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MICHAEL WEINER PHD, CAP

... has been the director for research & education at Seaside Palm Beach/Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches since 1999. He received his PhD in psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1970. He has taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr Weiner has published in professional journals and has regularly presented at professional conferences.

JACK KUO

Jack Kuo works as a consulting psychiatrist for Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu and as a staff psychiatrist at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga.  He will be speaking at UKESAD on treating dual-diagnosis patients.

He began working in the field of addictions as an outreach counsellor for homeless teenagers in Waikiki, then completed his psychiatric residency and addictions psychiatry fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

After Waikiki, Dr Kuo did residential counselling for both at-risk youth in a group home as well as the homeless mentally ill at a transitional living programme. He next worked as a community health outreach worker doing HIV prevention education and needle exchange with injecting drug users. 

 

During his medical training, he helped start and run both adolescent and adult chemical dependency treatment groups. As an educator, Dr Kuo teaches a course titled Biological Perspectives on Co-occurring Disorders for the UCLA Extension Programme. He has also presented annually at the national American Psychiatric Association conference since 2002 on topics ranging from Ethnic Biodiversity in Substance Abuse and Mental Illness to an evidence-based review of Virtual Reality and other forms of Cybertherapy in Substance Abuse and Mental Illness.

 

 OTHER EXPERIENCE.

 In 2004, his experience led to his co-chairing a workshop at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting titled Online Videogames: Psychopathological or Psychotherapeutic? which examined the possible risks and potential benefits of online videogames.  At the 2005 Games, Learning, and Society Conference, he chaired a presentation entitled Exploring the Diagnosis and Treatment of Online Gaming Addiction. This interactively examined the understanding and treatment of this emerging issue.  He has appeared on the G4 Videogame Network and The Greg Behrendt Show as an expert consultant on videogame addiction.

Dr Kuo has published an article on Club Drug Precautions for Pediatricians and has been awarded scholarships by many organisations including the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the American Association of Addiction Psychiatry, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the American Psychiatric Association, and the California Society of Addiction Medicine. 

PATRICK CARNES

Dr Patrick Carnes is primary architect of the Gentle Path programme for the treatment of sexual and addictive disorders, and executive director of the Gentle Path programme at Pine Grove Behavioral Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 

He also pioneered the founding of the Certified Sex Addiction Therapist programme.  This has evolved into a network of local, regional, and residential programs which specialise in this work.

Patrick is an internationally known speaker on addiction and recovery issues.  He is author of Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (1992), Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict (1989), The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (1997), Open Hearts (1999), Facing the Shadow (2001), In the Shadows of the Net (2001), and The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction (2002).  His article 18.4 Sexual Addiction appears in Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (2005).

DAVID BURROWES MP

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

David was first elected as a MP in May 2005. Following his re-election with an increased majority, David was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister to the Cabinet Office and Rt Hon Oliver Letwin. Minister responsible for Government Policy. Since September David has been reappointed as PPS to Oliver Letwin, providing support to Oliver’s policy role across government and in particular in relation to drugs and alcohol treatment reform and future policy development.

Before entering parliament in 2005, David worked as a solicitor for the Enfield firm Shepherd Harris and Co, specialising in criminal law and was an advocate in police stations and Courts in Enfield, Haringey and Hertfordshire. He was an Enfield local councillor for 12 years and was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Edmonton at the General Election in 2001 before winning in his local constituency of Enfield Southgate with the largest swing from Labour to Conservatives in the country.

David served as a member of the Public Administration Select Committee which undertook high profile scrutiny of the ‘cash for honours’ scandal and the issue of Equitable Life Compensation. He has taken a leading role in scrutinising significant legislation including criminal justice and immigration, armed services, legal services, local government and public involvement in health. He is particularly interested in the policy areas of drugs and alcohol, the criminal justice system, family policy and the voluntary sector.

David helped to lead the Conservative Party’s social justice policy review in 2007 concerning drug and alcohol addictions. The 18 month review led to the groundbreaking reports ‘Breakdown Britain’ and ‘Breakthrough Britain’. The reports formed the basis for the Conservative party’s approach to reforming drugs and alcohol treatment.

As Shadow Justice Minister between 2007 and 2010, David led the Conservative party’s review of youth justice and victims policies. He helped to write the Party’s Green paper ‘Prisons with a Purpose’ which now forms the basis of the government’s reforms to the criminal justice and penal system.

He participates in many All Party Parliament Groups and is the co-chair of the People with Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis Group. 

ROKELLE LERNER

Rokelle Lerner is one of the most sought-after speakers and trainers on relationships, women's issues and addicted family systems. She has inspired audiences throughout the world with her ability to address difficulties with insight, humor, and astounding clarity.

She has received numerous awards for her work with children and families including Esquire magazine's "Top 100 Women in the U.S. Who Are Changing the Nation." Rokelle has been an adviser and consultant with foreign governments, US agencies, corporations, schools and hundreds of individuals on relationships, boundary issues and addiction. She is also co-founder and consultant to Children Are People, Inc., a program used in thousands of schools throughout the country.

Rokelle has appeared as a guest consultant on numerous TV shows such as Oprah, Good Morning America, CBS Morning News and 20/20. Her articles and interviews have been featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, Time, People Magazine and Parents magazine.

Rokelle has published the best selling books, Living in the Comfort Zone: The Gift of Boundaries in Relationships, Affirmations for Adult Children of Alcoholics and Affirmations for the Inner Child. Her latest book is The Object of My Affection is in My Reflection: Narcissists and Their Relationships. She Lerner also facilitates the InnerPath Retreats for Cottonwood de Tucson in Arizona. 

PROFESSOR LARRY ASHLEY

EdS LADC LMSW LPC CPGC
Professor, Counselor Education

Larry Ashley has been involved in the substance abuse and trauma field for over 30 years as a college professor, researcher and therapist. He is currently addictions specialist and undergraduate coordinator in the Department of Counselor Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, director of the Problem Gambling Treatment Programme, and clinical assistant professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine.

Due to his extensive clinical experience coupled with opportunities for local, national, and international speaking engagements, Professor Ashley is considered to be a leading expert on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and issues related to addictions. He has a special interest on the impact of war on soldiers world wide.

UKESAD MAP, PLACES TO VISIT

Scroll below map for hyperlinks to local attractions.
Tower Hill tube station is only a minute's walk away, taking you to a cornucopia of other London sights and events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOWER OF LONDON

The Tower of London has been an integral part of British royal history for almost 1,000 years. See the Crown Jewels, stand on the execution site of three English queens and hear the myths and legends that make a visit to the Tower "a day out to die for".

TOWER BRIDGE

 At the Tower Bridge Exhibition you can enjoy amazing views from the high-level walkways and learn about the history of the Bridge and how it was built. You can also visit the Victorian Engine Rooms, home to the original steam engines that used to power the Bridge.

ST KATHARINE'S DOCKS
Interactive map with restaurants

One of the best-kept secret locations in central London, St Katharine's Docks with their riverview cafes and restaurants and shops on the River Thames nestle next to two of the most prominent London landmarks: Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.

DICKEN'S INN

Situated at picturesque St Katharine Docks, The Dickens Inn overlooks Tower Bridge and offers panoramic views of the boats and harbour. The unusual timber venue is a former 18th-century spice warehouse, then reconstructed as a one-in-a-kind three storey inn.

HMS BELFAST

One of the most powerful large light cruisers built, HMS Belfast played an important role in both the Second World War (she is the only surviving vessel of her type) and the Korean War as well as performing peacekeeping duties throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Saved from destruction in 1971, HMS Belfast is now part of the Imperial War Museum.

SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER:

LONDON DUNGEON

A chilling horror attraction!

HAYS GALLERIA

An eclectic mix of shops, restaurants, bars and craft stalls next door to HMS Belfast.

DESIGN MUSEUM

The Design Museum showcases designers, architects and technologies.
London Dungeon

GLOBE THEATRE

The Globe Theatre is a faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse designed in 1599, where Shakespeare worked and for which he wrote many of his greatest plays. The theatre season runs from May to September.

GOLDEN HINDE

An accurate reconstruction of Sir Francis Drake’s Tudor galleon berthed on the Thames in Bankside. The ship operates as a living history museum.

THAMES CRUISES - LINKS TO CRUISE OPERATORS:

www.citycruises.com/
www.londonducktours.c.uk/
www.thamescruises.com/
www.thamesleisure.co.uk/
www.bateauxlondon.com/
 

 

D JOHN DYBEN

MA, MS, CAP, SAP, CMHP, ICADC

John Dyben serves as Hanley Center’s clinical director, and is responsible for supervising all residential and outpatient treatment as well as spiritual care and wellness programs. Dyben’s multifaceted expertise spans clinical, management, and clerical fields, all of which are reflected his dynamic leadership and in-demand national presentations on addiction topics.

An ordained pastor since 1997, Dyben joined Hanley Center in 2004 as its chaplain. In 2007, he was named programme manager for the Center for Men’s Recovery. He has been instrumental in the development of Hanley Center’s cutting- edge Freedom Program for Boomers, and has appeared in the national media, including PBS’ Inside E Street programme, as an addiction treatment expert.

He received a bachelor’s of science degree in psychology from LaSalle University, and a master’s of arts in conflict management, graduating with distinction from Trinity Theological Seminary. He is a board certified mental health professional and a board certified addictions professional.

Dyben’s topic expertise includes the role of spirituality in recovery; grief and loss; baby boomer recovery; adolescent growth and development issues; and mental health issues in children, families and adolescents.

BARBARA KRANTZ

DO, MS-Nuclear Medicine

Dr Barbara Krantz is the chief executive officer and medical director of research at Hanley Center. She is an expert on the national and local prescription pain medication epidemic, and the medical science behind the disease of addiction.

At Hanley Center, Dr Krantz leads a collaborative study with Scripps Florida and the University of Miami to identify effective and innovative treatment therapies and relapse triggers. She also is an advocate of SPECT brain scanning to help more effectively diagnose and treat the disease of addiction. Under her direction, Hanley Center became one of the country’s first addiction treatment centres to obtain a SPECT scan machine.

Prior to joining Hanley in 2001, Dr Krantz was the medical director at the Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies. From 1987 to 1999, she was the medical director at Cornerstone, a substance abuse treatment programme at Wellington Regional Medical Center, and maintained a private family practice that included pediatrics and geriatrics. She has taught medicine at Nova Southeastern University in North Miami Beach and University of Miami Miller School Of Medicine. She lectures on numerous topics, including the bio-chemistry of the brain as it relates to addiction.

In 2010, the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) inducted Dr Krantz into its Fellow programme for her substantial and lasting contributions to the field of addiction medicine. The Palm Beach County Medical Society honoured her in 2008 with its Heroes in Medicine award for her leadership, philanthropy and commitment to the field of medicine. In 2007, the Medical Review Officer Certification Council certified her as a medical review officer to evaluate workplace drug and alcohol test results.

She completed her family practice residency at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital. She earned a master’s of science degree at the University of Miami and a bachelor’s of science from Manhattanville College in New York. Dr Krantz is a member of the American Medical Association, American Medical Women’s Association, American College of Family Practitioners, American Osteopathic Association and the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

MEMORIES FROM UKESAD 2009 and 2010

 

 

 

 

TV interviews with UKESAD  speakers

UKESAD 2009  highlights

UKESAD 2010 highlights

Summing up UKESAD - Anthony Massouras

Recovery for the brain - Peter McCann

Family intervention - Ken Seeley

Family intervention - John Southworth

US healthcare reform and recovery - Professor Keith Humphreys

Politics of addiction - David Burrowes MP (2009)

Recovery policy - Professor David Rosenbloom

Outside Edge - Phil Fox, David Charkham, Jimmy Page

Abstinent service user group - Riott

Eating disorders and compulsive behaviours - Johnny Graaff

What's culture got to do with it? - Nick Barton, Kirby Gregory

Future of residential rehab - Jeff Wilbee

7 best things (happy) couples do - John Friel

Changing hearts, minds and behaviour - Dr Robert Johnson

Secret disease of addiction - Jane Allen, John Gillen

American Society of Addiction Medicine - Dr Louis Baxter

Christopher Kennedy Lawford - interview

Christopher Kennedy Lawford - presentation

Addiction to prescription drugs - Dr Brian Iddon MP

UKESAD 2011 PRESENTERS

MORE PRESENTERS TO FOLLOW -
This list will be updated regularly.

