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Kevin Scheel Kevin Scheel is a Masters prepared chemical dependency counselor with more than twenty-eight (28) years experience in the field. He has served as an instructor at McLennan Community College and Baylor University in Waco, Texas, as a trainer and educational consultant with the Hazelden Foundation’s Addiction Counselor Training program in Dallas, Texas, and is currently the Director of Educational Services for the Distance Learning Center for Addiction Studies (DLCAS.com). Kevin also served as Texas Coordinator for the Project for Addiction Counselor Training (PACT), a federally funded project that assisted more than 400 students become licensed chemical dependency counselors in Texas. Kevin’s dynamic and personal presentation style coupled with his exceptional knowledge of addictions, make Kevin one of the most skilled trainers and authors in the United States. He and his family live in a suburban community near St. Paul, Minnesota. Kevin may be reached by phone at 866 431-4240 or by email at kscheel@dlcas.com. |
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Vic Shaw Vic Shaw is an author and trainer with thirty (30) years experience in the addictions field. His varied professional responsibilities have included serving as a faculty member in the Dallas County Community College District in Dallas, Texas; starting a thirty-bed hospital based addiction treatment center in Texas; working with addicted individuals as a vocational rehabilitation counselor; and maintaining a private counseling practice which focused on helping addicted persons and their family. Vic is perhaps best know for his work in establishing large addiction counselor training programs in Texas, Florida, Mississippi and California and for his work with over six thousand (6,000) addiction counselor trainees. He presently serves as Director of Marketing for the Distance Learning Center for Addiction Studies (DLCAS.com). Vic has unique training and expertise in the area of test-taking skills. He makes his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he spends his leisure time weaving Rio Grande style rugs and hiking mountain trails. Vic may be reached by phone at 866
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Melody Beattie Melody Beattie is the author of numerous best-selling books including Stop Being Mean to Yourself, Codependent No More, Beyond Codependency, The Language of Letting Go, Codependents' Guide to the 12 Steps, and The Lessons of Love. Beattie's writing draws on the wisdom of Twelve Step healing, Christianity, and Eastern religions. Her loyal readers continue to find her books accessible, practical and filled with universal truths. She lives in Malibu, California. |
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Richard Brown Richard L. Brown, MD, MPH completed college and medical school at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; a family medicine residency at Columbia University-affiliated Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey; a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-sponsored family medicine research fellowship and a masters in public health degree at the University of Washington; and a substance abuse fellowship sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. Since 1990, he has been a family physician with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. In 1997, he became an associate professor with tenure at Wisconsin. Known widely for his innovative teaching programs, Dr. Brown has taught workshops on substance abuse screening and intervention, motivational interviewing, and chronic pain throughout the US and in Europe and Asia. He served as president of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) from 1997 to 1999 and received AMERSA’s McGovern award for excellence in medical education in 2002. From 1999 to 2004, he served as the founding director of Project MAINSTREAM, a federally funded program to enhance substance abuse education for fifteen health professions. As associate director of Project MAINSTREAM, he continues to develop curricula on alcohol and drug screening, intervention, and referral; motivational interviewing; and the appropriate use and misuse of prescription medications. At Wisconsin, he and his colleagues developed a successful model for training medical students in motivational interviewing for tobacco use disorders. Dr. Brown has also excelled in research. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and private foundations for several projects. Most recently, he is finding that a six-session, telephone-administered motivational intervention can decrease drinking by non-treatment seeking primary care patients with alcohol use disorders.
