Mackenzie Phillips – American Actress and author of the courageous New York Times
bestselling memoir High on Arrival, and her equally successful book, Hopeful Healing:
Essays on Managing Recovery and Surviving Addiction, is also currently enjoying her
role as ‘Barb’ in Season 6 / Netflix, Orange Is The New Black and another Netflix
show reuniting with series creator Norman Lear for the revival of One Day At A Time.
Phillips rose to fame with breakout parts in 1973's American Graffiti and '70s sitcom
One Day at a Time and is now making a different impact as a director at the Breathe
Life Healing Center in Los Angeles where she specializes in trauma, drug, and alcohol
treatment and recovery.
The daughter of The Mamas and the Papas lead singer John Phillips, Mackenzie is a
survivor of substance abuse and a visible and outspoken advocate for addiction awareness
and education who brings her knowledge and voice on the subject of recovery, and shares
her experiences for those who are trying to overcome addiction.
Mackenzie Phillips grew up in a dysfunctional environment and subsequently battled
a near-fatal drug addiction. She presents the wisdom she gained from her own personal
journey through addictions and her understanding of practical treatment from her work
as a rehabilitation counselor. Using her own life experiences as examples of proven
recovery methods, she shares the tools and holistic approaches that are available
to help those on their way to recovery.
The ABCs of Resilience: Building a Practical Toolbox for Adolescents, Young Adults
and Their Families
This workshop intends to move our conversation about youth from problem-based to
strength-based and future focused. It aims at broadening the clinician’s skills and
expanding their comfort to draw on a broad range of disciplines and community resources
beyond their immediate practice (or program). We will interweave knowledge from multiple
related fields to help young people take long-term control of their recovery. Knowledge
will be drawn from evidence-based and promising practices including individual/family
therapies; rehabilitation counseling; expressive therapies (e.g. music, art, recreation,
dance); life coaching; creating connection and communication.
Guiding youth toward self-reliance and self-efficacy requires that clinician and
family e prepared to support them through exploration and experimentation, to determine
the treatments, knowledge, activities and supports that work best for them. If well
done, they will move forward successfully with a “toolbox” that balances believe,
agency and communion with appropriate timing, people and places.
*This session is appropriate for all audiences.
Understanding Recovery Support Services: Recovery Support 101 – Deb Dettor, MS (SC
213 AB)
One hallmark of recovery-oriented systems of care is the inclusion of recovery support
services, which enable people to achieve and sustain long-term recovery from addiction.
Join us for this discussion about the 6 domains of recovery support services, and
the 2018 SAMHSA Technical Expert Panel that focused on the research and evaluation
of these domains, and areas requiring further study. We will discuss what is needed
from state leaders and policy makers to help people access recovery support services
and will consider ways we can all pave the way to recovery, in response to the addiction
crises in our communities.
*This session is appropriate for all audiences.
Seeing Pornography Addiction Through a Trauma-Informed Lens: What If the ‘Problem’
is Actually Part of the ‘Solution’ – Martin Roundy (SC 206 ABC)
"A sexual tsunami is coming!" This statement by Dr. Patrick Carnes, who is a leading
expert in the field of sexual addiction, can aptly be applied to the explosive and
destructive “tsunami” of cybersex and pornography. To be successful in reducing the
impact of this wave, we need to understand the forces that drive youth and adults
toward sexual and pornographic addiction. In this session we will explore the relationship
between childhood trauma, childhood traumatic stress, personal vulnerabilities and
pornography addiction. We briefly summarize the landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACE) study and its relationship to later health, and behavioral problems, i.e., addiction.
Then we will examine the concept of “childhood traumatic stress” and how this stress
can become a major driver toward a search for relief; and consider ways to mitigate
the effects of childhood trauma, manage chronic stress and reduce vulnerabilities
to stress.
*This session is appropriate for all audiences.
Improving Treatment & Retention Through Systems Change and Evidenced Based Practices
– Todd Molfenter, PhD (Ragan Theatre) *THIS IS AN EXTENDED WORKSHOP – Workshop will conclude at 2:45p after breaking for
the morning plenary and lunch/exhibitor fair.
