Membership Directory
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Jane Abraham LCSW, C-CATODSW, LADAC, NCAC II, CCAP, ICADC, ADS, SAP Dr. Abraham is the Co-founder/Co-director of The Healing Arts Research Training Center (The HART Center) in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee. She received her Doctorate of Theology from the New Mexico Theological Seminary, her MSSW from the University of Tennessee, and her BPS undergraduate degree... Read more... |
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Mark Atkinson MBBS BSc (HONS) FRSPH FBSIM Dr. Mark Atkinson is a holistic medical doctor, well-being expert and one of the UK's leading authorities on integrative approaches to mental health, addictions, stress-related illness and chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia. He is the founder... Read more... |
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Lianne Audette ND,LAc Lianne Audette holds a California license and is nationally certified to practice acupuncture. She has been integrating acupuncture into drug and alcohol treatment settings for the past 11 years. These settings have included homeless shelters,... Read more... |
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Holly Beardsley MSW Holly Beardsley has a private practice in Nevada City, California, integrating nutrition and bioenergetics. Using techniques of Quantum Reflex Analysis (QRA), she helps people balance their body and brain biochemistry for optimum health both... Read more... |
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Giri Bek RHN Giri Bek is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Yoga Instructor RYT500, and Transformational Breath ® Facilitator & Trainer. Holistic Nutrition endorses the promotion of whole, locally grown, organic foods, sustainable... Read more... |
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Leslie Carol Botha Leslie Carol Botha, Women's Health Educator, author, publisher, and broadcast journalist is an internationally recognized expert on women’s hormonal health. Her work emphasizes the significance of the hormone cycle and its profound relationship to... Read more... |
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Mary Braud MD Mary M. Braud, MD is board certified in psychiatry. She completed a fellowship in child and adolescenty psychiatry. She works with children, teens and adults in her private practice. Dr. Braud began learning about alternative... Read more... |
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Danielle Carron M.S., M.A Danielle Carron offers a unique combination of Contemplative Psychotherapy, Body-Centered Psychotherapy, Mindfulness and Awareness, Somatic Experiencing ®/Trauma Healing, Play Therapy and Holistic Nutrition to help support her clients in their... Read more... |
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Hyla Cass MD Hyla Cass, MD, graduated from the University of Toronto School of Medicine, interned at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, and completed a psychiatric residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine. She was an Assistant Clinical... Read more... |
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Suka Chapel-Horst PhD, RN, QMHP Known as “Dr. Suka”, she is the founder and Director of ARISE Alcohol Recovery LLC and Brainworks Alcohol Recovery. She is an educator on the topic of... Read more... |
| Olivia Cook MA, MFT | |
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Lawrence E. Cormier MD, PC Lawrence E. Cormier, M.D., is a board-certified general psychiatrist (ABPN) and holistic mental health care practitioner (ABIHM), who has been conducting a well-established Denver private practice since 1993. His passion as a full-time clinician... Read more... |
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William B Duke PhD/CAP William Duke opened Awakening (an IOP treatment center) and began private practice several years ago after spending many years operating in-patient treatment centers for adolescents. Bill began Awakening after... Read more... |
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Kent Fisher LPC, CSAP, LADAC Kent Fisher holds a Master's degree in Substance Abuse Counseling from the University of Louisiana, and has over 20 years’ experience in the field of treating addiction, trauma, codependency, and related disorders. He has a specialization... Read more... |
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Charles Gant MD, PhD Charles Gant, MD, PhD, NMD, received his BS in chemistry from Hampden-Sydney College, his medical degree from the University of Virginia Medical School, and his PhD in psychology from Columbia Pacific University. Dr. Gant is also a board certified... Read more... |
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John Gillen John Gillen is an accomplished jockey and successful trainer, self-made businessman, but ‘lost the lot’ through stress and alcohol addiction. Gillen began his new journey in an NHS Hospital. After the usual ‘detox’ and short... Read more... |
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John J. Giordano MAC, CAP, CJS, PhD (honorary) John Giordano is the president and founder of the prestigious G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment Center - a 62 bed in-patient/out-patient JACHO accredited addiction treatment facility - he started over twenty years ago. Mr. Giordano is a... Read more... |