As a board-certified family physician, Dr. Brown sees
patients at the Northeast Family Medicine Center in Madison, Wisconsin. His
practice focuses on promoting changes in unhealthy behaviors, and managing
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Timmen L. Cermak Dr. Timmen L. Cermak is Board Certified
by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and holds a Certificate of
Added Qualification in Addiction Psychiatry. He is a leading expert in the
field of addiction medicine, with numerous books, articles, and videos on
the topics of co-dependency and adult children of alcoholics. He is
currently in the private practice of psychiatry and addiction psychiatric at
the Genesis Psychotherapy Center in San Francisco, California. |
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Charlotte Chapman Charlotte Chapman is a Licensed Professional
Counselor who has been in the addictions field for twenty years. She has
practiced as a counselor, supervisor and program director. Charlotte has
been teaching ethics for the past ten years. She has published articles and
courses on ethics for addiction professionals and has served on state and
national certification boards and ethics committees. Charlotte is a licensed
professional counselor, a licensed substance abuse treatment provider, a
certified addictions counselor and a certified clinical supervisor in
Virginia. She is currently the director of training for the Mid-Atlantic
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Dennis C. Daley Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and Chief of Addiction Medicine Services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He oversees a large continuum of care at Addiction Medicine Services (AMS), which includes over twenty-five treatment, prevention and intervention programs, training programs for psychiatric residents, medical students and graduate students in behavioral health. Dr. Daley has been or is currently an investigator, trainer and/or consultant on numerous research studies at WPIC sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism related to treatment of individuals with substance use disorders and mood disorders. He is currently a trainer and consultant on a NIDA sponsored study of bipolar substance abusers at Harvard Medical School (Roger Weiss, MD, PI). Dr. Daley and colleagues at AMS are currently involved in seven research projects. His research interests are in the areas of addiction, mood disorders and addiction, and adherence to treatment. Dr. Daley is Co-Director of the Education Core for the VISN 4 Veteran Administration’s Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center project, a joint project between the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh VA Medical Centers. He has consulted with numerous treatment programs in the U.S. and Europe, and presented over 350 workshops and lectures in over 30 States, Canada and Europe. He is also a consultant to a criminal justice program for incarcerated youth with substance use and psychiatric disorders. Dr. Daley developed several dual disorder treatment programs, and has been involved in providing services to patients and families, program development and management for over 25 years. He has over 225 publications including books, recovery guides, journal articles and educational films on dual disorders, recovery, relapse prevention, and family issues. He has authored or co-authored several books on treatment of addiction and co-occurring disorders including: (1)) Improving Treatment Compliance: Counseling and Systems Strategies for Substance Use and Dual Disorders; (2) Dual Disorders: Counseling Clients with Chemical Dependency and Mental Illness, 3rd ed; (3) Dual Disorders Recovery Counseling, 2nd ed; (4) Male Depression, Alcoholism and Violence. He has also written a series of recovery guides for clients and family on co-occurring disorders including: (1) Coping with Dual Disorders; (2) Preventing Relapse; (3)) Understanding Suicide and Addiction; (4) Understanding Major Anxiety Disorders & Addiction; (5) Understanding Bipolar Disorders & Addiction; (6) Understanding Depression and Addiction; (7) Understanding Personality Problems & Addiction; (8) Understanding Schizophrenia & Addiction; and (9) A Family Guide to Dual Disorders. Dr. Daley has also authored recovery materials on addiction, including materials for children and adolescents. He was the first in the country to develop interactive workbooks for clients with co-occurring disorders, and one of the first to develop workshop for clients with addictive disorders. His manuals for clinicians integrate clinical and research literature and his extensive experience treating clients and their families. Dr. Daley’s recovery materials for clients and families are viewed as informative, user friendly and very helpful in the recovery process.
Dr. Daley has written over 30 educational videos for patients
and families including the Living Sober I (8 videos on early recovery
issues), Living Sober II (6 videos on middle recovery issues) and
Living Sober III (5 videos on motivation and compliance) interactive
video programs, the Promise Of Recovery (an 11-video program on
recovery from psychiatric illness), and Double Trouble (2 videos
addressing addiction and mood, anxiety, borderline personality and
antisocial personality disorders). His practical recovery materials are used
in many treatment programs in the
U.S.