ROLANDE ANDERSON
... is author of Living with a problem drinker: Your survival guide and has worked in the field of addiction since 1978. He has been national alcohol project director for the Irish College of GPs since 2000 and was a founding member of the Irish Association of Alcohol and Addiction Counsellors. He was assistant director, of the alcohol/chemical dependence programme in St Patrick’s Hospital Dublin, then assistant director at the Rutland Centre. He has been in private counselling practice since 1999. He is also a full member of the Irish Association of Social Workers.

PROFESSOR LARRY ASHLEY EDS, LADC, CPGC
... is associate professor in residence-Department of Counsellor Education, director-Problem Gambling Treatment Programme, and undergraduate coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is clinical assistant professor at the Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Nevada School of Medicine – and, of course, an addictions specialist.

JOY BARLOW 
... is head of Strada, the Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol. It is the “leading national workforce development organisation supporting those working with and affected by drug and alcohol misuse” and works to improve the competence of staff so that local interventions aid the recovery of those affected by substance misuse.

DAVID BEST 
... is Reader in Criminal Justice at the University of the West of Scotland and chair of the Scottish Drugs Recovery Consortium. Before that, he was senior lecturer in addictions at Birmingham University’s Department of Psychiatry, and research & development lead for Birmingham Drug and Alcohol Action Team. He spent 10 years in research at the National Addiction Centre and worked with the former PM’s Delivery Unit.

FRANCES BLACK
... Award winner singer from Ireland, Frances has spoken openly about her own recovery from addiction.  After finding recovery, she graduated as an addiction counsellor, then then training in the Rutland Centre Dublin. A few years ago, Frances told her story on the Late Late chat show and was overwhelmed with the response from family members, who inspired her to set up The Rise Foundation in 2008 to "support families who have loved ones in addiction, to reduce addiction related harm and to combat the shame and stigma associated with addiction”. She was awarded Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 and the Rise Foundation won a Vodafone World of Difference award 2010.

JAMES BROKENSHIRE MP (tbc)
... is the minister for crime prevention at the Home Office where his responsibility for government policies includes antisocial behaviour, drugs and alcohol and violent crime. He was shadow Home Affairs minister and served as a member of the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee. Before parliament, he was a partner at a large international law firm.

DEIRDRE BOYD 
... is cofounder/organiser of Ukesad and the Unity Group, and CEO of the Addiction Recovery Foundation. She is editor of Addiction Today, and author of Addiction & Recovery: Self-help for families, friends, addicts, as well as mental-health charity Mind’s booklet Understanding addiction/dependency. She is a member of the Centre for Policy Studies’ Prisons and Addictions think-tank, and a founder-member the Recovery Academy and of the Recovery Group. She was a trustee of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics UK. In 2006, ICAA awarded her the Dr Vincent Bakeman memorial award for Outstanding Community Service; in 2010 she received a Sierra Tucson Pillar of the Community award.

TOM BRUCE  accreditation
... is a therapist at Castle Craig Hospital and has been responsible for introducing the ICADC – International Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor – 'gold standard' accreditation to the UK.

DAVID BURROWES MP  
... is parliamentary private secretary to the minister responsible for government policy, Oliver Letwin, supporting him particularly in relation to drugs and alcohol treatment and policy reform. David helped to lead the Conservative Party’s social justice policy review in 2007 concerning drug and alcohol addictions, which led to the groundbreaking Breakthrough Britain report which has informed government policy.

PATRICK CARNES  
... is author of Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction, Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict, The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships, Open Hearts, Facing the Shadow, In the Shadows of the Net, Clinical Management of Sex Addiction and Sexual Anorexia. He is co-editor of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: the Journal of Treatment and Prevention, the National Council of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity’s journal. He is executive director of the Gentle Path programme at Pine Grove Behavioral Center in Mississippi. He also pioneered the Certified Sex Addiction Therapist programme.

JUDY CRANE  
... is founder and executive director of The Refuge-A Healing Place, founded in 2003 to begin where most other treatment modalities end, being specifically focused on trauma resolution/addiction/PTSD. She has over two decades’ experience working in residential and outpatient settings. She earned her BA at Rutgers, MA from NY Institute of Technology and is a certified addiction professional, certified sex addiction therapist, certified hypnotist, EMDR and a specialist for healing trauma and PTSD.

LUCY DEAN  
... is senior research officer at Rapt, the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners’ trust.

ED DIEHL  
... is president/CEO of Seabrook House, the largest private non-profit chemical dependency treatment organisation in southern New Jersey. He was given the 2009 ACATA Administrator of the Year award at the Naatp National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers leadership conference. Ed began his career in 1976 with the establishment of a social detoxification programme for indigents; in 1977, he joined Seabrook House, and has developed outreach programmes, operations manuals and projects with accreditation authorities. He was chair of NAATP, until 2009. Ed has been in full recovery from chemical dependency for over 35 years.

REBECCA FLOOD MHS, LCDC, NCACII, BRI II 
... is president of the Association of Intervention Specialists and CEO of New Directions for Women, which treats women individually and with dependent children. With over 30 years’ experience in healthcare, Becky has expertise in programme development, implementation and evaluation. She was previously vice president of treatment services for Seabrook House in New Jersey.

PHILIP FOX 
... is an actor, director, experienced facilitator and founder of the Outside Edge Theatre company which brings addiction-related issues to the public stage as well as customising performances for addiction-treatment centres and their recovering clients. He is photographed here with some of his cast.

Dr PARDEEP GREWAL BSc, MBBs, MSc, MRCPsych
... is a consultant psychiatrist/clinical lead at Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and clinical teacher at the Royal Free and University College London Medical School. He has many years’ experience of teaching and clinical practice in addictions. He developed and now leads a dual diagnosis service in north London. He has special interests in co-occurring disorders, managing high-risk clients and policy development. He is a director of Time Healthcare, a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, British Medical Association and UK Register of Expert Witnesses..

ANDREW GRIFFITHS MP
... is secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group and was previously chief of staff to the chairman of the Conservative Party, Eric Pickles MP. Before entering politics, he worked for his family-run engineering business in the West Midlands. He has always been active in the local community, and was a school governor.

STEVE HAMER OBE FRSA
... is CEO of Compass harm-reduction services. First a teacher, Steve entered the social care field in 1977, working with homeless people in London before joining Cranstoun, a residential programme for drug misusers in 1979. In 1983, he opened the Parole Release Scheme, the UK’s first dedicated resettlement service for drug-using prisoners. Since joining Compass in 1986 as its first employee, Steve guided the organisation to become one of the UK’s leading drug-treatment providers. He has a MA in Social Policy. In 2005, Steve was awarded an OBE in the Queen´s Birthday Honours.

MICHAEL HORNSTEIN
... is executive director of Alina Lodge – having been a patient there in 1981, after which he has enjoyed continual sobriety. He was on the Little Hill Foundation board of trustees for over 20 years and served as president of the board twice. He worked for 25 years for the Miami Dade school system, then from 1985-2000 was a part time group therapist for the Broward County Commission on Alcoholism, a DUI programme.

PROFESSOR KEITH HUMPHREYS
... was senior policy adviser to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) as it drafted its 2010 drug strategy, and has returned to his professorship (research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. He has a research paper in press on payment by result research. He had also been a member of the White House Commission on Drug Free Communities. He was awarded an honorary Professorship of Psychiatry at Kings College, London.

GAIL JONES
... is director of research and development at Rapt, the
Rehab­ilitation for Addicted Prisoners trust. She has a Msc in health psychology and a post-graduate diploma in counselling. She was involved in the development of the Carat service in England and oversaw a 12-step treatment programme for young offenders at Aylesbury Youth Offenders Institution.

TOM KIRKWOOD
... is CEO of TTP/Trust the Process. He has a diverse business background mainly in developing growth strategies for new companies. With an MBA from Ashridge Management College, Tom’s role is to develop government relationships and encourage adoption of the TTP Recovery Community model. He has been instrumental in TTP growing from a new business entrant to the addiction treatment field in 2006 to now having over 17 services throughout the UK with over 200 beds.

THERESA SLAYTON-KOGER LCSW, LMHC, MAC
... has dedicated her professional career of 25 years working with children and families suffering from trauma, grief and addictions. She has incorporated her therapy dogs (Shelly is pictured left) in assisting clients in recovery from addiction for the past 15 years. In her private practice, Theresa completes substance abuse assessments for the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (JLAP), Physician’s Referral Program, Division of Family and Children and the Court systems. She is a certified alcohol/drug abuse counsellor, certified divorce and domestic violence mediator, licensed clinical social worker, licensed mental health counsellor.

Dr BARBARA KRANTZ DO MS-nuclear medicine
... is CEO and medical director of research at Hanley Center. She is an expert on the prescription pain medication epidemic, and the medical science behind the disease of addiction. Dr Krantz leads a collaborative study with Scripps Florida and the University of Miami to identify effective and innovative treatment therapies and relapse triggers. She also is an advocate of SPECT brain scanning to help more effectively diagnose and treat the disease of addiction.

JACK KUO
... works as a consulting psychiatrist for Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu and as a staff psychiatrist at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga.  He began working in the field of addictions as an outreach counsellor for homeless teenagers in Waikiki, then completed his psychiatric residency and addictions psychiatry fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

ALEXANDRE LAUDET PhD
... is one of the world’s leading recovery researchers and director of the Recovery Research Center at the Institute for Research, Education & Training in Addictions, having previously been director of the Center for the Study of Addictions and Recovery at the National Development and Research Institutes, New York. She also provides consultancy to governments and community-based agencies on creating recovery. A social psychologist, her main goals are to build the science of recovery and to help translate findings into services and policy that create opportunities for long-term recovery and improved quality of life for people with substance problems.

ROKELLE LERNER
... is one of the most sought-after speakers and trainers on relationships, women’s issues and addicted family systems. Awards for her work include Esquire’s “Top 100 Women in the US Who Are Changing the Nation”. Rokelle is cofounder of Children Are People, used in thousands of US schools. She has been a guest on TV shows such as Oprah, Good Morning America and CBS Morning News, and authored the bestselling books, Living in the Comfort Zone: The Gift of Boundaries in Relationships, Affirmations for Adult Children of Alcoholism, Affirmations for the Inner Child and Narcissists and Their Relationships. She facilitates the InnerPath Retreats for Cottonwood de Tucson in Arizona.

JOHN LEVINE
... has been creating original music and playing piano since he was six. He graduated as a composer from Sydney University Australia and worked with bands like INXS and Midnight Oil as well as composing jingles for Saatchi and Saatchi and Coca-Cola. To pursue his belief in meditation and the healing properties of music, he left the mainstream and developed ‘alphamusic’. Over 200,000 copies of his alphamusic CDs including Silence of Peace have been sold – and calmed audiences at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium and Live Earth concerts.

ANTHONY MASSOURAS
... is founder of Mimosa Healthcare, which offers acute and sub-acute care services and is the UK premier provider of training in its field. It includes Linwood residential treatment services for alcohol dependence. He is chairman of the Addiction Recovery Foundation charity, publisher of Addiction Today and organiser of Ukesad. He is also a member of the government’s Ambassador Apprenticeship Network and a Management Committee member of the Adult Learning & Skills Council.

IAN LYONS LMSW
... is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist with Breathing Space Thailand, having moved there from New York, where he was a researcher and clinician at Stony Brook University and John T Mather Memorial Hospital, as well as in private practice. He has extensive experience in treating substance abuse and co-occurring disorders, in inpatient and outpatient settings. Ian cofounded and served as lead therapist at the first fully peer run clinic in the US, certified by Samhsa. The programme used the power of shared experience alongside evidence-based clinical interventions.

