Alegria Collaborative

Dia Parsons, CEO of Alegria Collaborative, is a certified CADC II counselor operating in the behavioral health field since 2007. She has vast experience working in multiple areas of recovery and with experts in the field.

 With the unique experience of having lived in several foreign countries and an added diverse skill set, she has a special ability to adapt and think outside the box, providing a creative recovery process for clients.

 Dia understands firsthand the nightmares that are caused from addiction and untreated mental illness and even finer the beauty of recovery. Her personal experience of losing a dear friend to overdose set her on a path to take action in this field. She has been on the frontlines, helping people to find strength to recover and change their lives ever since. Her passion to help people transform their lives gives her the utmost respect for the position and the individuals she is helping to heal.

Joy Stevens, founder and president of Alegria Collaborative, has been a life coach, sober companion, and sober coach since 2008. Over the past several years she has synthesized an astounding team of the most skilled and dedicated coaches, companions, and case managers, who help to support clients in creating meaning in their lives.

It has been Joy’s objective to create a unique approach to treating behavioral health cases by collaborating with medical clinicians, psychologists, and non-clinical counselors. She has put together an incredibly patient, empathetic, and compassionate team consisting of the most highly trained and dedicated coaches, companions, and case managers, who each bring something unique to our clients.

Joy believes her life's purpose is to help people struggling with mental illness and substance use disorder to help them create fulfillment in their lives and find the passion that will set their hearts on fire.