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John T. Edwards Dr. John T. Edwards earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Georgia in 1977. He is an Approved Supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and has conducted and supervised family therapy for the past twenty (20) years. He has served as director of counseling in a family health center, clinical director of an inpatient family care program, private practitioner in marriage and family therapy and co-founder of a learning center for family therapy. Dr. Edwards has conducted numerous training events in the United States and Canada. He is author of the books Treating Chemically Dependent Families: A Practical Systems Approach for Professionals and Working With Families. He is currently a private trainer and consultant living in Durham, North Carolina. |
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Carlton K. Erickson Carlton K. Erickson,
Ph.D. is Parke-Davis Centennial Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology and
Head of the Addiction Science Research and Education Center in the College
of Pharmacy at the University of Texas in Austin. He is an active researcher
in the pharmacology of drug dependency, and is interested in adult science
education about new research findings in addiction science. An articulate
and entertaining speaker, Dr. Erickson is broadly knowledgeable about the
latest scientific findings in this area. He is the author of over 150
scientific and professional articles, plus numerous book chapters and
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James Garrett James Garrett, CSW, Vice President of Linking Human Systems ™, developer of the ARISE method of Intervention, has done interventions for more than 20 years. He has extensive clinical experience in substance abuse as well as program and administrative experience at both the state and agency levels. He has served as trainer and consult for many years, and was a Co-Investigator on a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant, “Levels of Intervention for Engaging Cocaine Abusers”. Mr. Garrett has co-authored more than 7 journal articles dealing with Intervention models and Intervention outcomes. He maintains a private practice specializing in Interventions in Albany, New York in addition to his training and consulting work with Linking Human Systems. |
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Elizabeth M. George Elizabeth M. George is
the Chief Executive Officer of the North American Training Institute. The
Minnesota-based NATI provides accredited clinical training, online web-based
courses, curricula development, as well as responsible gaming program
design. Ms. George received a Baccalaureate degree from the University of
Minnesota, Duluth and is the architect of the 60-hour course, Counseling
the Pathological Gambler: PHASE I & II, as well as three public policy
think tanks including the Minnesota Public Policy Think Tank, the
Mississippi Public Policy Think Tank and, in collaboration with Harvard
University, the North American Think Tank on Youth Gambling Issue.
Ms. George currently serves as Associate Editor for Program Features for the
Journal of Gambling Studies and was a charter member of the Advisory
Committee for the National Center for
Responsible Gaming, Kansas City, Missouri. In 2000, Ms. George assisted the
American Academy of Pediatricians in research and writing of informational
material on youth and gambling and has presented keynote presentations
throughout the United States, Canada and Australia.
The congressionally appointed National Gambling Impact Study Commission
invited Ms. George to provide expert testimony on the topic of youth and
gambling concerns and she assisted the Council of State Governments in
writing a national publication, Gambling and the States. TIME
magazine cited her work in a feature article on underage gambling and she is
the author of numerous articles, surveys, publications and book chapters on
pathological gambling-related topics including articles contained within:
Personal Finances and Worker Productivity, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, International Gaming and Wagering Business
Magazine, Indian Gaming Magazine, Treatment Today, and
Gambling in Canada, The Bottom Line. Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D., Thomas
Cummings and Elizabeth George are co-editors of the book, Youth and
Gambling: Futures at Stake, which will be published by Nevada Press in
early 2001. She may be reached at
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Terence T. Gorski Terence T. Gorski is an internationally recognized expert on substance abuse, mental health, violence, & crime. He is best known for his contributions to relapse prevention, managing chemically dependent offenders, and developing community-based teams for managing the problems of alcohol, drugs, violence, and crime. He has extensive experience working with employee assistance programs (EAP) and has special expertise in working with emergency professionals including fire, medical, and law enforcement. He is a prolific author and has published numerous books and articles. He is also the founder of CENAPS®. Founded in 1982, CENAPS is a private training and consultation firm committed to providing the most advanced training in the chemical dependency and behavioral health fields. |
Jim JensenJim Jensen, M.S., began his work in the behavioral health field in 1974. During the past thirty-one years he has worked in the U.S. and abroad in a variety of clinical, consulting, and administrative positions. In 1982 he co-founded a residential addictions treatment facility in Great Britain. During this period Jim also assisted with the production of an Al-Anon film and consulted with the British government on the development of their national drug policy. In 1989, Jim worked on the development of a residential treatment center in New Zealand.Throughout the 1990’s Jim worked as a consultant and trainer while conducting numerous training events throughout the U.S., including the 1991 NAADAC professional convention. He also became program director for CARF during this period. He has extensive experience in consultation to Native American addiction programs as well. Jim published several times in trade magazines and produced a training video on clinical documentation of case work. Jim holds a master’s degree in Organizational Development and Community Counseling and is dually licensed in Montana as an addictions counselor and clinical professional counselor. He is currently working as a program/training supervisor for a behavioral health that which provides mental health therapy and case management services to children and adolescents.
