Speakers:
Christina Aguilar completed her under-graduate education at Stanford University with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Chicano Cultural Studies. The disparity in resources between Palo Alto and East Palo Alto inspired her passion for social advocacy in public and behavioral health. She worked to “build bridges” by utilizing the resources from Stanford and the greater community to create prevention and intervention services in East Palo Alto, CA. She went on to pursue a medical degree at Oregon Health Science University. During her training in medical school she was impressed by the impact unresolved trauma had on perpetuating physical dis-ease, mental illness, and addictions. Rotations at Sierra Tucson and through the Integrative Medicine Program with Andrew Weil further reinforced these correlations. The implications of misdiagnosed trauma combined with the expansive restorative potential for individuals and communities when trauma is effectively treated prompted Christina to leave medicine and return to her roots in behavioral health and social advocacy. She received her MS in Community Mental Health Counseling through University of Phoenix. She is also a certified EMDR practitioner and Reiki Master. Christina returned to Sierra Tucson in 2016 as a primary therapist in the Trauma Recovery Program. When she is not walking with her clients on their path towards recovery she is dancing with her 5-year-old daughter.
Michael P. Frost M.D., FACP, FASAM, President, The Frost Medical Group, Medical Advisor- Sunspire Health
Dr. Michael Frost is a nationally recognized specialist in treatment of addictive diseases. Board in both Addiction Medicine and Internal Medicine. He currently serves as a medical advisor to Sunspire Health, and was previously the Medical Director of Eagleville Hospital, an inpatient substance abuse treatment facility in Norristown Pa. He is also President and Medical Director of The Frost Medical Group, LLC, a PA Dept. of Health accredited outpatient addiction treatment clinic. Dr. Frost is also heavily involved in conducting clinical research trials, and consults with numerous companies regarding clinical development and healthcare policy. He frequently lectures across the United States and internationally and has made numerous media appearances.
Dr. Michael Frost is a nationally recognized specialist in treatment of addictive diseases. Board in both Addiction Medicine and Internal Medicine. He currently serves as a medical advisor to Sunspire Health, and was previously the Medical Director of Eagleville Hospital, an inpatient substance abuse treatment facility in Norristown Pa. He is also President and Medical Director of The Frost Medical Group, LLC, a PA Dept. of Health accredited outpatient addiction treatment clinic. Dr. Frost is also heavily involved in conducting clinical research trials, and consults with numerous companies regarding clinical development and healthcare policy. He frequently lectures across the United States and internationally and has made numerous media appearances.
Danielle LaPointe, LPC
Danielle has a decade of experience working in substance abuse, eating disorders and process addictions. Danielle has a history working in the judicial system to provide services to individuals who need treatment in lieu of incarceration. Programs she has managed help cut-down on criminal recidivism. Prior to working with the courts, she counseled students at Savannah College of Art and Design. With this broad-range of experience, Danielle is clinically savvy and finds it easy to quickly adapt to a client’s needs. She excels in CBT, DBT, SFT, EFT and MI.
Danielle has a decade of experience working in substance abuse, eating disorders and process addictions. Danielle has a history working in the judicial system to provide services to individuals who need treatment in lieu of incarceration. Programs she has managed help cut-down on criminal recidivism. Prior to working with the courts, she counseled students at Savannah College of Art and Design. With this broad-range of experience, Danielle is clinically savvy and finds it easy to quickly adapt to a client’s needs. She excels in CBT, DBT, SFT, EFT and MI.
Christopher La Tourette La Riche, MD
Christopher La Tourette La Riche, MD, psychiatrist, addiction psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, is the founding medical director of Lucida Treatment Center, under Elements Behavioral Health as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Florida International University. La Tourette La Riche is double board-certified (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) in adult psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. He is an expert psycho-pharmacologist, award-winning psychotherapist and an international educator on addiction and the neuroscience of trauma and mood disorders. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in Comparative Literature, a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s department of applied linguistics and is a fluent speaker of six languages.
Christopher La Tourette La Riche, MD, psychiatrist, addiction psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, is the founding medical director of Lucida Treatment Center, under Elements Behavioral Health as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Florida International University. La Tourette La Riche is double board-certified (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) in adult psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. He is an expert psycho-pharmacologist, award-winning psychotherapist and an international educator on addiction and the neuroscience of trauma and mood disorders. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in Comparative Literature, a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s department of applied linguistics and is a fluent speaker of six languages.