One hallmark of recovery-oriented systems of care is the inclusion of recovery support
services. There are 6 domains of these services that have been identified and for
the most part, are in the preliminary phases of study. Learn about these modalities
and early research findings, as well as about the continuing push to advance recovery-focused
research. Join us to explore the outcome of the 2018 SAMHSA Technical Expert Panel
that focused on the research and evaluation of these domains, and identified gaps
in our knowledge base that need to be studied next. Consider the societal misconceptions
about what we think we know about addiction and recovery, and the lack of information
about the transformation that happens when people recover. This workshop will address
the ways we can all become better versed in the language of recovery and in promoting
its principles to make recovery a life-long experience for ourselves and those we
love. We will discuss what is needed from state leaders and policy makers to help
people find their way to one of the many available pathways of recovery, as well as
to access recovery support services in their communities. Our country is faced with
an addiction epidemic; one that spans a marked increase in alcohol related crises
in addition to opioid overdoses and deaths. This session will provide an opportunity
to talk about how we can pave the way for recovery as the solution to the addiction
crisis.
*This workshop will be of particular interest to those involved in retention improvement
efforts.
The increased access to the social media and other web-based sources has continued to impact the ever-changing drug trends around the world daily. Come chill with all the new kids for this interactive workshop exploring new drug trends, terms and the impact of social media on substance use and adolescents. We will talk aboutgettin’ awesome while talkin’ bout flippin’ chickens and scalavanting around’. Participants will engage in an exercise to learn several new drug / drug related terms explore new substances of use / abuse on the market today, and be able to identify new drug use patterns and methods of use (i.e. vaping).
*This session is appropriate for all audiences.
Whether you work in education, healthcare, Behavioral Healthcare (addiction and mental health), child welfare, law enforcement, or other criminal justice, chances are you have witnessed or dealt with the consequences of alcohol/drugs and domestic violence.
We must look at these issues as co-occurring and provide services accordingly, in order to increase an individual’s potential for safety and recovery. This session will provide participants with an understanding of the complex relationship between alcohol drugs, and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) also known as Domestic Violence, barriers to accessing treatment and Intervention, and discuss Evidenced based practices for treatment.
*This session is appropriate for all audiences.
True recovery is a family matter. Too often, the missing piece in substance use recovery is the lack of changes that are needed to overcome adverse family relationships. When family members become effective partners, enduring progress can be sustained. Rather than simply focusing on the person with the addiction issue, the best chance for lasting success includes a structure for all family members to cultivate mutually supportive interpersonal skills. This model of interacting provides an easy-to-understand approach that creates improved communication between all family members, and a more resilient sense of self for those in recovery.
*This session is appropriate for all audiences.
* THIS IS THE 2ND HALF OF AN EXTENDED WORKSHOP – Workshop will conclude at 2:45p
Join Dr. Molfenter as he leads this extended workshop outlining the principle concepts of retention improvement. Participants will review the utility and uses of simple quantitative and qualitative data in insuring that change leads to improvement. He will explain the strategies used for organizing, running and sustaining a retention improvement effort, and how to start your own retention improvement initiative.
Behavioral health professionals working in substance use and addiction treatment have seen their area of practice evolve significantly over the last few decades and more changes are on the horizon. Along with these changes demand for substance use services continues to grow. A recent analysis indicates that “d emand for addiction counselors may increase anywhere between 21 to 38 percent by 2030, resulting in a deficit of addiction counselors.” What are the core competencies that substance use professionals will need in the next decade and how will organizational leadership ensure that clinical staff possess and apply the necessary core competencies for effective practice into the next decade and beyond? How will behavioral health organizations ensure that they have enough competent staff to meet the demand going forward?
This plenary session will explore relevant topics such as: working with primary care, addressing social determents of health, improving clinical supervision, use of peer and recover support staff and more.
*This session will be of particular interest to substance use professionals and organizations.
