PROFESSOR MICHAEL TALEFF

Michael J Taleff PhD, CSAC, MAC has over 35 years’ experience in the addition field. He served as clinical director of several programmes, was a contracted assistant professor at Penn State University for nine years and is currently an instructor at the University of Hawai’i Leeward Campuses.

He was the first editor of the Journal of Teaching in Addictions, and served two terms as president of the International Coalition for Addiction Studies Education (INCASE).

He is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and writes a bimonthly research-to-practice column for US Counselor magazine. His latest book is Critical Thinking for Addiction Professionals – read his Addiction Today article on this here: Download Addiction Today 113-Critical thinking .

Michael’s next book will fuse addiction ethics and critical thinking.

He presents workshops on an array of topics which include: advanced ethics, state-of-the-art addiction practices, professional development, and critical thinking.