Agenda

Friday October 03, 2025

• 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

  Open Meeting

• 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

  Opening Keynote

• 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

  Mindfulness & EMDR Based Skills for Addressing Addictive & Compulsive Disorders

  • Presenter
    • Megan SalarMSW, ACADC
    • William HodsonLPC, LAC
• 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

  Where's the Thrill? Assisting Patients in Early Recovery with Co-Occurring ADHD

  • Presenter
    • Trevor BixlerPhD, Licensed Psychologist
• 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

  Is Age Just a Number? Clinical Insights on the Differences in Substance Use, Co-Occurring Disorders, and Treatment Approaches for Older vs Younger Adults

  • Presenter
    • Anna Lisa De LimaPhD, LMHC, LPC, NCC, QS
• 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM

  Social Media Impact and Emerging Trends in Addiction Treatment

  • Presenter
    • Ashley AmundsonLPCC/ LAADC
• 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM

  Breaking Down the Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment Divide

  • Presenter
    • John HamiltonLMFT, LADC
• 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

  Data-Informed SUD Treatment Innovation: Leveraging National- and Organizational-Level Treatment Outcome Data

  • Presenter
    • Annie PetersPhD, LP
• 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM

  Engaging Clients in the Change Process: Embracing the SPIRIT of Motivational Interviewing in Clinical Practice

  • Presenter
    • Justin WolfeMA/ LCPC, CADC, CRC, PCGC, CCTP

Saturday October 04, 2025

• 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

  Open Meeting

• 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

  Morning Keynote

• 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

  From Stigma to Science: Understanding harm reduction, overdose medications, anti-craving meds, and the most recent science behind addiction treatment.

  • Presenter
    • Iru FernandoMD
    • Tom BuckleyBSW, CADC III
• 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

  Beyond Codependency: Embracing Prodependency and Family Unity in Addiction Treatment

  • Presenter
    • John PulsLCSW, MCAP
• 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM

  Cannabis Use as a Clinical Disorder and Emerging Threat

  • Presenter
    • Tanya GouveiaMS, MPA, LCDP-II, LADC-I
• 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM

  The Mirrored Walls of Therapy

  • Presenter
    • Cassandra RuelaMA, LPC, AADC
• 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM

  A Bio-Psycho-Social Approach in Family-Centered Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Exploring the Bio-Psycho-Social (bps) Model and its Impact

  • • JO-ANNE GONSALVESMSW/B.A
• 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

  Ethics in Health Care Practice: Keeping "The Main Thing the Main Thing:

  • Presenter
    • John DybenDHSc, MCAP, CMHP, LCDC, CCS
• 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

  Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl: Examining Current Trends in Supply, Co-use with Stimulants, and Overdose

  • Presenter
    • Kelly OlsonPhD
• 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

  Vicarious Trauma, Moral Injury and Post Traumatic Growth

  • Presenter
    • Libby TimmonsM.Ed,
• 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM

  A Disease of Loneliness: Addiction Through an Attachment Theory Lens

  • Presenter
    • Michael RoeskePsyD

Sunday October 05, 2025

• 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

  Open Meeting

• 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

  Breaking the Silence: Evidenced based practices in addressing Suicidality in Behavioral Health

  • Presenter
    • Trish CaldwellMFT, LPC, CAADC, CCDP-D, CCTP
• 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

  Breakout Session

• 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

  Peers as Pathways to Integrated Medicine for Substance Use Disorder Patients

  • Presenter
    • Siobhan MorseMHSA, CRC, CAI, MAC
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Closing Keynote