• Describe how changing family structures are affecting client outcomes.
• Explain how meaningful connections with a patient's natural support in the community reinforce the goals of a recovery-oriented system of care.
• Identify techniques for engaging families in the addiction treatment process. 

Clinical Supervisor at Retreat at Lancaster County

 

Aurora Gonzalez, MS, CADC, is Clinical Supervisor at Retreat at Lancaster County.  With over 15 years of experience in the field of addictions treatment, she has served in all aspects of clinical care.  Most recently, Aurora has been an instrumental part in developing and maintaining individualized track curricula for the Clinical Program at Retreat.  From intake, throughout treatment, and in planning aftercare for a patient, Aurora supports a comprehensive individualized plan of care that includes an interdependent systems approach.  As such, she is currently Chairperson for the Care, Treatment, and Services Committee at Retreat, and serves on a Clinical Efficiency Task Force, Electives Task Force and a Training Series Committee.  Aurora is continually dedicated to addressing system barriers to treatment and improving treatment efficacy and recovery outcomes. Throughout her career she has dedicated herself to connecting with addicts and fostering partnerships and community relationships that improve recovery outcomes.  She is a passionate advocate for those afflicted with the disease of addiction and supports an interdependent model of care and treatment.  Aurora currently partners with local community agencies, support groups and recovering professionals in Lancaster County to provide comprehensive care and referral to those recovering from the disease of addiction.  

President, Gosnold on Cape Cod

 

Mr. Tamasi is President of Gosnold on Cape Cod with over forty years of experience developing and managing treatment, intervention, and prevention services. 

 

Mr. Tamasi has been recognized nationally for the development of innovative approaches and programs.  He is a frequent speaker on issues of policy and a redefining of the addiction treatment and prevention system.  He is a recent recipient of the National Council on Behavioral Health’s Visionary Leadership award. 

 

He is a member of the Board of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment, the Cape Cod Hospital Board of Incorporators, and the Association for Behavioral Health.  Mr. Tamasi has a Bachelor's of Arts in Economics and a Masters in Education with a concentration in Counseling and Healthcare Administration.

 

Allen M. McLeod, MA, LCDCS
Campus Director, Phoenix House Intensive Treatment Services

 

Allen McLeod is currently Campus Director of Phoenix House Intensive Treatment Services located in Quincy, MA and he is also the Program Director of the Clinical Stabilization Services Unit.  Prior to joining the Phoenix House in Quincy as the Campus Director, he was the Clinical Director of the Gavin Foundation who provide clinical services for the Phoenix House in Quincy. He is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Clinical Supervisor and has a Master’s Degree in Counseling with a specialty in Co-Occurring Disorders and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Rhode Island College. He has worked in the substance use disorder field for more than 19 years starting in 1998 as a residential assistance.  Since that time, he has worked  as a Case Manager, Clinician and Director in detox, inpatient long term residential, short term residential, Outpatient MAT, IOP/PHP, TSS and CSS levels of care in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts with both male and female adult clients.  He has also worked with active duty military and veterans who are diagnosed with substance use Co-Occurring disorders most with PTSD.  Allen has dedicated the last 19 years of his life assisting individuals and their families on their path to a life of  recovery.

 

Gary D. Hees MA, LPC was born, raised and educated in Houston, Texas.  After a successful twenty-two year career in information processing, Gary made the decision to change careers and enter the Behavioral Health field.  He received his Master’s degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Psychology-Marriage and Family Therapy.  Gary has been licensed in Texas, and now in Arizona, for fourteen years.  During that time he has worked with adolescents in an Alternative Education Program, with adult Co-Occurring disordered clients in a Community Mental Health setting that included hospitals, a Partial Hospital Program and outpatient therapy, and in a private Therapeutic Boarding School for adolescent women. Gary brings a foundational developmental and systemic perspective focused by training in Ericksonian Hypnosis, Motivational Interviewing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Pia Mellody’s Post-Induction Model as well as multiple Family Therapy modalities such as Structural, Strategic, Narrative and Brief Solution-Focused therapy.  In addition, Gary has years of experience working with addictions of all kinds as well as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder. He is currently the Clinical Director of Decision Point Center in Prescott, AZ.