief of Psychiatry for the 86th Evacuation Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.
After her military service, she worked for the Veterans Administration until 2003, when she began working with Fairfax County Community Services Board in Fairfax, Virginia. In 2010, she achieved board certification in Addiction Medicine and she is now the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine Services for Fairfax County CSB.
Dr. O’Beirne believes it is important to recognize Addiction as a medical disease and to provide a wide range of treatment, from intensive outpatient to long term residential settings, including Medication Assisted Treatment and comprehensive psychiatric care at each level.
Dr. O’Beirne joined National Capital Treatment & Recovery to provide collaboration and consultation with Withdrawal Management and Early Recovery Programs. She has expanded her role to work with our other residential programs. Dr. O’Beirne also hosts monthly medical education information sessions to our internal teams to help ensure our team us up to date on the medical and psychiatric conditions and treatment approaches we work with in our programs.
