Meri Shadley, Ph.D., MFT, LCADC has a 45-year career combining family therapy and addiction prevention and recovery treatment. As a dually licensed clinician, she mentors the next generation of therapists and recovery advocates through her roles as an approved supervisor, University professor, clinician, and national speaker. She has published, consulted, and presented at numerous conferences on family systems therapy, women’s issues, collegiate recovery, and integrating somatic approaches into recovery treatment. She is the past chair of AAMFT's topical interest group on Substance Use and other Addictive Disorders and is the co-developer (with W.M. DeWitt) of the SPATS framework for understanding and treating family systems. Dr. Shadley recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Recovery in Higher Education.