Rt Hon LORD MANCROFT
... is chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group. He was a cofounder of the Addiction Recovery Foundation and its chairman for 18 years, continuing the link in his current role as patron. London’s Evening Standard newspaper described him as “the most knowledgeable parliamentarian on the topic of drugs”.

PIA MELLODY
... is senior clinical adviser for The Meadows and clinical consultant for Mellody House and Dakota. She is a preeminent authority, lecturer and educator in the fields of addictions and relationships. Her work in codependence, boundaries and the effects of childhood trauma on emotional development has profoundly influenced the treatment of addictions and issues around forming and maintaining relationships. She is the author of books such as Facing Codependence, Facing Love Addiction and The Intimacy Factor.

ANNE MILTON MP (tbc)
... is parliamentary undersecretary of state at the Department of Health and minister for Public Health. She worked for the NHS for 25 years, becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s. Before being elected as MP for Guildford, she was a borough councillor for five years in Surrey, was Conservative group leader and vice chair of the Conservative Medical Society. She was appointed to the Health Select Committee in 2005 and shadow minister for Health in 2007.

DAVE MULVANEY
... is part of the senior management team at the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners' trust (Rapt). He trained as an addictions counsellor with Clouds and King’s College University London to post-graduate level. He has over 15 years’ experience of frontline service delivery, develop­ment, management and training, starting as a social-work team manager at a drug-crisis intervention centre serving 33 London boroughs, then developing services for BME crack users, and evidence- and outcome-based relapse prevention & aftercare programmes. He is a trustee of the Addiction Recovery Foundation charity, which organises UKESAD.

NOREEN OLIVER MBE
... is founder and CEO of BAC O’Connor treatment centres and chair of the Recovery Group UK. The Centre for Social Justice, a group established by Department of Work & Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, gave her a Lifetime Achievement award in 2010.

Sir NIELS OLSEN
... is, with his brother Jorgen, a danish rock/pop music duo who have performed with the Kinks, among others. They have released 12 albums, the latest with Cliff Richard. They won the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with Fly on the Wings of Love. Niels has also qualified as a psychotherapist and is partnering Ukesad to stage a scandinavian symposium.

KARRIM RAHMAN  BA(hons) DTC, CRW, LCSP(phys), APBMD, CRZ
... is a remedial therapist, using therapeutic massage and manipulation, reflexology, Tui Na, counselling and relaxation techniques, including for sports/joint injuries.
He first qualified in law and his early career was in local government, then social work. He qualified in remedial massage in 1993; this involves deep-tissue techniques to assist the client’s body to return to normal functioning. Deep-seated tension can be released, deposits and scar tissue broken down, and nerves freed, clearing pain.

JOHN SCHWARZLOSE MS MBA
... is the president/ chief executive officer of the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California.  He was hired by Mrs Betty Ford in 1982 in a national search for the founding director of her renowned treatment centre and is the only CEO in the its 29-year history. John is a charter fellow in the American College of Addiction Treatment Administrators. He has appeared numerous times in front of the US Congress and national TV news shows. He began as an alcohol/drug counsellor 40 years ago and is a tireless advocate for alcoholics, addicts, and their loved ones.

KEN SEELEY BRI-II, RAS, CNDAI
... is best known for his starring role in A&E TV’s popular Interventions series. He is a board-registered interventionist, registered addiction specialist and certified national drug & alcohol interventionist. Founder and CEO of Intervention 911, Ken has been involved in the recovery community for over 17 years; he has been clean and sober since 1989. His success rate as an interventionist means he is often asked to provide drug intervention training for addiction and mental health professionals. He also authored Face It and Fix It, based on his toughest interventions.

JIM SMITH
... "in the last ten years i’ve travelled to many rehabs in the UK,Nashville and South Africa.My presentation is a mixture of stories from my recovery (and addressing recovery issues) and songs that are meaningful and relevant.What amazes me about this theraputic intervention is how quickly it acts as a catalyst to access emotion in clients who previously have been frozen.

JOHN SOUTHWORTH CADC
... has worked in the field of substance abuse and mental health for over 40 years. After receiving his CADC in 1984 from Naadac and IC&RC, he provided inpatient and outpatient counselling for groups and individuals, then interventions – he is arguably the world’s most successful interventionist. In 1993, John became programme coordinator for the Physician Recovery Network in Idaho; in 1996, he became its programme coordinator for recovering nurses. He then founded Southworth Associates which implements programmes for professional bodies such as the Lawyers Assistance Program and Program for Recovering Dental Professionals.

MIKE TRACE
... is CEO of Rapt, the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners’ trust. Before leaving the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2003, he was director of performance at the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, and was the deputy UK ‘drug czar’ 1997-2001. For two years, he was chair of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

MICHAEL WEINER PHD, CAP
... has been the director for research & education at Seaside Palm Beach/Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches since 1999. He received his PhD in psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1970. He has taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr Weiner has published in professional journals and has regularly presented at professional conferences.

JEFF WILBEE CAE  international accreditation
... is immediate past president of IC&RC, the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium. With over 30 years’ experience, he is responsible for the worldwide development of IC&RC professional accreditation.

MATTHEW WOLF
... oversees admissions, marketing, community relations, business development, medical records, support services and more as vice president of business operations at Seabrook House. In his 21+ years with the organisation, Matt has served as a helpline counsellor, director of admissions and director of business development. In 2009, Matt celebrated 25 years in recovery from chemical dependency.

BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTIONIST

Training dates: x xxxx15,16,17 October 2010
Location: xxxxxx  xxx The Sloane Club, Chelsea, London
Subsidised rate: x xxx  £300 for the three days' training
Trainers: xxxxx  xxxx  Southworth Associates, Intervention 911
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Addiction Recovery Foundation

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REHABS: MEET PRIVATE-PAY REFERRERS
While your staff train, they meet more interventionists who can refer clients to your recovery facility.

THERAPISTS: GET A SECOND STRING TO YOUR BOW
* Addiction therapists and counsellors can learn more skills to guide the most reluctant substance and behavioural addicts into optimal treatment.
* In these times of redundancy, counsellors can soar on a second career as an interventionist.

PURPOSES OF TRAINING:
* Interventionist training recognised by the Association of Intervention Specialists.
* Founding of the International Association of Intervention Specialists:
participants will have the opportunity to discuss the establishment of an international arm of AIS, for which this training is the inaugural step;
and to put forward their names as founder members.

CEUs: XXXXXXXX
16 CEUs minimum, recognised by IC&RC -
14 CEUs are required to become a member of AIS.

 

We thank the SPONSORS kindly subsidising training places:
Betty Ford Center
Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery
Little Hill-Alina Lodge
Montrose South Africa
Pine Grove
Proctor Hospital

MORE DETAILS:

Trainer 1: John Southworth refers more clients in a year than could fill all the rehab beds in the UK. Click here for more details.

Trainer 2: Ken Seeley is founder of Intervention 911 and starred in A&E's Interventions TV series. Click here for details of 911 and here for videos of Ken.

Organiser: Deirdre Boyd (pictured with John, right) is CEO of the Addiction Recovery Foundation, editor of Addiction Today and organiser of UKESAD. She is known as a champion of organisations and professionals helping vulnerable people into recovery from addiction.

DON'T MISS OUT - PLACES STRICTLY LIMITED
First come, first served - first paid, first guaranteed reserved place
Email Deirdre@addictiontoday.org
Or pay here.

KEITH HUMPHREYS

Dr Keith Humphreys PhD joined the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) as the senior policy adviser to the deputy director.

In this role, he works to integrate scientific information into the policy development process, and serves as a liaison with the drug policy scientific community.

He also works to better integrate treatment for substance-use disorders into healthcare reform efforts and to develop scientifically grounded positions on a range of contentious drug policy issues.

Prior to joining ONDCP, Dr Humphreys served as a professor (research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine, a VA senior research career scientist and a CHP/PCOR associate. As a clinical/community psychologist by training, Humphreys' research focuses on the prevention and treatment of addictive disorders and on the extent to which subjects in medical research differ from patients seen in everyday clinical practice.

Dr Humphreys has been extensively involved in the formation of federal policy, having served as a member of the White House Commission on Drug Free Communities, the VA National Mental Health Task Force, and the National Advisory Council of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Since 2004, he has volunteered as a consultant and teacher in the multinational humanitarian effort to rebuild the psychiatric care system of Iraq. He helped arrange home and away trainings for Iraqi colleagues to learn about how psychiatric medicine is practiced in the US and UK, and, travelled to Iraq, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to provide in-region consultation on how to structure, manage, and provide mental health services in Iraq. In August of 2009, the American Psychological Association recognised his Iraq work with its Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Public Interest. Also in 2009, Dr. Humphreys received the outstanding Veterans Affairs Researcher award from the Division of Psychologists in Public Service, and an Honorary Professorship of Psychiatry at Kings College, London.

Dr Humphreys holds a Master’s and a PhD from the University of Illinois and a BA in Psychology from Michigan State University.

Dr WILLIAM HUANG

Title of presentation:
Mindfulness | Dual diagnosis.

Dr Huang completed his Adult Psychiatry residency and served as chief resident of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.  He stayed on and finished his fellowship training in the subspecialty of addiction psychiatry.  He is board certified in both general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry.

He became very involved in the field during residency in treatment of severe withdrawal cases and providing trainings of alcohol withdrawal awareness and treatment protocol to medical students, interns, residents, and nursing staff.  As an addiction psychiatry fellow at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, he helped set up the Addiction Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic as well as providing psychiatric evaluation and treatment for Dual Diagnosis Intensive Outpatient Programme and Inpatient consultations. He also worked with Asian Pacific Counselling and Treatment Centers and Hollywood Mental Health County Clinic in providing evidence-based treatment for minority and underserved patient populations.

His special interest in working with minority groups with co-occurring disorders was awarded the American Psychiatric Association/SAMHSA Substance Abuse Minority Fellowship. He has also been the recipient for Scholarships by American Psychiatric Association /Lily chief resident executive leadership programme, Ruth Fox Scholarship from American Society of Addiction medicine. He was a participant of California Society of Addiction Medicines legislative days in Sacramento to lobby for parity in addiction treatment in California. 

Dr Huang has been an active speaker for workshops, CMEs and special lectures at international conferences and meeting in topics of Biological Perspectives on Co-Occurring Disorders, State of Substance Use Disorder Training, Suicide Prevention, Online Internet games, Virtual Reality and Cybertherapy, Videogames Addiction, Integrating Co-Occurring Disorder treatment in California Prisons, Non-Chemical Addictions and Mindfulness Meditation in Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment.

 He currently works as a consulting addiction psychiatrist for Promises Treatment Centers, staff psychiatrist for California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at Pleasant Valley State Prison, and consulting addiction psychiatrist for Southern California Drug and Alcohol Programmes.

BARONESS MASSEY OF DARWEN

Title of Presentation: 
The Effects of Substance Misuse on Families and Young People    

Doreen E Massey has been a Labour peer since 1999. 

She has been chair of the NTA since January 2002.  The NTA is a special health authority, created by the Labour government in 2001, with a remit to "increase the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse". The overall purpose of the NTA is to "double the number of people in effective, well-managed treatment between 1998 and 2008; and to increase the proportion of people completing or appropriately continuing treatment, year on year".  This is in line with the UK drug strategy targets.

She has a strong interest in children and young people, and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children. She is president of Brook Advisory Centres, a charity specialising in young people's sexual health, a trustee of the Teachers Advisory Council for Alcohol and Drug Education (TACADE), and of The Trust for the Study of Adolescence. She is a health education specialist on a range of issues including drug and alcohol misuse, HIV/AIDS and sexual health in national and international contexts. 

She is the former Director of the UK Family Planning Association, has published a range of books and training resources on health and sex education and is a qualified teacher. 

She is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on: alcohol and drugs; AIDS, population and development. She is also a Lady Taverner, a cricket charity which raises money for disabled children to take part in sport.  She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Doreen’s outside interests include theatre, opera, film, sport, reading, and travelling.  She is married with three grown-up children.