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Burton F. Goldberg Burton Goldberg is on a mission to reform conventional medicine and to help people reclaim their health. He’s a dynamo, traveling, speaking, and teaching all over the country three weeks out of every month. You may have seen him on TV in the U.... Read more... |
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Richard Gracer MD Dr. Richard Gracer, Gracer Medical Group, founder and director, has been a doctor for over 30 years. He began his journey into the benefits of alternative health when a car accident left him with a broken neck bone. Not getting better with... Read more... |
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Eva Herr Eva Herr is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to alternative medicine and the science of consciousness. She is considered by many to be one of the world’s luminaries regarding the topics of the science of consciousness and holistic... Read more... |
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Karyn Hurley MNLP, CH For twelve years I took recovering teenage addicts into my home, basically operating a self-funded halfway house. Forty-five young people found their way to me, and on many mornings I found young people, sleeping on my front porch with a few belongings, waiting... Read more... |
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Pam Killeen For many years, I struggled with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities. After experimenting with several different forms of alternative health (including various diets, supplements, acupuncture, chiropractic, etc.), my journey finally led... Read more... |
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Teresa Kolpak Truehope Nutritional Support Ltd. is dedicated to promoting mental wellness through non-invasive, nutritional means. Founded in 1996 by Tony Stephan and David Hardy, the company has developed and currently produces the nutritional supplement, EMPowerplus®, a specialized micronutrient... Read more... |
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| Mona-Lisa Lind MACP marrige family therapy, MFA in fine arts | |
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Mark Mathews MA, LADC, ICRC Mark is the co-founder of Bio-Recovery, Inc. (est.1994), dedicated to developing unique nutritional formulas to repair the brain damaged from chemicals. Working with biochemists and orthomolecular nutritionists, Mark has co-developed several formulas to stabilize mental imbalances in addiction... Read more... |
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Joan Mathews-Larson PhD Joan Mathews-Larson holds a doctorate in nutrition and is the founder and executive director of the pioneering Health Recovery Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an orthomolecular (psycho-biological) model for treating addiction and emotional disorders. This unique focus combines therapy with... Read more... |
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David Miller PhD David Miller, PhD, has worked in the addiction field for 25 years. The focus of his work has been on finding alternative treatment methods to aid those for whom conventional treatment has not worked. He believes that many of these people are not unmotivated but are attempting to cope with... Read more... |
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Merlene Miller MA Merlene Miller, MA, is an addiction educator and author with 25 years of experience in the addiction field, specializing in relapse prevention. She has conducted relapse prevention workshops and retreats as well as staff training for state and national conferences. She developed the... Read more... |
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Judith Ann Miller Ph.D., CAC, Dr. Miller is a dedicated family and domestic relations professional with significant experience in family addiction issues. Her background includes child and family investigation, participation in family court status conferences with pro se litigants, respondent attorneys,... Read more... |
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David Moyer David Moyer, retired Lt Col, USAF, is an Alaska licensed clinical social worker who served 28 years as a therapist and mental health administrator in the United States Air Force. Since retiring from the Air Force he has researched and writtenabout innovative solutions to the problem of mental... Read more... |
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Lyle Murphy Alternative to Meds Center Lyle Murphy, ATMC Founder and Director of Alternative To Meds Center, was trained as a chiropractor. He is a psychiatric survivor and provides an excellent example of what someone can achieve when properly in balance. In addition to the Alliance for Addiction Solutions, ... Read more... |
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Sylvie Nalezny MA, CNE Sylvie Nalezny is a recovering yo-yo dieter who has finally made peace with her body. Her journey in self discovery led her to earn a Master's degree in Holistic Health Education, specializing in Addiction Studies. This sparked her interest in nutrition and she finished her studies at Bauman... Read more... |
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Dennis Neal CDP Northwest Resources uses comprehensive treatment approaches that are evidence-based to produce results: MRT (Moral Reconation Therapy), Interactive Journaling, 12-Step group sessions, individual sessions, and family sessions. The type of counseling provided by all staff is chemical... Read more... |