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Karen Kelly With over 25 years of experience in substance abuse treatment and criminal justice settings, Karen Kelly, MS, MAC, CRPS, CCS, has provided consultation, management, and oversight to a National Employee Assistance and Managed Mental Health Care firm, based in Atlanta, Ga. In addition, Karen is founder, and President of Circle of Recovery, Inc. Karen is actively involved in providing ongoing consultation, training, and drug/alcohol education, as well as training in other areas of human services. She is currently an adjunct professor at Morris Brown College, in Atlanta, GA. She has developed a number of diverse substance abuse treatment, training, and educational programs. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Administration with a minor in Psychology from Central Michigan University, a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Park College, and two Associates of Science degree from The Community College of the Air Force, one in Nursing, the other in Social Services. Karen currently holds certifications as a Nationally Certified Addictions Counselor Level II, Nationally Certified Relapse Prevention Specialist, Certified Clinical Supervisor, Certified Criminal Justice Specialist, and a Certified Risk Reduction Instructor. She is also a Nationally Certified Trainer/Instructor through NAADAC. Karen is presently a member of the National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), the Georgia Addictions Counselor Association, (GACA), and the American Counseling Association (ACA). Her most recent projects
include participation on the National Addiction Technology Transfer Centers
Curriculum Committee and their development of Addiction Counseling
Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes of Professional Practice.
Other works include but are not limited to the development of specific
curriculum for The Georgia Department of Corrections, and The Georgia
Department of Human Resources, Substance Abuse Section. She continues to
serve as the Lead Trainer for Georgia's entry level Addiction's Counselors
Training Program, sponsored through The Georgia Addictions Counselors'
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Frank Lala Dr. Frank Lala received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Community Health Education, his Master of Education degree in Deaf Education, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Health and Human Services with Dr. Harlan Lane and Dr. Betty G. Miller as Dissertation Advisors/Mentors, and a certification in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling from UCLA. As a key speaker he lectures on substance abuse and has authored many publications in the field of deafness, a poem "A Credo for Deaf Americans" along with his published book, "Counseling the Deaf Substance Abuser". He's a recent recipient of Gallaudet University's Laurent Clerc Award. Dr. Lala received his black belts in tang soo do karate and ju-jitsu. Karate instructor was UFAF Chief instructor Ron Pohnel at Chuck Norris' Sherman Oaks Karate Studio. He was featured in Black Belt magazine (August 1994). Chuck Norris' UFAF newsletter, "The Octagon" (Spring 1994), congratulated him for "Karate Athlete of the Year Award in 1993" with best wishes from Chip Wright. He was instrumental in having the International Martial Arts Federation of the Deaf accepted as a member of the CISS (Comite International des Sports Sourdes) for Deaflympics. Dr. Lala is currently
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Dr. Judith Landau, child and family psychiatrist, President of
Linking Human Systems™
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National Jewish Medical and
Research Center in Denver,
CO. She
was Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, and Director of the Family
Therapy Training Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Prior to that she was a senior trainer in the Family Therapy Training Center
of the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. A Fulbright Scholar, she has
taught in over 60 countries and consulted to governments and agencies on 5
continents. She was Principal Investigator on a National Institute on Drug
Abuse grant “Levels of Intervention for Engaging Cocaine Abusers.” She is
an approved supervisor and fellow of AAMFT and has served on 10 editorial
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Ray Madiou Ray Madiou is a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor in the State of NJ. He currently serves as the operations manager for Monmouth/Ocean Behavioral Health Care, which provides substance abuse, mental health, and social services as well as assistance to individuals affected by the events of September 11, 2001. He is the author of "Ending A Clinical Taboo" and a new paradigm product that enables mandated clients to document attendance of Twelve Step Meetings without obtaining signatures. With over fifteen years of working experience in the areas of addiction and recovery, Ray brings his valuable knowledge and insight to you in this Distance Learning Package. Ray is the instructor for our course "The Twelve Step Experience - A Course For Clinicians."
