“Aporia Group provides individuals with comprehensive substance abuse treatment to those suffering from this debilitating disease. We hope to foster the best education, care and guidance, to create happiness, health and abstinence, indefinitely, One Day at a Time.”

DEBORAH E. BLASTIC

BS, CADC

 Deborah’s career in Addiction Counseling began in 1992 at Eugenia Psychiatric Hospital working with drug and alcohol addictions with women inflicted with sexual abuse and eating disorders. In 1998 she joined University of Pennsylvania/Hall Mercer in Philadelphia. She was charged in devising a new program for a unique population with mental health issues and substance abuse. She designed and formulated this structured program from the ground up. Her main goal is to assist clients in obtaining sobriety, helping to heal broken relationships, engaging actively in their lives, and recognizing new possibilities.

In Deborah’s private practice of the last 25 years, working with families and partners, she developed an expertise in couple’s counseling. This led her to pursue continued education to become a trained Imago Therapist. Imago Therapy is designed to provide a safe space for two people to communicate in a more structured manner. The goal is that each person will have their voice heard while learning the art of listening. Deborah’s fullfillment has been in assisting her clients to create a new freedom and a new happiness.

IAN SILL

LCSW, MSS

Ian's passion is helping others avoid the pain addiction brings to those afflicted by this disease. He began studying addiction in 2006 at Camden County College. He graduated with a degree in Psychology from Rutgers - Camden and received his Masters degree in Social Services from Bryn Mawr College.

In addition to his work with those who suffer from addiction, he counseled children and adolescents individually at a local community hospital. Ian has also co-facilitated groups in anger management and fatherhood for expectant teens. He has a deep belief in both the power of a group dynamic and the chemistry of individual work to support people suffering from addiction, into recovery.