Bob Garon is hailed as the "father of the Therapeutic Community (TC) in Asia" due to his role in pioneering the TC modality approach to drug rehabilitation in 1972 when he set up DARE Foundation. There he met his wife Emmy. He brought the TC approach to the Philippines from Daytop Village in New York and modified it to suit the Filipino culture and temperament. He then helped set up the TC in other Asian countries such as Thailand, Nepal, and Malaysia. Today, it is now the official government endorsed approach to rehabilitation. Formerly a UNESCO Commissioner on Communication, he has written extensively in the field of drug abuse, sexual abuse, the family and other related topics in his series of published books as well as newspaper columns (see The Manila Times). He has been a marriage counselor for over 40 years and continues to work in this area part time. At Nazareth, he is full time in the psychotherapy area of the program and uses his skills as a certified hypnotherapist to create change and heighten awareness.  He is an advocate of education on child sexual abuse and sex addiction and has been invited by many organizations and institutions with his team of speakers to address these issues. Inquiries on this matter can be done through this website. His work can be viewed on his website: www.bobgaron.com

  
 

Emmy Garon started working in the field of drug rehabilitation when she was 19 years old and went on to become the first Filipina to direct a drug program in the Philippines. She is an experienced educator and  co-founder of Golden Values school (together with Bob), established since 1979 (www.goldenvaluesschool.com) and is a former UNESCO Commissioner on Education. She was also appointed .as the first Deputy Executive Director for the National Early Childhood Care and Development Council (NECCDEC) for the Philippine’s Council on Welfare of Children (CWC) from 2002-2003.She obtained her Master's degree in educational management and is currently working on her PhD in Education with a major in educational leadership and management from St. Joseph's College.  As the Executive Director of Nazareth, she works very closely in the program, administration and in parents' education. Both husband and wife believe and live the TC concepts in their own lives and in how they have raised their two daughters Vanessa and Alexandra.

 

  
 

Alexandra Garon is the in-house psychologist and Deputy Director of Nazareth Formation House. She has lived and learned the TC concepts from her parents’ upbringing and continues to do so in her work as a full time counselor at the center. She earned her psychology degree from St. Scholastica's College and fortunately, then decided to work on her parents’ legacy. She is currently working on her Master's degree in mental health counseling from Walden University in the U.S., and is considered to be the protégé of her parents as she works alongside her father on the cutting edge of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy, as well as her mother's expertise in program and administration. She is an advocate for women empowerment and currently runs a Battered Women's group with her father that is slowly gaining popularity (inquiries on this can be coursed through this website).

  
 

The Nazareth Staff Team is composed of highly trained and deeply dedicated individuals in the profession of nursing, social work, education, pastoral care, medicine, counseling and psychology. All program staffers who graduated from the Nazareth program are required not only to finish their college degrees, but to pursue higher levels of education in the field of counseling and psychology as well. Being a Nazareth staffer is considered a vocation and the highest level of commitment is required. As such, all full-time staff live in the center six days a week and are on call 24 hours a day alongside the Garons who also live at the center. They are required to follow the strict lifestyle of sobriety that is asked of the residents (no smoking or drinking even on days off) staying true to the concept of sincerity and role modeling. Our team of psychologists, doctors, social workers, priest, nurses, teachers, and counselors provide the highest possible standards of care and service both to the residents and their families.