Who are we?

Pacifyr is a confidential, effective, yet affordable online coaching service. We are not a counseling company with a physical location, but rather, a Holistic Platform. Our mobile app helps people overcome life’s challenges, deal with emotional issues, and set, and achieve new goals, for a happier, more successful life. Each of our coaches and instructors are caring, licensed or certified professionals.

For Clients

Pacifyr works with people in search of coaching, marriage family counselors, or other counseling services—including alcohol and drug treatment. If you Googled “therapist near me,” you may be happy to consider becoming part of the popular trend of using online coaching services, provided on the Pacifyr mobile app(ios or android). Learn more about our certified life coaches and counselors, read their bios and learn how to schedule your first chat or video session, here.

For Professionals

We also provide a convenient way for professionals, such as wellness coaches, counselors, personal trainers, career coaches and certified instructors to connect with and serve their clients.

Our clients are anyone from a parent with problems with teens, to an employee utilizing HEWP benefits, to the vet population.

If you are a certified life coach, dietician a licensed or certified mental health professional, career coach or a certified meditation or yoga instructor, looking for a platform that offers your clients HIPPA compliant video conferencing, DOWNLOAD OUR APP here(ios or android)--for free.

For Businesses (HEWP Program)

Pacifyr is a preferred provider for Employee Assistance Programs (HEWP), we offer employers quality HEWP services, such as individual counseling, marriage and family counseling, and drug and alcohol treatment—all on a HIPPA compliant video chat format. Your employees can download our Pacifyr app to their phone or tablet and start chatting with a professional coach or counselor right away. Learn more about our HEWP benefits program packages HERE, or ask us to send you a quote for the program that best meets the needs of your employees HERE

Team

Sreekant Gotti

President, Healthcare Technologies

Sreekant Gotti, a recognized leader in Healthcare Information Technology, has over 20 years’ experience in healthcare IT leadership, software development, cyber security and technology consulting. He has been recognized by Becker's Hospital Review in its 2016 edition of "100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know" for his visionary role as Vice President and CIO of Prime Healthcare Services, one of the leading hospital systems in USA.

At Prime Healthcare (Prime), having started as IT Director for Desert Valley Hospital, Sreekant's responsibilities expanded quickly as the organization grew and he was named Vice President and CIO.Within his 11-year tenure Prime expanded to 45 hospitals and hundreds of clinics across the nation. He was responsible for building a robust IT organization facilitating and supporting Prime’s growth and operations. His strategic leadership, vision and execution supported Prime’s transformation into a Top 5 Health System in US.

In addition to building the IT infrastructure and systems, Sreekant created an internal software development team building several software solutions which supported Prime’s internal functions. In collaboration with clinical leadership, he played a significant role in building Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics capabilities at Prime. He built a robust security organization and an internal Security Operations Center (SOC). Sreekant also played a crucial role in the creation of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Prior to Prime, Sreekant worked at IBM Global Services for more than 6 years as Architect and Program Manager. During that time, he helped several Fortune-100 companies serving a variety of industries with their software development and consulting needs. Prior to IBM, he worked in Intelligroup’s software development division. Sreekant’s greatest strength is leadership. He enjoys building teams and organizations. He has a keen sense of customer service and quality. His experience and expertise in both technology and healthcare give him a unique perspective on the healthcare market and its technology needs. He brings to Pacifyr his deep understanding of the healthcare domain, his strong leadership, and his passion to usher healthcare into the fourth industrial revolution.

John Joseph

Cofounder and COO

John Joseph has 35 years of experience in business operations and executive decision making. Recently John worked as the CEO of CEFERTS which he founded. CEFERTS provides IT services including e-learning, extended team and projects execution.

Prior to this, he was Technical Manager of Datec Corp, a US based Information Technology company. At Datec Corp he was in charge of Technical evaluation, strategic planning and partnerships as well as Timely execution of Projects both in US and INDIA. He later became the Vice president of operations at Datec Corp.

John started his Career as the CEO of ARCONS,a project execution firm. While at ARCONS he also functioned as the Technical Manager responsible for the technical evaluation aspects of Projects, bidding for projects, strategic planning and execution including Legal Contracts and Logistics.

