The 13th Annual CouNSELING SKILLS Conference
Earn Up to 24 Hours for Continuing Education
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Main Speaker Biographies
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John Briere, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Director, Psychological Trauma Program,
LAC-USC Medical Center |
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Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School, Medical Director of the Trauma Center, HRI Hospital |
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Scott D. Miller, Ph.D.
Co-founder, Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change
Author, The Heart and Soul of Change: What Works in Therapy |
Additional Speaker Biographies
Pamela H. Harmell, Ph.D.
Permanent Lecturer, Pepperdine Graduate School of Education & Psychology, Psychologist, Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA, Chair, CA State Ethics Committee
Barry Rosen, M.D.
Director, Pain Clinic, San Mateo Medical Center; Founding Partner, The Behavioral Medicine Clinic of the Peninsula; Medical Director, The Sequoia Center
Jodie Trafton, Ph.D.
Director, The Institute for Disease Management; Health Science Specialist at the Palo Alto VA, Center for Health Care Evaluation; Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, School of Medicine
Lisa Boesky, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist, Author, When To Worry: How to Know If Your Teen Needs Help—and What To Do About It
Richard Landis, Ph.D.
Author, Trainer, Medical and Clinical Psychologist, Laguna Niguel, CA
Clinical Director of The Integrative Medical Institute of Orange County
Denise D. Crosson RN, PhD
Director of Research Programs, Foundation for Recovery, Vice President of Clinical Programs,
Central Recovery Treatment.
Jim Tracy, DDS, CADC
Interventionist, Director of National Outreach, Central Recovery Treatment
Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM
Medical Director, Las Vegas Recovery Center
Dr. Joseph J. Bradley, MS, DC
(Chiropractic) Director of Physical Medicine, Las Vegas Recovery Center
Scott B. Pensivy, PT, ATC
(Physical Therapy) Director of S.P.O.R.T.S., Las Vegas, NV
William C. Moyers,
Vice President of External Affairs, Hazelden Foundation, Author, Broken
Richard Fields, Ph.D.
Author, Drugs in Perspective, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 2006
Private Counseling Practice, Bellevue, WA
James Gagné, M.D.
Consulting Physician, the Canyon at Peace Park; Physician, Verdugo Internal Medicine, Inc., Glendale, CA; Asst. Professor of Family Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine
John C. Friel, Ph.D.
Private Practice, Friel Associates/Lifeworks, Inc., Reno NV and New Brighton, MN,
Author, The Seven Best Things (Happy) Couples Do
Alan Marlatt, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Director of Addictive Behaviors Research
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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