At the end of her presentation, delegates will be able to:

1. Identify problems affecting young people and families affected by substance misuse;
2. Discuss measures to tackle these issues;
3. Discuss the role of professionals and carers in tackling the problem.

UKESAD 2010 PRESENTERS

SIMON ALDERS  commissioning clinic
... is a treatment commissioner with the Suffolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team and a member of the Centre for Policy Studies’ Prisons and Addictions forum. His work involves a multi-skilled approach to an enhanced assessment of need, providing access to treatment and psychosocial services pre- and post- specialist prescribing, engaging all agencies in the delivery of a treatment journey, supporting clients into abstinence according to need and monitoring and evaluating effectiveness.

ANNIE BENNETT  love addiction
... is one of the UK’s foremost psychotherapists specialising in love addiction. Her work has featured across the media, particularly her book, The Love Trap, about breaking free from love addiction. She is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, is listed with UK Registered Counsellors, and has a diploma in counselling therapy. Annie is also a recognised provider for health insurance companies such as BUPA. She founded her Harley Street practice in 2004, after working at some of the world’s leading centres for addiction therapy, including as visiting therapist at the US Meadows Centre for Trauma and Addiction. Her integrative methods draw on cognitive behavioural therapy, person-centred counselling, family systems and experiential approaches.

JAMES BROKENSHIRE, MP  political context
... was elected to serve Hornchurch & Rainham as the Member of Parliament in May 2005. In November 2006, he was appointed to the Conservative front bench as a shadow Home Affairs minister. He had previously served as a member of the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee. Before entering parliament, James was a partner at a large international law firm where he advised businesses and financial institutions on company law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance deals. As shadow minister for crime reduction, he is responsible for helping to develop Conservative policy on drug crime, knife/gun/gang crime, antisocial behaviour, fraud and online crime.

GILLIAN BRIDGE  resilience
... is an expert in the brain, language and behaviour, with unique insight into the neurobiological similarities between addiction, autism and criminality. She developed executive training tools based on similar principles, training CEOs of major international organisations, and their teams. Gillian has also taught on the English Speaking Board’s Communication Skills courses in prisons and discovered the potency of these in empowering prisoners to make healthier choices for their future lives. She sees language as pivotal to nurturing good mental health, and a major foundation stone of resilience. With a diploma in addiction therapy and in english, Gillian is an associate member of BACP, working in Harley Street. She is author of Stop Smoking and Discover your inner sloth; she is writing a book on Resilience.

DEIRDRE BOYD introduction
... is cofounder/organiser of Ukesad and the Unity Group, and CEO of the Addiction Recovery Foundation. She is editor of Addiction Today, and author of Addictions: Your Questions Answered, printed in seven lang­uages, as well as mental-health charity Mind’s booklet Understanding addiction/dependency. She is a member of the Centre for Policy Studies’ Prisons and Addictions think-tank, of the Recovery Academy and of the Recovery Group. She participated in the dti’s Office of Science & Technology project on Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs, forecasting the next two decades. She gave evidence on treatment for the government Select Committee on Cocaine, to be published in early 2010. She was a trustee of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics UK. In 2006, ICAA awarded her the Dr Vincent Bakeman memorial award for Outstanding Community Service.

TOM BRUCE  accreditation
... is a therapist at Castle Craig Hospital and has been responsible for introducing the ICADC – International Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor – 'gold standard' accreditation to the UK.

DAVID BURROWES, MP  political context
... is Shadow Minister for Justice and Member of Parliament for Enfield, Southgate, after a career as a solicitor specialising in criminal law. He was a member of the Public Administration Select Committee and has served on several Select Committees. He is particularly interested in the policy areas of drugs and alcohol, the criminal justice system, family policy, international human rights and the voluntary sector. David spent 18 months as deputy chairman of the Conservative Social Justice Policy Group’s Addictions Working Party. This group took evidence from those who work in addiction treatment or have been addicts themselves and published findings as a review for the Conservative Party.

MAUREEN CANNING MA, LMFT  sexual compulsivity
... is clinical consultant for The Meadows and Dakota,  and has extensive experience working with sexual disorders. She was a board member of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health and president of the Arizona Council on Sexual Addiction. Maureen’s clinical experiences include intensives, individual/couples/family counselling and interventions. She is a Level II EMDR-trained therapist and a certified hypnotherapist. Her clinical approach includes the exploration and healing of sexual templates and underlying trauma. Maureen is author of Lust, Anger, Love: Understanding Sexual Addiction and the Road to Healthy Intimacy.

ROSEMARY CLOUGH  self care, avoiding burnout
... is one of the few Board Registered Interventionists in the UK. A popular and highly regarded therapist, she is an effective supervisor of professional and specialist teams, was part of the founding team of Employee Assistance programmes in the UK for Control Data, and provided counselling services to Cargill UK plc, Conoco and DuPont for 15 years.

MAX COHEN BA CIP PSYCH COUNS, NCAC, MBCAP  selfcare
... is a psychotherapist and supervisor with over 20 years’ experience, and an addictions trainer at a London university. He integrates psychodynamic, person centred, cognitive behavioural, EMDR, EFT and biopsychosocial models of therapy. His specialities include anxiety and mood disorders, anger/self esteem/confidence issues and food disorders as well as addictions and behavioural dependencies.

OSCAR D'AGNONE MD, MRCPSYCH  reaching doctors
... is medical director of the Linwood Group of treatment centres, as well as clinical director for all CRI services, responsible for 6,248 patients assessed and admitted across 12 CRI clinics, 14 doctors and 49 nurses. He is a member of the Specialist Clinical Addiction Network, Society for Study of Addictions, international Member of the American Psychiatric Association, member of the World Psychiatric Association and founder member of the Latin American College of Psychopharmacology. He was senior secretary of the Section Education and Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association, academic coordinator of the Harvard Medical International–ICONO joint programme, scientific adviser for Argentine’s National Secretary of Drug Related Programmes/SEDRONAR.

ED DIEHL  group therapy
... is president/CEO of Seabrook House, the largest private non-profit chemical dependency treatment organisation in southern New Jersey. He was given the 2009 ACATA Administrator of the Year award at the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers Annual Leadership Conference. Ed began his career in 1976 with the establishment of a social detoxification programme for indigents in Atlantic City; in 1977, he joined Seabrook House. Working first as a certified alcoholism counsellor, he moved to the community relations department, establishing outreach programmes, developing operations manuals and liaising between licensing and accreditation authorities. He was chair of NAATP, the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, until 2009. Ed has been in recovery from chemical dependency for over 35 years.

PROFESSOR CARLTON ERICKSON neurochemistry
... is the Pfizer Centennial Professor of Pharmacology and director of the Addiction Science Research & Education Center in the College of Pharmacy, University of Texas. He is an active researcher and science educator who believes that new research on addictions can be successfully transmitted to non-scientists who need such information. He is an associate editor for Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. He is co-author of Hazelden booklet Your Brain on Drugs, and of Drugs, The Brain & Behavior, published by Haworth Medical Press. He is the author of over 150 scientific publications, and is an expert on the relationship between addiction neurobiology and the recovering community.

DAVID FINNEY  workforce | accreditation
... is an independent consultant with a wealth of experience within UK government circles. David was the policy lead for substance-misuse services in the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate, and developed the Guidance for Inspectors of substance misuse services. He currently trains treatment services in how to pursue excellence in their service delivery as well as providing individual consultancy services.

LEE FITZGERALD CADCI  mindfulness | dual diagnosis
... is director of clinical outreach at Promises Malibu, which she joined after being a successful entrepreneur with her own marketing company in LA. “I wanted to work in the recovery field – when I learned the Promises philosophy, I thought this position fell out of the sky for me.”

REBECCA FLOOD MHS, LCDC, NCACII, BRI II  interventions
... is president of the Association of Intervention Specialists and CEO of New Directions for Women, which treats both women and women with dependent children. With over 30 years’ experience in healthcare, Becky has demonstrated expertise in programme development, implementation and evaluation. She was previously vice president of treatment services for Seabrook House in New Jersey, which offers residential treatment programmes and specialised treatment for women, adolescents and others with co-occurring disorders. Becky earned her Masters degree in Human Services from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania.

PHILIP FOX  matinee play - relapse prevention
... is an actor, director, experienced facilitator and founder of the Outside Edge Theatre company which brings addiction-related issues to the public stage as well as customising performances for addiction-treatment centres and their recovering clients. He is photographed here with some of his cast.

JOHN FRIEL  emotional competency
... is an international speaker and trainer, and has been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show. John is on the board of the Nevada State Psychological Association and is an adjunct assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Nevada. He and his wife Linda are best-selling authors of Adult Children: The Secrets Of Dysfunctional Families, An Adult Child’s Guide To What’s ‘Normal’, The 7 Worst Things (Good) Parents Do and The 7 Best Things (Happy) Couples Do. They offer a 3.5-day ClearLife Clinic at Las Vegas Recovery Center.

SARAH GRAHAM  lgbtqq+i
... is a counsellor, auricular acupuncturist, drugs and addictions expert. After completing her Foundation in person centred counselling at East Surrey College, she worked at two of Priory Healthcare’s residential rehabs. Sarah was awarded the Priory Professional Addiction Therapy Diploma, then moved to the charity In-volve to help set up Respond, its joint adult service with the NHS. She pioneered a successful holistic stimulant drugs service and this led to being asked to sit on the ACPO Meth and Precursors Working Group. She is recognised as a leading authority on substance misuse by children and young adults but is particularly noted for her campaigning work for and with gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, questioning and intersex individuals.

KEVIN GRIFFIN  mindfulness
... is the author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the 12 Steps and God, Buddha, and the Path of Recovery. He is a leader in the mindful recovery movement and one of the founders of the Buddhist Recovery Network. He trained with the leading western Vipassana teachers, among them Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein and Ajahn Amaro. Kevin teaches in buddhist centers, treatment centers, professional conferences, and academic settings. After getting sober in 1985, he earned his BA from UC Berkeley and MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine. He began teaching meditation in 1996. Before he found Buddhism, Kevin was a rock guitarist with a band called Zzebra; he still plays and writes music.

ANDREW GRIFFITHS  policy | continuum of care
... is chief of staff to the chairman of the Conservative Party, Eric Pickles MP, and is a Conservative parliamentary candidate for Burton & Uttoxeter at the next General Election. He previously worked with Theresa May MP and Hugo Swire MP. Before entering politics, he worked for the family-run engineering business in the West Midlands. He actively supports the Recovery Group which lobbies for equitable addiction treatment for all who require it.

Dr ANDREA GRUBB-BARTHWELL MD, FASAM  doctors
... is director of the unique Two Dreams Outer Banks treatment centre. She is respected as a leading addiction medicine physician and is a former president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. From 2002-2004, Andrea served as deputy director for Demand Reduction in the Office of National Drug Control Policy. In 2003, the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse awarded her the prestigious Betty Ford Award for lifetime contributions to the field of addiction medicine. Her peers also named her one of the “Best Doctors in America” in addiction medicine in 1997. She is a trustee of the Addiction Recovery Foundation, which organises UKESAD.

STEVE HAMER OBE FRSA  gradualism
... is CEO of Compass harm-reduction services. First a teacher, Steve entered the social care field in 1977, working with single, homeless people in London before joining Cranstoun, a residential rehabilitation programme for drug misusers in 1979. After two years at Cranstoun and then two years teaching English in Sudan, he returned to the drugs field in 1983 to open the Parole Release Scheme, the UK’s first dedicated resettlement service for drug using prisoners. Since joining Compass in 1986 as its first employee, Steve has guided the organisation to become one of the UK’s leading drug treatment providers. He has an MA in Social Policy. In 2005, Steve was awarded an OBE in the Queen´s Birthday Honours.

NANCY JARRELL MA, LPC, EAP  childhood trauma
... is clinical director of Sierra Tucson treatment centre. With a master’s degree in counselling/psychology, Nancy is a licensed professional counsellor and a trained equine-assisted psychotherapist, incorporating Imago theory. She founded The Lacey Jarrell Foundation after the unexpected loss of her 16-year-old daughter. She will soon have a book published about her grief process, The Loss of Lacey. Nancy has counselled thousands of individuals and families over the years addressing issues around addictions, trauma, mood disorders, traumatic grief, PTSD/post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental-health issues.

GAIL JONES  offenders
... is director of research and development at Rapt, the Rehab­ilitation for Addicted Prisoners trust. She has a Msc in health psychology and a post-graduate diploma in counselling. She was involved in the development of the Carat service in England and has overseen a 12-step treatment programme for young offenders at Aylesbury Youth Offenders Institution.

DR JACK KUO  mindfulness | dual diagnosis
... completed his addiction psychiatry training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He began working in chemical dependency as a volunteer outreach worker for homeless teens in Waikiki, then did residential counselling for at-risk youth as well as homeless mentally-ill people at a transitional living programme, then community health outreach in HIV prevention, education and needle-exchange programmes with IV drug users. Dr Kuo taught a course titled Biological Perspectives on Co-occurring Disorders for UCLA. He was awarded scholarships by, among others, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Association of Addiction Psychiatry, National Institute of Drug Abuse, American Psychiatric Association. He has been on the CSAM education committee since 2007 and was director of the ASAM exam preparation track for CSAM. 

BRAD LAMM BRI-I, CAI  change the person you love
... has been helping literally thousands of people to get sober and stay sober for years. Highly motivated and with long-term sobriety himself, he is a board-registered interventionist, a teacher and speaker, and founder of Intervention Specialists. Previously a news anchor, his TV work today centres on his family systems work and teaching people how to begin change in their own lives, and the lives of those they love. Brad’s Change seminars bring the topic worldwide. St Martin’s Press will publish his book, How to Change Someone You Love, in 2010.

BARONESS MASSEY OF DARWEN
... has a strong interest in children and young people, and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children. She is president of Brook Advisory Centres, a charity specialising in young people sexual health, a trustee of the Teachers Advisory Council for Alcohol and Drug Education and The Trust for the Study of Adolescence. She was director of the UK Family Planning Association, has published books and training resources on health and sex education and is a qualified teacher.  She is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on: alcohol and drugs; AIDS, population and development. She is also a Lady Taverner, a cricket charity which raises money for disabled children to take part in sport.  She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

ANTHONY MASSOURAS  UKESAD committee
... is founder and owner of Mimosa Healthcare Group, which offers acute and sub-acute care services and is the UK premier provider of training in its field. It includes the Linwood Group of residential treatment services for alcohol dependence. In 2007, Anthony succeeded Lord Mancroft as chairman of the Addiction Recovery Foundation charity, publisher of Addiction Today and organiser of Ukesad. He is also a member of the government’s Ambassador Apprenticeship Network and a Management Committee member of the Adult Learning & Skills Council.

JAMES McDERMOTT  service user groups
... is a founding member of from RIOT: Recovery Is Out There, the only abstinent service-user group in the UK. Supported by BAC O’Connor treatment centre, he has appeared in the media, recalling his journey from addiction to recovery. From prison and overdoses, James shows people in the tier system that recovery is achievable for all and is “everything you dream of”. He and other RIOT members tour the country and visit conferences to advocate that abstinence rehabilitation and recovery are on the menu of treatment/commissioning choice.

LYNN McKNIGHT LPC/S, MAC, CCS, ATR-BC motivational interviewing
... is the clinical director of the 32-bed residential alcohol/drug treatment centre and 15-bed halfway house at Crossroads’ Antigua, a Forbes top 10 inpatient treatment centre with a worldclass renewal centre for alumni, AOD professionals and leaders in the treatment field. Her specialties are training, staff development, supervision and implementation of clinical best practices. She is an international speaker in art therapy and addictions, clinical supervision, and motivational interviewing.

JEANETTE MILLER  working with drink-driving charges
... is senior and managing partner at Geoffrey Miller Solicitors, one of the UK’s few firms specialising solely in defending drivers facing prosecution for motoring offences. She is also founding CEO & president of the Association of Motor Offence Lawyers. Uniquely, she refers clients to addiction treatment where she feels it is appropriate.

Dr MICHAEL M MILLER MD, FASAM, FAPA
... is immediate past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Since 1989, he has been medical director of NewStart alcohol and drug treatment programme at Meritor Hospital. He is board certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. He is also an associate clinical professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

ED MITCHELL personal stories, interviews
... is editor of InExcess TV. He has interviewed hundreds of top financial and political figures, having worked in journalism for 30 years with some of the world’s most respected news organisations including Reuters, the BBC, ITN, Channel Four and CNBC. He was regularly on News at Ten, Budget programmes and breakfast TV. His career then took a rockier course. Redundancy, dozens of short term jobs, mounting debt problems, alcoholism, divorce and bankruptcy led to homelessness and sleeping rough on Hove seafront. A quirk of fate got him into rehab and on to the path of recovery – a story covered in the ITV documentary Saving Ed Mitchell, which attracted huge audiences.

DAVE MULVANEY  UKESAD committee
... is part of the senior management team at the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners' trust (Rapt). He trained as an addictions counsellor with Clouds and King’s College University London to post-graduate level. He has over 15 years’ experience of frontline service delivery, develop­ment, management and training, starting as a social-work team manager at a drug-crisis intervention centre serving 33 London boroughs, then developing services for BME crack users, and evidence- and outcome-based relapse prevention & aftercare programmes. He is a trustee of the Addiction Recovery Foundation charity, which organises UKESAD.

NIELS OLSEN europe/scandinavia/middle east round table
... is, with his brother Jorgen, a danish rock/pop music duo who have performed with the Kinks, among others. They have released 12 albums, the latest with Cliff Richard. They won the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with Fly on the Wings of Love. Niels has also qualified as a psychotherapist and is partnering UKESAD to stage a scandinavian symposium.

KARRIM RAHMAN  BA(HONS), DTC, CRW, LCSP(PSYS), APBMD, CRZ massages
... is a remedial therapist, using therapeutic massage and manipulation, reflexology, Tui Na, counselling and relaxation techniques, including for sports/joint injuries. He first qualified in law and his early career was in local government, then social work. He qualified in remedial massage in 1993; this involves deep-tissue techniques to assist the client’s body to return to normal functioning. Deep-seated tension can be released, deposits and scar tissue broken down, and nerves freed, clearing pain.

DAVID ROSENKER  adolescents
... is consultant to Foundations Recovery Network, having previously been executive vice president of business development at Caron treatment centres. With 34 years’ experience in chemical dependency, the first 15 with adolescents, David has extensive expertise in adolescent and adult treatment, adolescent development, family education, student assistance, youth tobacco cessation as well as other prevention and treatment models. He designed and implemented community and professional training programmes, and supervised all Caron clinical services.

KEN SEELEY BRI-II, RAS, CNDAI  interventions
... is best known for his starring role in A&E TV’s popular Interventions series. He is a board-registered interventionist, registered addiction specialist and certified national drug & alcohol interventionist. Founder and CEO of Intervention 911, Ken has been involved in the recovery community for over 17 years; he has been clean and sober since 1989. His success rate as an interventionist means he is often asked to provide drug intervention training for addiction and mental health professionals. He has just authored Face It and Fix It, based on his toughest interventions.

Dr RICHARD SEELY MD  neurobiology of recovery
... is board-certified in psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, child & adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine. He completed his undergraduate education at Princeton University and received his medical degree at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Dr Seely completed his residency at the University of Miami. He serves as a consultant to Florida’s Physicians Recovery Network, Lawyers Assistance programme, Intervention Project for Nurses, national football League and the Federal Aviation Administration. Dr Seely is the medical director at Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches in Palm Beach County, Florida.

JOHN SOUTHWORTH CADC interventionism
... has worked in the field of substance abuse and mental health for over 40 years. He began his career as a licensed DUI evaluator. After receiving his CADC in 1984 from Naadac and IC&RC, he provided inpatient and outpatient counselling for groups and individuals, then interventions which “help people help others”. John has led hundreds of successful interventions and is a preferred interventionist for many treatment centres. He trains school employees, local communities, doctors, nurses and other professionals in drug awareness and recovery. In 1993, John became programme coordinator for the Physician Recovery Network in Idaho; in 1996, he became its programme coordinator for recovering nurses. He then founded Southworth Associates which implements similar programmes for Idaho professional bodies such as the Lawyers Assistance Program and Program for Recovering Dental Professionals.

MIKE TRACE  offender issues
... is CEO of Rapt, the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners’ trust. Before leaving the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2003, he was director of performance at the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, and was the deputy UK ‘drug czar’ 1997-2001. For two years, he was chair of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

JOHN TROLAN  BA(HONS), MSC  gradualism
... is clinical manager with Nelson Trust, an abstinence-based rehabilitation unit in Gloucestershire, which actively engages with harm-reduction agencies, statutory and nonstatutory, in working towards the goals of the Models of Care framework. Its treatment programme includes housing resettlement and employment, training and education.

STEPHEN K VALLE SCD, MBA  accountability model
... is is president of AdCare Criminal Justice Services in Massachusetts. He has been a leader in the alcohol, drug and mental-health field for over 25 years, helping to create innovative treatment programmes for hospitals, addiction treatment centres and criminal justice settings. A licensed psychologist and certified addictions counsellor, he was president of the National Commission for the Accreditation of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselor Credentialing Bodies, receiving awards for this work. He is author of Alcoholism Counseling: Issues for an Emerging Profession, editor of Drunk Driving in America: Strategies & Approaches to Treatment and was associate editor of Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. He created Accountability Training®, a high-outcomes treatment model for substance-abuse offenders.

JEFF WILBEE CAE  international accreditation
... is immediate past president of IC&RC, the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium. He is responsible for the worldwide development of IC&RC professional accreditation. With over 30 years’ experience in addictions and community corrections, he brings to the podium knowledge, passion and a professional speaking style.

GEORGE WILLIAMS  InExcess TV
... is founder and CEO of InExcess Television – see some of its activities on opposite page. George describes himself as having had a “heavyweight drink problem” and, in seeking his own recovery, has put a human face to addiction, breaking down stigma. He inspires people who are suffering, and connects families, friends and carers who need support.

MATTHEW WOLF  group therapy
... oversees admissions, marketing, community relations, business development, medical records, support services and more as vice president of business operations at Seabrook House, the largest private non-profit chemical dependency treatment organisation in southern New Jersey. In his 21+ years with the organisation, Matt has served as a helpline counsellor, director of admissions and director of business development. In 2009, Matt celebrated 25 years in recovery from chemical dependency.

ROWDY YATES  cutting-edge, proven techniques
... is senior research fellow – Scottish Addiction Studies, Deptartment of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling in Scotland.

DR MICHAEL MILLER

Dr Michael M Miller MD, FASAM, FAPA is immediate past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the largest medical specialty society in America of physicians devoted to addiction prevention, treatment, medical education, research, and public policy. He has served on many Task Forces and Councils of ASAM and the Wisconsin Medical Society, and was chair of the WMS Commission on Addictive Diseases.

He has lectured internationally on addiction medicine, general psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry topics, as well as on topics related to medical economics, medical quality, medical ethics, and public health.

Miller is is medical director of NewStart alcohol and drug treatment programme at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, and has held this position since 1989. He is board certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry and is also certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) as a physician specialist in chemical dependence. He is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

He is also an associate clinical professor in the departments of Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, and Family Medicine of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and is associate director of the Addiction Psychiatry fellowship programme at the University of Wisconsin and the Madison VA Hospital.

He recently completed several years of service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Medical Society, and is a Wisconsin delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates. He served 12 years on the managing committee of the statewide Physician Health Program of the WMS, and recently chaired the Task Force on Physician Health and Wellness of the WMS.

Miller is past president of the Dane County Medical Society and the Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine and is a recent board member of the Wisconsin Alcohol and Drug Treatment Providers Association. He has been a frequent consultant for the Wisconsin Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Wisconsin Division of Public Health.

He attended Georgetown University and graduated in 1972 with a BS in Psychology. He earned his medical degree from Tulane University Medical Center in 1979. He was a psychiatry resident at both the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics. He completed a fellowship in chemical dependency at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics in 1983.

Miller was in private practice at the Midelfort Clinic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, from 1983 to 1989 prior to joining the staff at Meriter in 1989; in Eau Claire, he was the founding medical director for the Eau Claire regional detoxification centre at Luther Hospital and for the Journey intensive outpatient treatment programme at the Midelfort Clinic.

Dr Michael M Miller MD, FASAM, FAPA is immediate past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the largest medical specialty society in America of physicians devoted to addiction prevention, treatment, medical education, research, and public policy. He has served on many Task Forces and Councils of ASAM and the Wisconsin Medical Society, and was chair of the WMS Commission on Addictive Diseases.

He has lectured internationally on addiction medicine, general psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry topics, as well as on topics related to medical economics, medical quality, medical ethics, and public health.

Miller is is medical director of NewStart alcohol and drug treatment programme at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, and has held this position since 1989. He is board certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry and is also certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) as a physician specialist in chemical dependence. He is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

He is also an associate clinical professor in the departments of Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, and Family Medicine of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and is associate director of the Addiction Psychiatry fellowship programme at the University of Wisconsin and the Madison VA Hospital.

He recently completed several years of service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Medical Society, and is a Wisconsin delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates. He served 12 years on the managing committee of the statewide Physician Health Program of the WMS, and recently chaired the Task Force on Physician Health and Wellness of the WMS.

Miller is past president of the Dane County Medical Society and the Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine and is a recent board member of the Wisconsin Alcohol and Drug Treatment Providers Association. He has been a frequent consultant for the Wisconsin Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Wisconsin Division of Public Health.

He attended Georgetown University and graduated in 1972 with a BS in Psychology. He earned his medical degree from Tulane University Medical Center in 1979. He was a psychiatry resident at both the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics. He completed a fellowship in chemical dependency at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics in 1983.

Miller was in private practice at the Midelfort Clinic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, from 1983 to 1989 prior to joining the staff at Meriter in 1989; in Eau Claire, he was the founding medical director for the Eau Claire regional detoxification centre at Luther Hospital and for the Journey intensive outpatient treatment programme at the Midelfort Clinic.

DOWNLOAD UKESAD PROGRAMME

The UKESAD 2011 programme will be published before christmas.

Topics will concentrate on:

* indepth psychosocial and family-of-origin issues

* brief interventions which can be used by all treatment agencies and individuals

* family interventions

* political updates, and how to optimise your business alongside the latest Drug Strategy.

 

For a sample UKESAD programme, download the 2010 version:
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DR ANDREA GRUBB-BARTHWELL

Andrea is director of the global healthcare and policy-consulting firm EMGlobal LLC and of the innovative Two Dreams treatment centre in North Carolina.

Andrea was a principal adviser in the [White House] Executive Office of the President on policies aimed at reducing the demand for illicit drugs. During her tenure, the Bush administration publicised science-based facts about the dangers of marijuana and drug legalisation, promoted student drug testing as a deterrent and an identification tool, and promoted drug courts. Andrea was also a member of the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth and its Domestic Violence Working Group. President George W Bush nominated her as deputy director for Demand Reduction in the Unodcp Office of National Drug Control Policy.

She worked with the National Institute on Drug Abuse to define its research scope. She hosted a weekly cable show on Aids, and is past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

In 2003, Andrea received the Betty Ford Award, from the Association for Medical Education & Research in Substance Abuse. In 1997, she was named one of the “Best Doctors in America” in addiction. She is a trustee of the Addiction Recovery Foundation, which organises Ukesad.

BRAD LAMM

BRI-I, CAI, National Co-Chair AAI

Brad Lamm has been helping others get sober and stay sober for years. Highly motivated and with long-term sobriety himself, he leads by example, blending hope with the dynamic nature of the Invitation Intervention.

He is a board-registered Interventionist, a skilled teacher and speaker, and founder of Intervention Specialists - the US's leading invitation-intervention practice.  

Previously a network-affiliate news anchor, he is an addiction-recovery consultant to the Oprah Winfrey Show - his TV work today centers on his family systems work and teaching people how to begin change in their own lives, and the lives of those they love. Brad's CHANGE seminars introduce the topic to groups worldwide.  

His book, How to Change Someone You Love, will be printed in early 2010 by St. Martin’s Press.  

Brad lives in NYC with his family. 

STEPHEN K VALLE, ScD, MBA

Dr Stephen K Valle (photographed with lookalike!) is president of AdCare Criminal Justice Services (ACJS) in Worcester, Massachusetts. He has been a pioneering leader in the alcohol, drug abuse, and mental-health field for over 25years.  He was instrumental in creating one of the US’s most successful treatment models for drunk driving offenders, as well as other innovative treatment programmes for hospitals, addiction treatment centres and criminal justice settings.

In 1993, Dr. Valle received one of the highest honors in his profession, being nominated by Senator Harold E. Hughes to serve as director of the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the Clinton Administration.

As a licensed psychologist and certified addictions counsellor, he is recognised for his outstanding leadership in the development of national standards for the alcohol and drug abuse field.  Dr Valle has served as president of the National Commission for the Accreditation of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselor Credentialing Bodies for six years, and has been a nationally recognised consultant providing technical assistance to treatment centres, hospitals, prisons/jails and other agencies in the criminal justice system.

Dr. Valle is the author of over a dozen journal articles, author of Alcoholism Counseling: Issues for an Emerging Profession, and editor of Drunk Driving in America: Strategies and Approaches to Treatment. He has served as associate editor of the Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, as well as holding several editorial review assignments for leading professional journals.

Before joining AdCare, Dr Valle was chief of psychology and programme director for an 80-bed addiction treatment hospital for ten years, provided consulting services to leading medical institutions throughout the country such as the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and operated several community-based and institutional treatment programs. 

As the founder and president of Valle Associates and Right Turn Inc, Dr Valle created Accountability Training®, a public safety treatment model designed especially for use with substance abuse offenders in the criminal justice system.  His model has been applied in domestic violence programs, boot camps, in-prison therapeutic community programs, and in various courts, community corrections and criminal justice settings.  Programmes under his leadership, have provided specialised programs for youth, men, and women in various criminal justice settings in several states including, Massachusetts, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Texas, and Pennsylvania.

Dr Valle has received numerous awards from the addictions and mental health treatment field including:

• 1996 Better Government Competition Award, presented by the Pioneer Institute, a public policy think tank located in Boston, Mass. for his article Right Turn: Getting Tougher and Smarter with Repeat Drunk Driving Offenders.
• 1988 South Shore Chamber of Commerce (MA) Community Service Award, Quincy District Court, Mass.
• 1986 Distinguished Service Award, presented by the National Commission on Accreditation of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Credentialing Bodies.
• 1986 NAADAC Outstanding Achievement Award, presented by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
• 1984 Massachusetts Association of Alcoholism Counselors Outstanding Achievement Award, presented for his work in the development of National Standards for Counselors by the Massachusetts Association of Alcoholism Counselors
• 1982 NAADAC Outstanding Achievement Award, presented by the National Association of Alcoholism Counselors and Drug Abuse Counselors for advancement of credentialing and reciprocity processes and programmes.

Dr Valle’s lifelong commitment to people with addiction problems is known by all who have come into contact with him, professionally or personally. In 1996, he converted his former home into a sober residence and founded the Grace House in Lynn, Massachusetts. Grace House was the first male and female sober house for homeless and recently released offenders with addiction problems in Massachusetts.

GILLIAN BRIDGE

Title of Presentation: 
RESILIENCE, better futures for all
  

Gillian Bridge is an expert in the many, varied aspects of brain, language and behaviour and has developed a unique insight into the neurobiological similarities between addiction, autism and criminality.

Her findings have led to the development of a new approach to therapy and training, which takes into consideration many, previously unconsidered, influences on dysfunctional behaviour, such as the role of language teaching (and, rather intriguingly, marshmallows).

Gillian has a degree in English and taught and lectured on this subject for many years, specialising in the analysis of thought patterns, motivation and personality through close study of language use, before going on to develop executive training tools based on similar principles. Ongoing work with CEOs of major international organisations, and their teams, demonstrates their success..

Gillian has also taught on the English Speaking Board's communication skills courses in prisons and discovered the potency of these in empowering prisoners to make healthier choices for their future lives. She has come to see the role of language as key to the understanding of human brain function - and its enhancement and enrichment as pivotal to the nurturing of good mental health. It is one of the major foundation stones of resilience.

A Diploma in Addiction Therapy and three years working for the drug and alcohol services in HM Prisons has added to her understanding of the interplay between early life experiences, neuronal function, 'self talk', and resilience strategies. Work in prisons has been among the most enlightening work she has undertaken.

An associate member of BACP, Gillian works at 96 Harley Street, specialising in working with addictions and with autistic spectrum disorder. She has two books published, together with articles, including in the Sept/Oct issue of Addiction Today. She is currently working on a new book on resilience.

PRESENTATION TOPIC

Resilience is at the heart of the human success story. It is our best armour against adverse life events and our best hope for the future of our kids. Having it in abundance can even prolong life. Discover how it works, at every level, from the neurobiological to the personal and political, and at the same time learn how to build up your own levels of resilience, so protecting yourself from emotional overload and professional burn out.

MEASURABLE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify the benefits to the individual and society of developing resilience in childhood
• List and recognise the function of the different neural circuits involved in resilience
• Summarise the optimum educational and lifestyle strategies for the promotion of resilience

 

ANNIE BENNETT

Annie Bennett is one of the UK’s foremost psychotherapists specialising in love addiction. Her work has been featured widely across the print media and her book, The Love Trap, was recently published by Hammersmith Press.  She is a member of BACP, the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, a registered counsellor with UKRC, UK Registered Counsellors, and has a Diploma in Counselling Therapy.  Annie is also a recognised provider for health insurance companies - BUPA and others.

Practicing initially in bereavement therapy, Annie trained in the mid-1990s as an addiction counsellor. She worked extensively in the UK, Spain and US before founding her Harley Street private practice in 2004.

She has worked at some of the world’s leading centres for addiction therapy. In 2002, she was invited as visiting therapist to work at The Meadows Centre for Trauma and Addiction in the US. In 2005, she was invited by the Priory Hospital in Roehampton to head up its Trauma programme.

The Love Trap explores the concept and treatment of love addiction. Its extensive press coverage led to the development of a sister website and series of workshops addressing the issue of breaking free from love addiction – including one scheduled at UKESAD 2010.

From her private practice in Harley Street she works extensively with individuals and couples on issues including love addiction, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, addiction and trauma. Her integrative approach draws upon elements of cognitive behavioural therapy, person- centred counselling, family systems and experiential approaches. Her work is tailored to the needs of the individual but can include couples sessions and workshops in addition to individual work. Where necessary, patient treatment or other therapeutic interventions is encouraged.

For other media coverage and to listen to radio interview, click here.

ARE YOU A LOVE ADDICT?

Or are your clients? Click here for brief questionnaire.

 

JEFF WILBEE

Jeff is president of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC), the ‘gold standard’ accreditation for addiction therapists which is recognised in over 69 countries.

He comes to that elected position as executive director of the Canadian Addiction Certification Federation, with over 30 years' experience in the addictions and community-corrections fields.

Along with his international work, he is an adviser to the Canadian Addiction Workforce Development Task Force and a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. Jeff has spoken about addictions to audiences across North America as well as Europe. He is working with Ukesad and the UK Professional Creditation Board of Alcohol & Drug Counsellors to promote and implement high-quality accreditation this side of the Atlantic.

Listen to Jeff being interviewed - just click here!

PROFESSOR NEIL McKEGANEY

Professor Neil McKeganey BA, MSc, PhD, FRSA is the founding director of the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow. Opened in 1994, the Centre comprises one of the leading drug-misuse research teams in Europe.

Professor McKeganey is a sociologist by training and has undertaken research on a wide range of topics, including work on UK and Scottish Drug Policy, the impact of parental drug use on children, pre-teen drug use, the link between drug use and prostitution, the recovery from dependent drug use and the limitations of the harm reduction model of drug treatment provision. 

He is the author of five books and over 200 articles on aspects of his research. He is also a frequent commentator on drug misuse matters in the media. He has written for the Guardian, the Independent, and the Times newspapers as well as publishing frequently in magazines.

Neil McKeganey does not hold a government advisory position although he is a member of the Prisons and Addictions Group at the Centre for Policy Studies.

JOHN FRIEL

John Friel is an internationally recognised speaker and trainer and, with his wife Linda, the best-selling author of Adult Children: The Secrets Of Dysfunctional Families, An Adult Child’s Guide To What’s ‘Normal’, The 7 Worst Things (Good) Parents Do and The 7 Best Things (Happy) Couples Do.

They offer a 3½-day ClearLife Clinic exclusively at Las Vegas Recovery Center.

HIGHLIGHTS OF UKESAD 2009

HIGHLIGHTS OF UKESAD 2009 - click for video:

"It’s been a fantastic day at UKESAD. We didn’t know what to expect but were rewarded again with a range of presentations and interviews that have brought insight and views from around the world. We started the day with Christopher Kennedy Lawford who was testament that addiction reaches all levels of society and does not discriminate. We have heard the views of Dr Robert Johnson, Prof Roger Weiss and Dr Louis Baxter. In a slight departure form our normal content we heard Dr Jack Kuo on Video Game addiction," writes George Williams.
"In the afternoon we were treated to The Outside Edge Theatre Company and managed to catch up with Phil Fox their creative force and board member David Charkman. The surprise of the day was managing to grab a few words with Jimmy Page - one of the finest guitarists in the world and patron of the Outside Edge Theatre Company."

 

Some of the speakers 15 May (l-r): Shadow minister for justice David Burrowes MP, UKESAD organiser Deirdre Boyd and actor/author/advocate Christopher Kennedy Lawford. 

HIGHLIGHTS OF DAY 1 - click for video:

"Inexcess’s first day at UKESAD has been an inspiration. We met people bringing a diverse view of the world of addiction, treatment and recovery. Dr Brian Iddon MP brought a political perspective to the debate, while we have been enlightened by academics and medical practitioners including Dr Robin Lawrence and Professor David Rosenbloom from Boston University," George Wiliams reports. "After lunch, we found ourselves in the company of Nick Barton and Kirby Gregory from Action on Addiction. Ed Mitchell shared his recovery in an interview of humour, honesty and experience."

 

  

Speakers on their way to the All-Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group, 13 May (l-r): Professor Larry Ashley of the University of Nevada, Professor Roger Weiss of Dept of Psychiatry-Harvard, Professor David Rosenbloom of Casa and JoinTogether.com, Patrick Kennedy Lawford, ASAM president Dr Louis Baxter, Jaime Delgado of Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches, Association of Intervention Specialists board member Jane Eigner Mintz, IC&RC president Jeff Wilbee, Addiction Recovery Foundation CEO Deirdre Boyd, HRDI CEO Dr Andrea Barthwell, Tammi VerHelst of IITAP, Patrick Carnes, interventionist John Southworth and Freedom Consultancy director Johan Sorensen.

Comments from Professor David Clark and the WiredIn online recovery community

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DAVID BURROWES, MP

David Burrowes was elected as Member of Parliament (Conservative) in May 2005 and is Shadow Minister for Justice. He is particularly interested in the policy areas of drugs and alcohol, the criminal justice system, family policy, international human rights and the voluntary sector.

David was deputy chairman of the Conservative Social Justice Policy Group's Addictions Working Party. This group explored issues surrounding drug and alcohol addiction, taking evidence from those who work in the field of addiction treatment or who have been addicts themselves and published its report as part of the Social Justice Policy review for the Conservative Party in July 2007.

David was also secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group 2006 and vice-chair of the People with Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis APPG.

Before being elected to Parliament, he worked as a solicitor specialising in criminal law and was an advocate in police stations and courts in Enfield, Haringey and Hertfordshire.

In 1994, he was elected as the youngest councillor in the London Borough of Enfield representing Trent Ward. During the next eight years David held positions in the Conservative Group as Lead Member on Corporate Services and Education. In 2002, he was elected to represent Winchmore Hill Ward and became Cabinet Member for Voluntary and Community Development.

Since becoming a MP, David has been a member of the Public Administration Select Committee and served on Select Committees looking at Bills such as the Armed Forces Bill, the Draft Legal Services Bill, the Legal Services Bill itself, the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill and the Draft Tissues and Embryos Bill.

DEIRDRE BOYD

Deirdre is cofounder/organiser of Ukesad, CEO of the Addiction Recovery Foundation, editor of Addiction Today journal and author of Addictions: Your Questions Answered, printed in seven lang­uages, as well as mental-health charity Mind’s booklet Understanding addiction/dependency.

She is a member of the Centre for Policy Studies' prisons and addictions group, of the Recovery Academy and of the Recovery Group. She is also cofounder of the Unity Group which works across the spectrum of care to harmonise organisations with a wide range of approaches, for the ultimate benefit of people who need help with alcohol and drug problems.

She has been a trustee of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics UK. She participated in focus groups for the dit’s Office of Science & Technology’s Foresight project on Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs. In 2006, ICAA awarded her the Dr Vincent Bakeman Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service.

PROFESSOR CARLTON ERICKSON PhD

Carlton (Carl) K Erickson, a research scientist, is a distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, associate dean for Research and Graduate Studies, and director of the Addiction Science Research and Education Center in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin.

He has published over 260 peer-reviewed and professional articles, and is an associate editor of the scientific journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.  He is the author of a 2007 book titled The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment, which won a Hamilton Book Award in 2008.    

He is also a recipient of the Betty Ford Center Visionary Award (2000), the 2003 Pat Fields SECAD Award, the 2004 Fred French Award for Educational Achievement, and the Nelson J Bradley Award for Lifetime Achievement (2007). A popular speaker and lecturer both nationally and internationally, Carl has spoken to approximately 80,000 professionals and people in recovery since 1978.

To link to his website and useful articles and information, click here.

CEUs: CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED 'GOLD STANDARD' QUALIFICATIONS

Earn up to 27 CEUs by attending UKESAD 2010!

A certificate of attendance will be provided for those desiring to apply for Continuing Education Credits. The symposium is also accredited by UKPCBADC, the UK Professional Certification Board of Alcohol/ Drug Counsellors, a member board of the 'gold standard' IC&RC International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium of Alcohol & Drug Counsellors.

These credits are internationally recognised in about 69 countries.

The UKESAD attendance certificate is also recognised by a range of accrediting bodies throughout the UK.

DR JOHN CRICHTON

MRCPsych

Dr John Crichton is lead consultant for Addiction Psychiatry for Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

He is an honorary lecturer with Southampton University. Clinically, he is responsible for the drug and alcohol services  for Southampton and the New Forest.

He is a member of Southampton DAAT and chair of their Clinical Governance Group and member of the Drug Related Death Group and GP Shared Care Monitoring Group. He is also a member of Hampshire DAT Joint Commissioning Group.

Two years ago, the Hampshire services changed from prescribing Subutex to Suboxone , this change is currently the subject of a clinical evaluation. He will present data on how and why this change was initiated.

DR HENRIETTA BOWDEN-JONES

MRCPsych, BA (Hons), DOccMed.

Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones is a consultant psychiatrist working in the field of substance misuse in both NHS and private practice. In her private practice, she works as a general and addictions adult psychiatrist at the Capio Nightingale Hospital in London.  

Within the NHS, she is the lead consultant for Problem Gambling for Central North West London Mental Health FoundationTrust.

In 2008, she founded the CNWL National Problem Gambling Clinic, the first NHS multidisciplinary treatment centre for problem gamblers which has been inundated by new referrals since its opening. The clinic works on an evidence-based approach and is host to high-quality research projects.

She is the Royal College of Psychiatrists' spokesperson on Problem Gambling as well as being the finance officer for the Addictions faculty at the Royal College.

She is a member of the government’s Responsible Gambling Strategy Board advising on prevention, research, treatment and education.

She completed her doctorate thesis with Imperial College on Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Dysfunction in Alcohol dependency and is an honorary senior lecturer in the Division of Neurosciences at Imperial College.

In her private work, Henrietta works extensively with Human Resources and Occupational Health staff in helping patients gradually return to work following periods of treatment in hospital for both general psychiatric problems and addictions and teaching employers about substance misuse in employees. She has worked with many of the top companies in the UK on these issues following patients through from initial assessment to return to work post-treatment.

In her charity work she is a trustee of Sporting Chance Clinic, a high profile addiction charity which helps top sportsmen and women in the UK in their fight against drugs, alcohol and gambling.

DR MARK ATKINSON

MBBS BSc (HONS) FRSPH

Dr Mark Atkinson is an Imperial College-educated medical doctor specialising in integrated holistic approaches to mental health, psychosomatic illness, trauma and addictions. He is founder of the Academy of Human Potential, Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and Member of the Association for Traumatic Stress Specialists.

 He qualified as a medical doctor in 1997 from Imperial College School of Medicine in London (formerly known as St Mary's Hospital Medical School). On graduation, he received two qualifications a MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery and a BSc (HONS) - Bachelor of Science in Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology.

As Dr Atkinson started to work with patients, he became fascinated by the relationship between what was going on in their head and heart and how this was, for many people ,obviously restricting their capacity to enjoy a healthy and fulfilling life. This inspired him to build on his conventional medical training by exploring methods and approaches that help to actualise the potentials of body, mind, heart and consciousness. He subsequently received training in a variety of disciplines and approaches related to integrated medicine including: functional medicine, Buddhist psychology and meditation, breathwork, guided imagery, hypnotherapy, self-hypnosis, qigong, bioenergy therapy, energy psychology, and psychological models such as Human Givens Therapy and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT).

He now champions an integrated holistic approach to health and healing one that provides his patients with a personalised combination of mind-body approaches that are designed to identify and address their underlying barriers to health, healing and thriving. He offers four different mind-body healing programmes to patients through his clinic in Farnham, Surrey. He is also committed to training and education and offers via The Academy of Human Potential, two highly innovative courses in Human Potential Coaching and mind-body medicine. He is also a contributor to The Study of Integrated Medicine Diploma offered by The Faculty of Integrated Medicine.

 Dr Atkinson is an award-winning writer and author of two best selling books, The Mind-Body Bible (Piatkus) and Holistic Health Secrets for Women (Piatkus).

 

His work has been featured on GMTV, The Daily Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday, The Sunday Times, The Daily Express, Psychologies Magazine, CAM magazine, Top Sante, Zest, Country Living, Eve, First, Natural Health, NOW magazine, Natural Health & Beauty, Prima, Yoga Magazine, Spirit & Destiny, Health & Fitness and Wellbeing magazine.

 

UKESAD 2009 - MEMORABLE MENUS

MENUS

 

THURSDAY 14 May

Tomato, red onion and avocado salad with caper dressing

Carrots, courgette and red pepper salad with bean sprouts and a toasted sesame dressing

Mediterranean skewers with sun-blushed peppers

Prawn, beef and chicken satays

Teriyaki salmon sticks

Butterfly prawns with coconut and lime dipping sauce

Guacamole and roasted red pepper wraps

Mini beef burgers with pickled gherkin and onion

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Fruit smoothies

Lemon eclairs

 

FRIDAY 15 May

Provencale mushroom salad with herbs and olives

Oven roasted pepper, green bean and rocket salad, with a toasted almond dressing

Brie de meaux tart with red onion marmalade

Mini vegetable pizzas

Jerk chicken fillet in tempura batter

Butterfly prawns with coconut and lime dipping sauce

Teriyaki salmon sticks

Bangers and mash with onion gravy

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Mini Black Forest chocolate cups

Fresh slices fruit

 

SATURDAY 16 May

Smoked chicken Waldorf salad

Caesar salad station

Mediterranean skewers with sun-blushed peppers

Lamb skewers with yoghurt and mint dipping sauce

Prawn, beef and chicken satays

Dim sum baskets with dipping sauce

Guacamole and roasted red pepper wraps

Mini beef burgers with pickled gherkin and onion

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Chocolate Opera

Raspberry macaroons

ANNEMARIE WARD

Anne-Marie Ward is the alcohol and drug research & development worker at Fullarton Community Health House, in Irvine on the west coast of Scotland. In this role, she has been promoting the recovery agenda and the ‘voice’ of service users. Anne is now also the Wired In recovery coordinator for Scotland. She previously worked as residential-care worker for children and young people at North Ayrshire Council.

Annemarie was awarded a Masters degree (2005) and successfully completed a PG cert in Competence in Managing Drug and Alcohol services (2008) from the University of Glasgow.

At FCHH, part of her remit was to research innovative treatment options for substance misuse, identifying both Craft Community reinforcement and Family training and Smart Self-Management and Recovery Training. She assists in the development, implementation, monitoring and review of local research & development schemes in health-related services in Ayrshire and Arran. She is intimately involved in facilitating partnership working in the area, conducts research projects and regularly writes funding bids.

Annemarie also organises training courses to promote health-related issues: a major remit has been to promote and develop the recovery agenda.

She is a "devotee of the work of recovery advocate and researcher Bill White" and has presented his work nationally and locally since 2006. This helps to develop understanding of the complexities of managing services at the interface with the public and between agencies, leading to Annemarie’s excellent working knowledge of both Health and Local Authority structures and processes and her ability to escalate issues to the highest levels in local systems, pulling together diverse interests and advocating for service improvements.

PERSONAL STORY

 In a previous life, Annemarie had addictions to substances including alcohol, heroin and temazepam... she says the only substances she hasn’t tried are ‘alcopops’ – she cleaned up before their introduction – and glue. When she was 12, living in a small seaside town in Scotland, “glue was for boys and gas was for girls”.

 She sometimes looks back at the events that led her to dependence on drugs with a cavalier attitude, but only has to look out the window of her home or office to be reminded how lucky she is to have found recovery, and to be re-invigorated in continuing to fight for sufferers seeking recovery.

PHILIP TRENCHARD

Philip Trenchard is the Family Services coordinator at the Nelson Trust, one of the longest-established treatment centres in the UK, supporting service users to full recovery and independent living. He has developed a multi-dimensional programme with family in mind.

Having graduated from the Bristol University diploma/MSc course, Philip has specialised in working with substance-misuse/addiction in the family and held honorary contracts within the CAMHS teams in local NHS trusts.

This work has involved Philip in child protection issues and a range of other presenting problems.  Some of this work has been for Social Services solicitors acting on behalf of the child/children and has involved offering therapeutic assessments to help the courts decide on custody cases where there are child-protection issues. 

He also facilitates a group for Parents in Recovery from Addiction (in Nelson Trust), aiding them back into the role.

 Philip is also registered with the UK Counselling and Psychotherapy organisation. He has worked in both residential and daycare settings in the substance misuse field. 

KIRBY GREGORY

Kirby Gregory is the director of client services for Action on Addiction. With overall responsibility for all direct to client services, he works with both state and private sector markets.

Kirby has extensive experience of developing addiction treatment services and their staff. He has worked in the addiction field in first- and second-stage residential treatment centres, as a counsellor, supervisor and manager. He trained as a counsellor at Clouds in 1991, to post graduate diploma level and is a cognitive analytic psychotherapist and supervisor, registered with the UKCP. 

He has a particular interest in integrating CAT ideas and methods into addiction treatment and has also provided CAT supervision in the NHS.

ELI GRANT

Eli Grant is senior research officer for the Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoner's Trust (RAPt) and a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford.

She set up and supervises RAPt's data collection system, and developed RAPt's recently accredited alcohol  programme.

She is currently studying predictors of treatment attrition, how the prison environment influences client engagement and variations in treatment change processes across client subgroups.

 

 

NICK BARTON

Nick Barton is chief executive of Action on Addiction, which was formed in May 2007 following the merger of Clouds, The Chemical Dependency Centre and the’ old’ Action on Addiction.

Nick was a founding member and former chairman of the European Association for the Treatment of Addiction, of which he is now a trustee.  He was a member of the Independent Healthcare Association’s Mental Health Committee and was a trustee of the Nelson Trust. 

He has developed substance misuse training to industry, provided consultancy to help set up treatment centres abroad, written articles, spoken at conferences, advised various government agencies and contributed to books on addiction.

Nick holds an MA in Clinical Psychology. He practiced in America and the UK as a psychologist, psychotherapist and marriage, family and child counsellor before becoming involved in the addiction field in the mid 1980s.

He was recently awarded an honorary doctorate of health from the University of Bath for his contribution to the field of addiction treatment.

DR BRIAN IDDON MP

LABOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR BOLTON, SOUTH EAST

  Born in Tarleton, Lancashire, Brian graduated as a chemist at the University of Hull (BSc 1961; PhD 1964), joined the staff at Durham University then, in 1966, was appointed at the University of Salford.

Brian has received the Degree of DSc from the University of Hull and a number of awards, including an honorary fellowship from the University of Bolton, honorary membership of the Society of Chemical Industry and the President’s Award from The Royal Society of Chemistry.

He served as a councillor on Bolton MBC (chairman of the Housing Committee, 1986 to 1996) for 21 years.   Bolton elected him an honorary alderman for his services to the town in 1998. He was elected to Parliament in 1997 and re-elected in 2001 and 2005.

 Brian's interests in Parliament lie in the education, health and social security and science and technology policy areas. He is a member of the Innovation, University, Science and Skills Select Committee. His interests include controlled and other drugs, euthanasia, legislation on vitamins, minerals and herbal substances, and the politics of the Middle East and Kashmir. He holds offices in several All-Party Parliamentary Groups.

IMPAIRED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Presented by Dr Louis Baxter

President of ASAM, the American Society of Addiction Medicine

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this presentation, attendees will: 

1. be able to give an overview of Healthcare Professional Impairment

2. describe how persons are identified.

3. diagnose and treatment plan

4. summarise treatment outcomes for Healthcare Professionals.

 

THE GROUP AS THE FAMILY:

THE 'REPARATIVE RECAPITULATION' OF THE PRIMARY FAMILY GROUP.  

Presented by Kay Dowd and Sue Sutcliffe

Timing: see programme on home page.
 
This is an opportunity to experience, in a workshop environment, how unfinished business from our families of origin can be worked through in the group setting and how clients can project echoes of their familiar dynamics into every aspect of their lives.
 
Within a didactic and experiential setting, deelgates will explore the power of the Group, and how it takes on the characteristics and roles of  family members.  

These can be played out implicitly as well as explicitly; Kay and Sue will demonstrate how the group can offer a safe environment for change. In this context, they will also highlight the potential power of the group to damage and re-abuse.    
 
From a theoretical perspective, delegates will look at family systems and group therapy process, and at the different types of groups and facilitation which reflect different needs and answer different purposes.  

They will consider the role of the facilitator in relationship to the role of a parent, and how a dysfunctional group (ie, family) can evolve into a functional and healthy group through the developmental and reparative processes.
 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Gain a great understanding of transference, counter-transference, projective identification and scripts.
• Identify our roles within the family and in the setting of the group.
• Demonstrate the reparative power of the group to heal primary wounds and allow for change.

COUPLES IN RECOVERY:

7 CHALLENGING RULES FOR GENUINE DEPTH & HAPPINESS

Presented by John C Friel, PhD (US)

Many couples do not want intimacy – even when they say they do. Find out why, and how to help them improve relationships by facing and learning from conflict instead of repeating old patterns which create unhappiness, and could lead to relapse if left untreated.

 

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

1. Identify 7 of the most important factors that lead either to enduring and deep intimacy, or to divorce and possible recovery relapse

2. Describe how psychological differentiation can best be acquired via conflict in intimate relationships

3. Analyse how a couple's sexual relationship is usually the best way to assess the health, or dysfunction and immaturity, in both of the partners.

HUSEYIN DJEMIL, MCMI

Huseyin Djemil is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and currently a freelance consultant working in the UK substance-misuse field.

He is a member of the Centre for Policy Studies, Prisons and Addictions Forum, and author of Inside out: how to get drugs out of prisons.

He has worked in the drugs field since 1993 in a variety of roles from arrest referral worker, service manager, Drug-Alcohol Action Team coordinator and commissioner, London area drug strategy coordinator for HM Prison Service, head of drug treatment policy for prisons in England and Wales, NOMS National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice.

Huseyin underwent residential rehabilitation for class A drug use between 1986 and 1988. He is a passionate advocate of drug treatment that allows drug users to move out of addiction and achieve their full potential and place in society.

SUE SUTCLIFFE, BA (Hons), MBACP, UKRCP

Sue is an accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, the Association of University Counsellors and a UK Registered Counsellor.  She works primarily in central London, but also does telephone counselling and will travel for intervention work. She is also a tutor on Counselling courses, from certificate to degree level, and facilitates groups, workshops and seminars on a regular basis.

 Sue`s approach to therapy is mainly client-led and integrates person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive methods to the therapeutic process.  She is qualified as an addictions counsellor and has extensive experience in group work as well as working with families and adolescence. 

Sue was instrumental in setting up one of the first family and adolescent programmes in this country and is currently researching a book on The Forgotten Family concerning members of families who have addiction or another personality disorder in their midst. Sue`s knowledge of family systemics has informed her work with groups and her belief in the power of the group to repair unresolved difficulties stemming from the family of origin.        

 Sue has a strong belief in the ability of the individual to change even if this involves challenging core beliefs and questioning long-standing coping strategies.  The courage and willingness to risk making changes allows for new possibilities in our lives which can be highly rewarding and fulfilling.

 Sue has worked with Kay for the past ten years, and more recently they have specialised in Group, Couple and Family therapy, Relapse Prevention and a successful Intervention service.

Kay Dowd, with whom she copresents at UKESAD, and Sue are both preferred providers for many of the major insurance companies. 

SUE SUTCLIFFE, BA (Hons), MBACP, UKRCP

Sue is an accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, the Association of University Counsellors and a UK Registered Counsellor.  She works primarily in central London, but also does telephone counselling and will travel for intervention work. She is also a tutor on Counselling courses, from certificate to degree level, and facilitates groups, workshops and seminars on a regular basis.

 Sue`s approach to therapy is mainly client-led and integrates person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive methods to the therapeutic process.  She is qualified as an addictions counsellor and has extensive experience in group work as well as working with families and adolescence. 

Sue was instrumental in setting up one of the first family and adolescent programmes in this country and is currently researching a book on The Forgotten Family concerning members of families who have addiction or another personality disorder in their midst. Sue`s knowledge of family systemics has informed her work with groups and her belief in the power of the group to repair unresolved difficulties stemming from the family of origin.        

 Sue has a strong belief in the ability of the individual to change even if this involves challenging core beliefs and questioning long-standing coping strategies.  The courage and willingness to risk making changes allows for new possibilities in our lives which can be highly rewarding and fulfilling.

 Sue has worked with Kay for the past ten years, and more recently they have specialised in Group, Couple and Family therapy, Relapse Prevention and a successful Intervention service.

Kay Dowd, with whom she copresents at UKESAD, and Sue are both preferred providers for many of the major insurance companies. 

STRENGTHEN YOUR ADVOCACY WITH CRITICAL THINKING

Presented by Professor Michael Taleff

For timing, see programme on home page

Bad thinking leads to bad clinical decision-making - and bad decisions hurt clients as well as professionals. One powerful solution is to use the principles of critical thinking - for details Download Addiction Today 113-Critical thinking

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

At the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

• Recognise the need for critical thinking in the addiction field

• Comprehend the fundamentals of critical thinking, and how it can be applied to the addiction field

• Understand what drives poor thinking, and make plans to correct those habits

• Identify supervisory fallacies

• Recognise a variety of other fallacies and how they detract from solid thinking needed so badly needed in the addiction field

• Record case histories where decisions based on 'authority' rather than reason went unquestioned, with problematic results

• Strengthen your own advocacy.

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.