Madhu Augustine

CTO

Madhu Augustine has more than 20 years of experience in developing software applications and products.

He founded Ceino Technologies, a product innovation and services firm focusing on mobile and cloud apps development. Ceino develops mobile, cloud, and AI apps for customers such as ThermoFisher Scientific, Roche Molecular Diagnostics.

Prior to Ceino, he co-founded LexaCloud, a cloud-based data management and analysis platform for collecting and analyzing data from Life Sciences related instrument systems. The product was sold to ThermoFisher Scientific. Before LexCloud, Madhu was product management lead at Life Technologies where he led the $100M TaqMan Gene Expression product line.

Madhu holds a B.S. in computer science from National Institute of Technology in India and MBA from the Wharton Business School.

Lisa Arnold

Director of Pacifyr Services

Lisa is a New Jersey Licensed Social Worker with a decade of experience working in the Social Service Field. She has ten years of experience providing therapy specifically working with adults 18 and older. Her areas of speciality includes Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence. Prior to this, Lisa was working as a Social Worker responsible for overall administration of admissions and discharges at Princeton Care Center. Her role at Beacon Health Options was an Intensive Case Manager providing intensive case management services to mental health clients with dual-diagnoses, addiction, and terminal disease. At, Buttonwood Behavioral Health Hospital, Lisa worked as a Psychiatric Social Worker Supervisor conducting biological psychosocial histories in order to determine appropriate care for patients with persistent and co-occurring mental health disorders. She has performed therapeutic techniques such as Motivational Interviewing (MI) Techniques and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) individually and with clients in group settings.

Lisa holds Masters in Social Work from Rutgers University Board of Advisors.

Lawrence T. Force PhD, LCSW-R, NBCCH

Senior Advisor

Gerontologist and Gerontological Entrepreneur

Dr. Lawrence T. Force,has worked in the field of aging, disabilities and mental health for over thirty-five years as a practitioner, academician, administrator, and researcher in the public, non-profit and private sector. Dr. Force is a nationally recognized leader in the area of aging and lifespan development. He is the Editor and coauthor of Gerontology: An Interactive Text, 2nd edition and End-of-Life Care: A Guide for Supporting Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families. He is the author of: The Detoxing of Caregivers: Key Tips for Survival, Strength and Patience and has collaborated on books, articles, chapters, monographs, and technical reports, Video-casts and Blogs addressing topics such as developmental models of aging, Alzheimer’s disease, caregiving, Spinal Cord Recovery (SCR), addictions across the lifespan, lifelong disabilities, and naturally occurring living communities (NOLCs). Dr. Force was sponsored as a Summer Institute Fellow at the

National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the RAND Corporation and was funded as a Principal Investigator (PI) on a National Institute of Health (NIH) grant. Dr. Force is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R) and a National Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (NBCCH) and has a Private Practice with a solution-based focus -working with adults and family systems. He has presented his work at national and at international conferences.

Vance Larson

Senior Advisor

Vance has worked as a crisis counselor for the AIDS and addiction communities for 20 years. He then went to work in the field of Breast Cancer awareness. As a consultant, Vance has set up Employee Assistance Programs {EAP's} and worked in HR and compliance for several large corporations.

Vance has worked in the mental health arena for 35 years. While he has always kept a small practice, he would often teach as many as 13 courses on holistic health and wellness. Currently in practice as both a coach and consultant, he also writes for several publications and is a featured weekly columnist.

Carol M. Pedro MA, LPC

Advisor

Executive Director/Psychotherapist, Youth and Family counseling Services

Carol is a New Jersey Licensed Professional Counselor with over 15 years of clinical experience working in the Behavioral Health Field. She has treated those struggling with a variety of issues and have experience with all age groups and diverse populations including active military and veterans. Carol has solid background of counseling both mental health and substance abuse clients. She has worked in a variety of treatment settings including: in patient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient.

Carol has Master of Arts Degree in Counselor Education and is a member of various associations like NJ Counseling Association, American Mental Health Counseling Association, NJMHAA, Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce.