Power, Fame & Recovery 2011: Agenda

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MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

7:00-8:00am
12-Step Meeting

7:30am-5:00pm
REGISTRATION

8:30-10:00am
KEYNOTE
K-1
Robert Shapiro (The Recovery Place)
Entertainment, Law and Celebrity: An Attorney’s Journey

10:00am - 10:30am
Break

10:30-12:00pm
KEYNOTE
K-2
Robert Johnson (CRC Health)
Problem Celebrity Behaviors: The Six Conversations that Stabilize Creative Careers

12:00-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm
WORKSHOPS:

W-1
Jeffrey Friedman (Cottonwood Tucson)
Addiction and Celebrity: Struggling to Get Sober in the Public Eye

W-2
Vanessa Vergnetti (Sagebrush Treatment Center)
Shifting the Paradigm: Using Specific Experiential Therapies To Treat High Profile Clients

W-3
Wendy Oliver-Pyatt (Oliver-Pyatt Centers)
What Lies Beneath: Understanding the Eating Disorders/Trauma Connection in the Privileged and Powerful

W-4
Leonard Bade (Lifetime Recovery Centers of America)
The Road Home from Treatment: Paved with Gold or a Maze of Detours?

W-5
Fred Peipman (Open Sky Wilderness Therapy)
The Painful Price of Living in the Shadow of a False Sense of Self

3:00-3:30pm
Break

3:30-5:00pm
WORKSHOPS:

W-6
Judith Landau & Heather Hays (The Dunes East Hampton)
Growing Up in the Spotlight: The Challenges of Recovery

W-7
Dave C. Johnson (San Cristobal Academy)
Resistant Young Adults in Treatment: Power & Money as a Solution or the Problem

W-8
Eric Maisel (Ambrosia Treatment Centers)
Creative Recovery

W-9
Dave Aronberg & Dean Rotondo (Sober Living in Delray)
Pharmacological Management of the Addict / Prescription Drug Abuse – Florida's Health Crisis

W-10
Meghan Marcum (Sovereign Health of CA)
The Effects of Addiction and Music on Cognition

TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

7:00-8:00am
12-Step Meeting

7:30am-5:00pm
REGISTRATION

8:30-10:00am
KEYNOTE
K-3
Michael Herbert, Abbie Hoff, Sid Goodman, Bill Teuteberg (Caron)
Treating the Undertreated: Uncompromised Clinical Strategies for Those of Affluence, Power and Fame

10:00am - 10:30am
Break

10:30-12:00pm
KEYNOTE
K-4
Susan Blank & William T. Murphy (Calloway Labs)
Where is the VIP in UDS: Accountability for the Privileged - How Toxicology Saves Lives

12:00-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm
WORKSHOPS:

W-11
John Bradshaw (The Meadows)
Flirting with Disaster: A Personal Story and the Steps to Recovery

W-12
Barbara Krantz (Hanley Center)
How Beautiful Is Your Brain On Drugs

W-13
Christopher Kennedy Lawford (Caron)
Changing the Paradigm from Sensationalism to Substance: Using Power and Fame to Build a Public Recovery Movement

W-14
Arnold M. Washton (Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches)
Overcoming Obstacles to Treating High-Profile Addicts and Alcoholics

W-15
Reef Karim (Promises)
Celebrities, Fame and Addiction

3:00-3:30pm
Break

3:30-5:00pm
WORKSHOPS:

W-16
Peter Downing (The Dunes Punta Mita)
A Sober Companion's Notes From the Trenches in Monte Carlo

W-17
Kate Webster, Beverly Roesch (Cirque Lodge)
The Unique Challenges Facing the High Functioning Executive Alcoholic: How to Intervene Effectively in the Boardroom

W-18
Terry Eagan (Alta Mira Recovery Programs)
The Shadow Behind the Spotlight: Best Practices for Treating Celebrity Addicts

W-19
Tim Benson (Lifeskills South Florida)
Drama of the Gifted Athlete: How Success Becomes the Biggest Barrier to Health and Happiness

W-20
Miles Adcox (Onsite) and Rondal Richardson (Vanderbilt)
Navigating the Entertainment Culture: Eluding the Hype and Treating the Person and Family

WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

7:00-8:00am
12-Step Meeting

7:30-5:00pm
REGISTRATION

8:30-10:00am
KEYNOTE
K-5
Patrick Carnes (Pine Grove)
Sex, Power, and Money: Transforming Grievance into Gratitude

10:00am - 10:30am
Break

10:30-12:00pm
KEYNOTE
K-6
Jim Ramstad (Alina Lodge)
From Jail to Congress

12:00-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm
WORKSHOPS:

W-21
Brad Reedy (Second Nature)
Dealing with Counter transference with High Profile Clients

W-22
Kim Dennis (Timberline Knolls)
Our Eyes Are Broken: Body Image Addiction and EDs in the Public Eye

W-23
Mary Faulkner (Integrative Life Center)
Surfing for Mr. Goodbar

W-24
Bernadine Fried, Nancy Sobel, & Harold Owens (ONE80CENTER)
Celebrity, Entitlement and Service

W-25
Bill Borchert (Willingway Hospital)
Fighting the Stigma of Addiction

3:00-3:30pm
Break

3:30-5:00pm
WORKSHOPS:

W-26
Daniel A. Glaser (River Oaks Psychiatric Hospital)
Secrets, Behavioral Addictions, & Powerful People: Strategic Healing Interventions

W-27
Ronald Smith (Clarity Way)
The VIP Syndrome in Recovery

W-28
Raul Rodriguez (Avee Labs)
Examining the Stars: A New Clinical Paradigm for Drug & Alcohol Tests on the Privileged

W-29
Speakers include: Dan Cronin, Dave Lewis, Brian F. Shaw, Sheldon Kennedy, former NHL player and Dickie Knowles, former MLB pitcher (The Canyon)
Navigating the Road to Recovery in Professional Sports

W-30
Woody Giessmann (Right Turn)
Creativity & Recovery: Why They Go So Well Together

THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

7:00-8:00am
12-Step Meeting

7:30-12:00pm
REGISTRATION

8:30-10:00am
KEYNOTE
K-7
Judy Crane (The Refuge)
The Blessings and Burdens of Power, Wealth, and Fame

10:00am - 10:30am
Break

10:30-12:00pm
KEYNOTE
K-8
Phil Scherer & Coleen Moore (IL Institute)
Who's Your Travel Agent? Managing Recovery from Process Addictions While on the Road