Jamie Marich, Ph.D., LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT, director of Mindful Ohio & The Institute for Creative Mindfulness, travels internationally teaching on EMDR therapy, trauma, addiction, expressive arts. Jamie is the author of EMDR Made Simple: 4 Approaches for Using EMDR with Every Client, Trauma and the Twelve Steps: A Complete Guide for Recovery Enhancement, Trauma Made Simple: Competencies in Assessment, Treatment, and Working with Survivors, and Dancing Mindfulness: A Creative Path to Healing and Transformation. She is currently working on her latest book (in collaboration with Dr. Stephen Dansiger) EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma Focused Care.
Sean McGlew, PsyD
Sean McGlew, PsyD is a Caron Staff Psychologist on the Young Adult Female and Primary Teen Female Units. He earned his Doctorate of Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Traumatic Stress from Adler University in Chicago, IL with a training emphasis on social justice, inclusion, and minority/marginalized population treatment. Dr. McGlew completed his pre-and post-doctoral residencies at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s residential chemical dependency treatment program providing co-occurring treatment to young adults and adolescents through individual, group, crisis, familial, and assessment interventions. Dr. McGlew is trained in several treatments for traumatic stress including Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. He has also been trained in the treatment of co-occurring eating disorders substances abuse. Dr. McGlew’s primary areas of interest are in Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and structural family systems theoretical application to the treatment of co-occurring addiction and mental health concerns. He also has a passion for population-specific interventions for underserved and marginalized communities based on ethic, socio-economic, racial, gender, and sexual orientation affiliation. Dr. McGlew’s primary research interests are examining the intersection of multi-dimensional identities from an ecological, process-oriented approach and how this impacts both the individual’s mental and chemical health needs.
Sean McGlew, PsyD is a Caron Staff Psychologist on the Young Adult Female and Primary Teen Female Units. He earned his Doctorate of Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Traumatic Stress from Adler University in Chicago, IL with a training emphasis on social justice, inclusion, and minority/marginalized population treatment. Dr. McGlew completed his pre-and post-doctoral residencies at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s residential chemical dependency treatment program providing co-occurring treatment to young adults and adolescents through individual, group, crisis, familial, and assessment interventions. Dr. McGlew is trained in several treatments for traumatic stress including Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. He has also been trained in the treatment of co-occurring eating disorders substances abuse. Dr. McGlew’s primary areas of interest are in Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and structural family systems theoretical application to the treatment of co-occurring addiction and mental health concerns. He also has a passion for population-specific interventions for underserved and marginalized communities based on ethic, socio-economic, racial, gender, and sexual orientation affiliation. Dr. McGlew’s primary research interests are examining the intersection of multi-dimensional identities from an ecological, process-oriented approach and how this impacts both the individual’s mental and chemical health needs.
Donald Meichenbaum, PhD is Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of
Waterloo, Ontario , Canada. He is presently Research Director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention in Miami ( Please see www.melissainstitute.org). He is one of the founders of Cognitive behavior therapy and in a survey of clinicians , he was voted " one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the 20th century." He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Clinical Division of the American Psychological Association. He has presented in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. He has published extensively and his latest books are Roadmap to resilience ( www.roadmaptoresilience.com) and The evolution of cognitive behavior therapy (Routledge Press).
Clifton Mitchell, PhD
Dr. Mitchell received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Indiana State University and is currently a professor Emeritus at East Tennessee State University where he received the teacher of the year award in 2002. He is interested in hypnosis, mind‑body connections to health, weight loss, smoke stopping, and the incredible influence that words and language have on our lives. His ideas and writings have been published in Men’s Health Today, Barron’s Financial Weekly, as well as in numerous professional journals. His research includes investigations of subliminal message tapes, stress and coping, PMS, and personality styles. For the past 20 years Dr. Mitchell has keynoted at conventions and spoken to hundreds of mental health organizations businesses, and leadership groups on effective techniques for improving communications and for creating change through an understanding of how the mind works. Dr. Mitchell’s teachings and programs have also been used in Tennessee’s Families First welfare reform initiative to empower women to develop the skills and attitudes necessary for major life changes.
Dr. Barbara Nosal has worked in the mental health treatment field with adolescents and their families for over 20 years. She has held managerial and clinical positions in a variety of treatment settings, while maintaining a private practice in Newport Beach. Dr. Nosal is the founding Clinical Director, and currently Chief Clinical Officer, of Newport Academy, where she oversees the treatment of adolescents, ages 12-20, and their families in both residential and outpatient settings in California and Connecticut. Dr. Nosal is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor in California and Connecticut.
Marc Pimsler, NCACII, CACII, CCS, ACRPS, CYT, RRTCP
Since 2004, Marc Pimsler has worked in a variety of counseling and consulting capacities in and around the metro Atlanta area. Pimsler is the executive clinical director for Safety Net Recovery and is a sought-after trainer with ACTS Consulting. He maintains a private practice where he serves individuals and families in need of substance abuse counseling specializing in addressing shame and trauma. Additionally, he serves on the ethics committee for the Georgia Addiction Counselor Association. He is certified as a national addictions counselor, certified clinical supervisor, certified yoga and meditation teacher, and is also a certified practitioner with the Institute for Rapid Resolution Therapy. Pimsler is passionate about recovery, both his own as well as his clients’.
Since 2004, Marc Pimsler has worked in a variety of counseling and consulting capacities in and around the metro Atlanta area. Pimsler is the executive clinical director for Safety Net Recovery and is a sought-after trainer with ACTS Consulting. He maintains a private practice where he serves individuals and families in need of substance abuse counseling specializing in addressing shame and trauma. Additionally, he serves on the ethics committee for the Georgia Addiction Counselor Association. He is certified as a national addictions counselor, certified clinical supervisor, certified yoga and meditation teacher, and is also a certified practitioner with the Institute for Rapid Resolution Therapy. Pimsler is passionate about recovery, both his own as well as his clients’.
Lilliam Rodriguez, PhD
Lilliam Rodriguez, PhD, received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Puerto Rico, and master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the Carlos Albizu University. Consistently working with a diverse population of individuals and families, her wide range of experience includes helping clients struggling with substance abuse, family dysfunction, co-occurring disorders, and trauma. Additionally, Rodríguez has taught undergraduate courses as adjunct faculty and conducted psychological evaluations in private practice. She is fluent in Spanish and English.
Ryback is the author of Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work and ConnectAbility, published by McGraw-Hill; co-author of Transforming Communication, published last year; and over 60 professional articles and innumerable book reviews in such publications as Psychology Today and The American Journal of Family Therapy.
Dr. Louise Stanger - speaker, educator, clinician, and interventionist - uses an invitational intervention approach with complicated mental health, substance abuse, chronic pain and process addiction clients. Louise publishes in the Huffington Post, Journal of Alcohol Studies, The Sober World, Recovery Campus ,Addiction Blog and other media. The San Diego Business Journal listed her as one of the “Top 10 Women Who Mean Business” and is considered by Quit Alcohol as one of the Top 10 Interventionists in the country. She speaks all over the country and trains staff Paradigm Malibu, New Found Life , Lifeskill's etc. and develops original Family programs such as the one at Driftwood Recovery in Austin Texas. She is the recipient of the 2014 Foundations Fan Favorite Speaker Award and the 2016 Joseph L. Galletta Spirit of Recovery Award. Her book Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal is available on Amazon and Learn to Thrive: An Intervention Handbook on her website at www.allaboutinterventions.com.
Kathy Steele, MN, CS has been in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia for over three decades, specializing in the treatment of complex trauma, dissociation, attachment difficulties, and the challenges of complicated therapies. She is also an adjunct faculty at Emory University. Kathy consults and trains internationally, giving frequent lectures, workshops and seminars. She is a Fellow and past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, and has served several times on the boards of ISSTD and ISTSS. She is the recipient of a number of awards for her clinical and published works, including the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award from ISSTD. Kathy has (co) authored three books as part of the acclaimed Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology including The Haunted Self (2006), Coping with Trauma-related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists (2011), and most recently, Treating Trauma-related Dissociation: A Practical, Integrative Approach (2017).
Tiffany Tait, LCSW, CDWF
Tiffany Tait holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology and Masters of Social Work Degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. She is a Certified Daring Way facilitator and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Florida. Tait has been working in the mental health and social services field for over 13 years as a Clinical Supervisor, Program Administrator and Behavioral Healthcare Executive. She is especially recognized for her experience in clinical program development, leadership development, and organizational restructuring.
Justin Wolff, MA, LPC-S, LCDC
Justin Wolff has many years of experience, both clinically and in program management, in addiction treatment. He is currently the Clinical Director and program architect of Ripple Ranch at Austin, an innovative non-12 step residential treatment center. Justin’s also served as Program Director of a SAMHSA funded IOP substance abuse program with an emphasis in Trauma Informed Care. Justin maintains a private practice in San Antonio, Texas, treating individuals and families as well as consulting with elite level youth athletes on mental performance. Justin’s book, Get Your Sh*t Together – Counseling Room Concepts in Living Room Language, is available on Amazon.com.
Justin Wolff has many years of experience, both clinically and in program management, in addiction treatment. He is currently the Clinical Director and program architect of Ripple Ranch at Austin, an innovative non-12 step residential treatment center. Justin’s also served as Program Director of a SAMHSA funded IOP substance abuse program with an emphasis in Trauma Informed Care. Justin maintains a private practice in San Antonio, Texas, treating individuals and families as well as consulting with elite level youth athletes on mental performance. Justin’s book, Get Your Sh*t Together – Counseling Room Concepts in Living Room Language, is available on Amazon.com.