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Craig Nakken Craig M. Nakken, MSW, CCDP, LCSW, LMFT, is an author, lecturer, trainer, and family therapist specializing in the treatment of addiction. With over twenty years of working experience in the areas of addiction and recovery, Craig brings his valuable knowledge and insight to you in this Distance Learning Package. He presently is in private therapy practice in St. Paul, Minnesota. |
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Jane Nakken Jane M. Nakken, Ed. D. is a consultant in private practice specializing in organization change and leadership in the fields of alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment. She retired in 2002 from her position as Executive Vice President of Hazelden, where she had worked since 1977 in a variety of clinical and leadership positions. Dr. Nakken designed and implemented the Women & Children’s Recovery Community and the Women Healing Conference Partnership, two cross-organizational partnerships that serve recovering women in innovative ways, and developed Hazelden’s Center for Public Policy in 1991. She earned her masters degree in human and health services administration in 1989 at St. Mary’s University, and her doctorate in organization change at Pepperdine University in 2000.
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Mary Ann Patrick Mary Ann Patrick bring many years of experience as both a counselor and a trainer to the DLCAS. Since receiving her MEd from North Texas State University, she has served in director's positions for a variety of substance abuse, mental health, and disability services in Collin county, Denton county and Central counties Mental Health and Mental Retardation systems in Texas. During her career she was also the Co-Founder and Director of Ministry to the Handicapped for the Diocese of Fort Worth. Mary Ann has also been an instructor with Central Texas College in Killeen, Texas, as well as McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. She has been an active member of the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals, and served on numerous boards, including the Certification Review Board. Most recently she was co-owner and ED for Recovery Works in Temple, Texas. During her professional career she has been active with TCADA and TAAP. At present she is a consultant in the addiction field and presents workshops on a variety of topics. |
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David Powell David J. Powell, Ph.D. is
President of the International Center for Health Concerns, Inc. He is also
currently an employee of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
and Director of Spiritual Programs, Aravaipa Canyon
The books can be obtained through the
publisher or Amazon.com or
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For further information, contact David Powell at djpowell1@aol.com or (860) 653-4470. |
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Ken Osean Ken Osean is a Licensed
Chemical Dependency Counselor and Certified Employee Assistance Professional
in private practice in Dallas, Texas. With two degrees in Leadership and
Learning Theory from North Texas State University and Rutgers University,
Ken brings over 25 years of experience in teaching, training, and
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Laurie Rokutani Laurie Rokutani has been a counselor for over twenty years, serving a wide variety of clientele (from indigent substance abusers to the very affluent) in a wide variety of settings (private practice to community agencies) in various geographical locations (coast to coast and in between!). From her beginning in general counseling to substance abusing clients, she shifted gears into substance abuse prevention (K-12), then into Student Assistance Program counseling and coordination. From there she left direct service and went into academia, where she is currently teaching both prevention and counseling courses. She is also currently providing prevention consultation to schools and agencies as a part of the counseling program's emphasis in addictions counseling and prevention. |
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Blanca Sanchez-Navarro Blanca Sanchez-Navarro, LPC,
LCDC, received
her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Loyola University of the South in
New Orleans, LA, and her Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from
St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX. Blanca has worked in chemical
dependency treatment centers in both New Orleans and San Antonio before her
current position at the
Southwest Texas State University Counseling Center, where she has been
employed since 1989. Her
primary role is as a therapist but she is also an experienced presenter,
providing programs and workshops to students and staff on topics from
diversity to stress management and depression to violence in relationships.
