Faculty for Clinical and Counseling Advances Conference

Joan Borysenko, PhD

Pioneer in integrative medicine and renowned expert in the mind/body connection. Her work has been foundational in recognizing the role of meaning, and the spiritual dimensions of life, as an integral part of health and healing. Author of New York Times bestseller, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, It’s Not the End of the World: Developing Resilience in Times of Change and the Public Television special Inner Peace for Busy People.

James Lake, MD

Adjunct clinical faculty Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Medical School, chair of the American Psychiatric Association’s Causcus on Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Mental Health Care. His interests include the integration of Chinese
and Western medicine in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, natural product-derived psychotropic medications, EEG neurofeedback, and the roles of consciousness and directed intention in healing. Author of the 2009 book Integrative Mental Health Care: A Therapist’s Handbook and Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care.

Don Meichenbaum, PhD

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Research Director, The Melissa
Institute of Violence Prevention and the Treatment of Victims of Violence, Miami, FL. Author, Cognitive Behavior Modification: An Integrative Approach and Treatment of Patients with Anger Control Problems.

Christine Stevens, MSW

Founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, drummed with Fortune 500 companies, survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and led the first ever drum circle training in a war-zone in northern Iraq.
Author, The Art and Heart of Drum Circles and The Healing Drum Kit.

Mel Pohl, MD

Medical Director, Las Vegas Recovery Center, Author, A Day Without Pain and Pain Recovery.

Mark Lundholm

Creator of the revolutionary DVD series “Humor in Treatment”, lectured, presented and appeared at over 300 professional conferences, had his own Showtime Comedy Special, appeared on Comedy Central and has written and starred in three one-man shows.

Terry Gorski, MA

President CENAPS Corporation, a consulting and training firm that specializes in alcoholism, drug dependence, and mental health services. Author, Staying Sober Guide to Relapse
Prevention, Learning to Live Again, and A Guide to Recovery from Alcoholism.

John Giordano

Program Director, Holistic Addiction Treatment Center, Inc. Author of Proven Holistic Treatment for Addicts with a History of Chronic Relapse.

Bill O’Hanlon, MS

Fellow and Master Therapist in the American Psychotherapy Association and Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists. Author or co-author of 29 books including Change 101: A Practical Guide to Creating Change, and Thriving Through Crisis.

Carolyn Ross, MD

Nationally known speaker and expert in the field of Eating Disorders and Integrative Medicine; completed a two year fellowship at Dr. Andrew Weil’s Program in Integrative Medicine. Author of three books including her most recent The Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating Workbook. Eating
Disorders consultant for The Ranch’s dual diagnosis extended care program near Nashville, TN.

Harvey Milkman, PhD
Drugs and activities modify mood by affecting changes in the reward centers of the
brain. The reward cascade is discussed as the unifying mechanism for a range of drugs and
behaviors, through which dopamine arrives at the nucleus accumbens thereby resulting in
the subjective experience of pleasure.

Kevin Griffin, MFA
Trained as a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, co-founder of the
Buddhist Recovery Network, author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and the upcoming A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery.

Judy Crane, LMHC
Executive Director/Founder, The Refuge—A Healing Place; Ocala, Florida

Mary Faulkner, MA
Director of Women’s Services for the Integrative Life Center of Nashville, assisting in creating a
holistic IOP program for women, author of several books including Easy Does It Dating Guide for People in Recovery.

Kenneth Blum, PhD
Recognized academician and researcher in neuropsychopharmacology, neuropsychiatry and
genetics, and nutritional genetics. Author of numerous articles and several books dealing with the genetics and hereditability of alcohol and other addictions.

Sheri Laine, LAc
Private clinical practice focusing on Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, Nutrition, Bach flower remedies and homeopathic medicine. Author of The Enerqi Connection: Demystifying Acupuncture.