Opening iRely Recovery was deeply personal for the founding members. These are leaders who have experienced firsthand the complex challenges, losses, and missed opportunities due to mental health, trauma, and substance use disorder that go untreated. On the other side of those experiences, we are passionate about helping others overcome those same challenges.
Meet Your Compassionate Support
Your Reliable Recovery Lifeline For Connection & Healing
Rewriting Stories With Practical Empowerment
iRely Recovery was founded by experienced professionals who met on their road to recovery. Since that time, we’ve committed to transforming the behavioral healthcare community for the better, every single day, one encounter at a time.
As a community, we embrace the “i” movement, which champions individuality and uniqueness. At the heart of all we do is an unwavering dedication to holistic care and an acknowledgement of the emotional and spiritual aspects of well-being, not just the physical. The whole person must be nurtured and healed, not merely the addiction.
Through our own intimate understanding of life’s challenges and having walked the proven pathway to recovery, we’ve been inspired to create a space of healing and transformation. To facilitate personal recovery through evidence-based treatment, community support, and access to vital resources. To be a recovery resource that anyone could rely on to guide the way to healing.
Our Leadership Team
Vinsent Franke, MFTT, MBA, CADC-II, RA, is a California-based CEO and addiction-mental health recovery leader with over 21 years clean and sober. A clinician-entrepreneur with multiple master’s degrees, he blends training across martial arts, marriage and family therapy, healthcare administration, and advanced credentials in addiction-recovery treatment to design and lead innovative behavioral and mental health programs, startups, and organizational strategies. His work is grounded in lived experience and a commitment to transforming pain into purposeful change for individuals and the teams that serve them.
Personal motto: “Being prepared for what I was made for.” A proud Los Angelino who champions organized, patient, and helpful leadership. He embraces a holistic view of recovery and holds the belief that “ my drink bone is connected to my drug bone”. Vinsent maintains that true transformation comes from addressing the whole person.
His leadership emphasizes collaboration, evidence-based practice, and a compassionate, client-centered path to healthier lives and stronger organizations. A longtime mixed martial arts practitioner, Vinsent draws on decades of experience teaching self-protection, resilience, and disciplined focus. Recovery, he believes, is the ongoing process of combating disease, discomfort, and the disordered parts of ourselves, while being recovered is getting the power of choice back.
Gretchen ‘GG’ Garcia’s love for cooking began at a young age, fostered in the heart of her mom’s always-busy kitchen. Growing up surrounded by the joy and comfort that good food provides, she honed her culinary skills early and developed a deep appreciation for the art of cooking. Like many, GG’s journey took an unexpected turn with personal struggles of addiction. Through dedication and a commitment to growth, she found a path to recovery and rediscovered the transformative power of food and community. Now, living clean and sober, Gretchen channels both her skills and empathy into creating nourishing, delicious meals for those on their journey of healing. Cooking in recovery allows Gretchen to express her creativity, nourish the body, and give back to the community that once provided her so much support. Her dedication goes beyond meal preparation; she embraces the therapeutic value of cooking as a way to promote well-being, foster connection, and restore stability and normalcy. Gretchen’s goal is to create a supportive environment where residents can experience the joy of good food and the healing power of shared meals.
Phil brings more than a decade of experience in the field of Substance Use Disorder treatment, working across the full continuum of care. Throughout his career, he has served as a Program Director and Lead Counselor, with extensive leadership experience in Joint Commission-accredited and DHCS-certified programs. Phil’s approach emphasizes both operational excellence and clinical depth, ensuring that every patient is supported in a therapeutic environment built on integrity, compassion, and best practices.
Adrianna Mateos, LVN, is a Los Angeles–based addiction detox expert and long‑term recovery advocate. She specializes in medically supervised detox and recovery planning, guiding clients from withdrawal toward lasting recovery. As a Los Angeles native, Adrianna combines medical expertise with lived experience to provide compassionate, practical support at every step of the recovery journey.
Our Clinical Team
Opening iRely Recovery was deeply personal for the founding members. These are leaders who have experienced firsthand the complex challenges, losses, and missed opportunities due to mental health, trauma, and substance use disorder that go untreated. On the other side of those experiences, we are passionate about helping others overcome those same challenges.
SJ is a dedicated addiction-recovery therapist who has been in recovery since 2010. She earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University and has worked in treatment settings for the past five years. Her therapeutic approach centers on the recovery principles associated with meeting patients where they are, emphasizing that a strong therapeutic bond built on trust is the cornerstone of positive outcomes. SJ's personal journey of recovery enriches her professional practice, allowing her to offer empathetic and practical support to those seeking to overcome addiction and other co-occurring disorders.
Lynn Julian has spent over a decade in pivotal roles in guiding clients through the residential treatment process with compassion, structure, and individualized care. With a deep commitment to trauma-informed support, she collaborates closely with clinical teams to develop recovery plans that meet both mental health and substance use needs. Lynn expertly coordinates family therapy, experiential healing, aftercare planning, and community resources. Her approach emphasizes empowering clients to embrace their unique journeys and build sustainable lives in recovery.
Dr. Brian Honeyman, MD, PhD, is a board-certified physician in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Internal Medicine, with a career spanning clinical leadership, medical education, and translational research. He currently serves as a Clinical Advisor at iRely Recovery, where he helps guide compassionate, evidence-based approaches to patient care and recovery. Dr. Honeyman most recently served as Chief of Palliative Medicine for Care New England Medical Group, advancing holistic and patient-centered models of serious illness care.
In addition to his clinical leadership, Dr. Honeyman is a dedicated educator and former Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, where he mentored medical students, residents, and interdisciplinary learners. A graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine MD/PhD program, his doctoral research explored the molecular mechanisms of breast cancer, with publications in PLOS One and Chemistry & Biology.
Our Nursing Team
Opening iRely Recovery was deeply personal for the founding members. These are leaders who have experienced firsthand the complex challenges, losses, and missed opportunities due to mental health, trauma, and substance use disorder that go untreated. On the other side of those experiences, we are passionate about helping others overcome those same challenges.
Adrianna Mateos, LVN, is a Los Angeles–based addiction detox expert and long‑term recovery advocate. She specializes in medically supervised detox and recovery planning, guiding clients from withdrawal toward lasting recovery. As a Los Angeles native, Adrianna combines medical expertise with lived experience to provide compassionate, practical support at every step of the recovery journey.
