Insight, Recent Events, Speaking Engagement, Training

Summer 2015– Welcome to My World of International Engagements

This is a summer of exciting professional growth. In speaking at UKESAD (UK/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders), my audience of 300+ in-house and 40,000 BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) internet practitioners. I spoke to a full house of addiction / recovery and mental health professionals who attended to hear my talk on “TalesContinue reading Summer 2015– Welcome to My World of International Engagements

Insight, Observations, Recent Events

Avalon Malibu: Rejuvenate and Recover

This is a purposeful dual diagnoses treatment program with psychiatric licensure in a pristine, sunny & warm bluff ocean setting. It has two substantial houses, independent of each other to separately house the addiction clients and psychiatric clients. The program incorporates the principles of tried true therapeutic treatment modalities, and 12 step recovery, along withContinue reading Avalon Malibu: Rejuvenate and Recover

Family Law, Training

Germany Does It Right: Don’t Paint the One Parent ‘Black’

The German Family law system is outpacing that of the US in forming a non adversarial model of custodial arrangements not eliminating one over the other. “Both are the parents. One is no better than the other.” The consequences for the children in highly conflicted-ridden families is enormous for all family members, including grandparents whoContinue reading Germany Does It Right: Don’t Paint the One Parent ‘Black’