Professor and Program Director of the Human Services Program Degree at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort. Dr. Ackerman is the previous Director of the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute in Pennsylvania. He is a co-founder of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics; author of thirteen books that have been translated into thirteen languages, including Perfect Daughters.

Woody completed the Hazelden Counselor Training Program in 1989 and worked at Hazelden as a counselor, clinical supervisor and Director of Continuing Care and Alumni Relations. He has served as the Program Director at Gray Wolf Ranch since 2003.

Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling at Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri; Sr. Clinical Advisor at Youth In Need, Inc., and a Sr. Associate for the International Center for Clinical Excellence (ICCE). Authored or co-authored 12 books including Strengths-Based Engagement and Practice: Creating Effective Helping Relationships and The Therapist’s Notebook on Positive Psychology and his upcoming, Thriving on the Front Lines: Strengths-Based Youth Care Work.

Specializes in adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral disorders and has worked with some of the most challenging and dangerous young people in psychiatric hospitals and juvenile correctional facilities. Author of When to Worry: How to Tell If Your Teen Needs Help—and What to Do About It. She appears regularly on CNN Headline News and has been interviewed by Anderson Cooper, Bill O’Reilly, The Early Show, 20/20, Dr. Drew, Tyra, Nancy Grace, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News and in print by USA Today, Family Circle, US News & World Report and many others.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Keck School of Medicine, USC; Director, Psychological Trauma Program, LAC-USC Medical Center; past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; recipient of APA’s award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology; author of numerous articles and books including Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents and Young Adults and Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment. He teaches on trauma, treatment, and mindfulness internationally.

Founder of D&S Associates; author of Making Effective Mental Status Exams & Suicide Assessment, Personality Disorders and Substance Abuse Handbook with over 25 years in training, consultation and direct care.

Founder and director of Pharmaceutical Education Consultants, faculty in the Department of Health Sciences at California State University, Fullerton; author of Nutrition for the Focused Brain and Food, Brain Chemistry and Behavior.

Program Specialist for Cottonwood Tucson. He implements the use of Eco-psychology and Expressive Arts as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral therapy. He has published articles describing his work in Addiction Professional, Arizona Together, Journal of Poetry Therapy, and Therapeutic Recreation Journal. Charles has received fellowships and grants from the Tucson Pima Arts Council and the Arizona Commission on the Arts.

Permanent Lecturer, Pepperdine Graduate School of Education & Psychology, Psychologist, Private Practice, Los Angeles California. Past Chair, California Psychological Association Ethics Committee, Former President, Los Angeles County Psychological Association.

Founder of Growing Happy Kids, a global organization focused upon fostering happiness in children. With twenty years of experience, she has assisted many clients in private practice and as a public advocate for children. Author of Growing Happy Kids: How to Foster Inner Confidence, Success and Happiness, and a popular blogger at Psychology Today.

Craig has worked in the field of outdoor education and wilderness therapy for almost 20 years. His diverse experience has ranged from Trek Program Manager for Gray Wolf Ranch to Instructor for the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS. Craig is currently working as a therapist in a community mental health setting while completing an MA in Marriage and Family Therapy.

CEO, San Cristobal Treatment Center. Dave has spent nearly 20 years working with at-risk young men in Recovery, Education, and Business. That experience has been in a variety of settings including The Hazelden Foundation, Gatehouse Academy, Denver Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, St. Paul’s Academy, Vail Valley Academy, and Fortune 100 business experience with Pitney Bowes.

Her books Day by Day and Young, Sober, & Free are recovery classics. Other books include Sober Coaching Your Toxic Teen and the 24/7 Recovery Support Book Pocket Sponsor. She has been published in five international journals and is the Russian Charity NAN (No to Alcohol and Drug Addiction) Foundation’s representative to the United Nations.

Clinical Psychologist, Primary Therapy Coordinator at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center; adjunct faculty in the PsyD Clinical Psychology program and Forensic Psychology program at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Tara McLendon, PhD worked on the Family-Directed Structural Therapy project at Kansas University and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, Social Work, and Leadership at Northern Kentucky University.

Don McLendon, PhD served as a regional director in three Community Mental Health Centers and was project manager at the University of Kansas in the evaluation and continued development of Family-Directed Structural Therapy where he continues as consultant to this program.

Member of the faculty of the Addictions Studies Program at Governors State University; author of numerous workbooks and books including Relationship Detox: How to Have Healthy Relationships in Recovery and his most recent Slipping through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies for Clients with Multiple Addictions and Disorders. Mark is the co-author of Recovery Management.

Faculty member of Ringling College of Art + Design; author of 18 books, including Unplugged: My Journey into the Dark World of Video Game Addiction and whose work has appeared in The New York Times Review of Books, Psychology Today, and Writer’s Digest, he’s also been featured on ABC News, NBC News, FOX News, CNN Headline News, and Sirius XM radio.