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Mitchell Pearce DC, MS, LAc, DACBN Dr. Mitchell Pearce has been a chiropractor since 1982 and licensed acupuncturist since 1992. He is a diplomate of the American Clinical Board of Nutrition, the only federally recognized certification body for nutritionists holding doctoral degrees in Medicine, Osteopathy, and Chiropractic. He... Read more... |
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Michelle Rappaport LPC, CSAP Experiential Healing Center believes that we each have a divinely created innocent and pure inner self. Playful, passionate, unashamed, unafraid, eager to learn and grow, this part of us somehow gets lost. Dysfunctional family systems, unresolved trauma, lack of nurturing, addictions, and... Read more... |
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Evan Shepherd Reiff L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. I am a Licensed Acupuncturist (CA & HI) in private practice in the California bay area. My first experience in treating addiction was as a student at Meiji College in 1998 helping a young man get off crack. Since then, much of my work has been in treating people with chronic pain, anxiety,... Read more... |
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Pati Reiss HHC Pati is a holistic health counselor, chef and recovery food coach. Her work integrates nutrition, cooking, movement and meditation. She is also in recovery, coming back from the depths of darkness to vibrant health and inner peace using holistic recovery! Feeding the brain is a main theme... Read more... |
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Carolyn Reuben LAc Carolyn Reuben is a founding member of the Board of Directors of CARA and on the Executive Committee of the Alliance for Addiction Solutions. She is a licensed acupuncturist, medical journalist, and the author of four self-help health books. |
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Lindora C. Roby MS, LCADC, Addiction Specialist, ERYT-500 Yoga Therapist, Reiki Master I have been personally and professionally involved in the addictions treatment field for over 30 years. I was offered an internship in 1981 at a Alcohol and Drug treatment facility in Maryland which led to my being hired as an addiction counselor. Over the next... Read more... |
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Tom Rohrer PhD, MFT Dr. Rohrer has worked primarily in the addiction recovery field since 1973, in many types of treatment programs. He has taught courses on addiction recovery, psychology and management at Cal State East Bay and National University. His approach includes traditional addiction treatment... Read more... |
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Julia Ross MA, MFT A pioneer in the field of addiction recovery, Julia Ross has founded and directed eight treatment programs in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1980. As director of outpatient programs at the Henry Ohloff House, Ross instituted seven programs in three counties, including the area's first... Read more... |
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Trudy Scott CN (Certified Nutritionist), B. Social Science, B.Science My emphasis is on educating successful women about a healthy and balanced lifestyle, dietary choices based on a whole-foods approach and individualized nutrient supplementation as needed - so “you can be your healthiest, look your best and feel on-top-of-the-world emotionally”. ... Read more... |
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Patricia Smith MS, LPC Pat has worked in the field of addictions since 1985 and has been instrumental in founding and developing successful addiction treatment programs. She believes strongly in biochemical repair and a nutritional approach to addiction treatment. She uses a whole-person approach. Pat has worked... Read more... |
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Leanne J. Sotir, PhD, RNCP Dr. Sotir is the founder of Whole Heallth and Nutrition, LLC. Her experience and knowledge in the field of nutrition and natural health spans over ten years. She holds a B.S, M.S., and Doctorate in Holistic Nutrition through Clayton College of Natural Health and completed her herbal... Read more... |
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| Lori A. St. Angelo | |
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Barbara Stitt PhD Barbara Reed Stitt, PhD, former Chief Probation Officer, President & Co-owner of Natural Ovens Bakery, Author of Food & Behavior: A Natural Connection; Nutritional Guidelines for Correcting Behavior; Impact of... Read more... |
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Stan Stokes MS, LPC, CCDC Stan Stokes, is the founder and CEO of Bridging the Gaps, Inc., an integrative substance abuse treatment facility for adults in Winchester, Virginia. He has more than 30 years experience in the addictions field, both in the military and private... Read more... |
| Karen Joy Taylor | |
| Dennis Tucker PhD., LAc. | |
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Christina Veselak MA, LMFT, CN Christina T. Veselak has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 25 years. She has a private practice in |