Blanca has also presented at state, regional and national conferences and
has been involved in the training of peer educators on the SWT campus for
many years. Blanca not only has a special interest in chemical dependency
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Gerald D. Shulman Gerald Shulman, MA, MAC, FACATA, is a clinical psychologist, Master Addiction Counselor, Fellow of the American College of Addiction Treatment Administrators and board certified by the American Academy of Psychologists Treating Addiction. He has been providing treatment or supervising and/or managing the delivery of care to alcoholics and drug addicts in single and multi-site systems full time since 1962. Among his accomplishments, he was an author of the NAATP, the ASAM and the ASAM PPC-2 and ASAM PPC-2R Patient Placement Criteria and is a member of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria Steering Committee. He was a panel member and workgroup chair for CSAT's TIP #26, Substance Abuse Among Older Adults and is co-editor of the Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment. He is a trainer and consultant who has provides services in the public and private sectors, both civilian and military, to treatment providers, managed care staff, drug court staff, counselor associations, conferences on alcohol and drug issues, state and federal governments and EAPs. He is particularly interested in treatment for dually diagnosed patients and in developing "seamless" continuums of care. His approach to clinical care is one that blends biopsychosocial, disease model, and Twelve-Step philosophy with the best of psychiatric and mental health delivery systems. Gerald may be contacted in the following ways:
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Jerry Spicer Jerry Spicer has recently retired from his position at Hazelden to explore other treatment opportunities. He was appointed President of Hazelden in July 1992, after having been with Hazelden since 1978. While at Hazelden he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Hazelden, he served as Director of Evaluation and Research Coordination for the Alcoholism Foundation of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada and taught at Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA. He holds a BA and MA in Sociology from the University of Wyoming and an MHA in Hospital and Health Services Administration from the University of Minnesota. As an active professional in the chemical dependency field, he is a member of several professional organizations in health services administration and the mental health and chemical dependency fields. He is the author of over two dozen papers and monographs published in professional journals and the books Does Your Program Measure Up? and The EAP Solution.
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Leslie Steve Leslie R. Steve,
MA, LADC is a fourth year doctoral student in the Counseling & Educational
Psychology Department at the University of Nevada, Reno. She plans to earn a
Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, specializing in addictions.
She currently teaches an undergraduate course on developmental issues and
prevention strategies in addictions. Leslie is the Native American
Coordinator for the Mountain West ATTC and CSAP's Western Center for the
Application of Prevention Technologies (Western CAPT). She is licensed
alcohol and drug counselor and has spent the past twelve years providing
individual and family counseling and prevention services to Native peoples
in Northern Nevada, as well as conducting workshops on Cultural Diversity,
Family Wellness in Indian Country and Spirituality and Recovery.
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Allan Zuckoff Allan Zuckoff, M.A., is a clinical supervisor and co-director of training at the Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is a trainer in Motivational Interviewing and is currently directing the training and supervision of therapists for federally funded studies of the application of the motivational approach to substance dependence and depression and to HIV risk-reduction. He has also been a supportive-expressive psychotherapist for a multi-site study of psychosocial treatments for cocaine addiction. Zuckoff has led workshops on a range of topics related to substance abuse and dual-disorders treatment, and he provides consultation on motivational interventions to a number of agencies. He is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Duquesne University and an adjunct instructor at Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. |
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William L. White & Ren ée PopovitsWilliam L. White is a Senior Research Consultant at Chestnut Health Systems/Lighthouse Institute and Past-Chair of the Board of Recovery Communities United. He has worked with recovery advocacy groups across the country. Bill has a Master's degree in Addiction Studies and 35 years of experience in the addictions field. He has authored or co-authored more than 140 articles and monographs, and eight books. His book, Slaying the Dragon - The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America, received the McGovern Family Foundation Award for the best book on addiction recovery. Bill was featured in the Bill Moyers' PBS special "Close To Home: Addiction in America" and Showtime's documentary "Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century." Bill also received the 2003 National Association of Addiction Treatment Provider's Michael Q. Ford Journalism Award. He regularly keynotes national addiction conferences and has been invited to give presentation at colleges and universities all over North American, including Yale, Brown, and Rutgers. For further information, contact Bill White at billlwhite@aol.com. Renée Popovits is the founder of the Chicago-based law firm of Popovits and Robinson. She has represented a wide variety of substance abuse and mental health service agencies related to such issues as corporate transactions, regulatory and corporate compliance, confidentiality, licensure, reimbursement, contract, tax exemption, managed care, human resource, electronic records/HIPAA compliance, and public policy matters. She has lectured extensively and published articles on many of these issues.
The Lighthouse Institute, a division of Chestnut Health Systems (http://www.chestnut.org), offers advanced technical education and training for health and human service organizations and a wide variety of management training, consultation, and research services available to organizations throughout the United States. The Institute also publishes books, curricula, and monographs on topics of interest to its clients. To view and purchase any of their materials, please visit the following site: http://www.chestnut.org/LI/bookstore/index.html. |
