Overcoming Addictions

Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and former instructor at The Trauma Center, a research and treatment centre founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known as an expert on the treatment of trauma, Dr. Fisher has also been treating individuals, couples and families since 1980.

She is past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities.
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Dr. Tim Worden, Ph.D. the founding executive director and consultant of Futures Wellness & Recovery Center in Tequesta, Florida is a licensed clinical psychologist and Neuropsychologist, currently in private practice specializing in addictions and health psychology in the Los Angeles area. He received his doctorate from the University of South Florida over 25 years ago. His work in substance abuse includes inpatient (Palo Alto VA), outpatient (Linn County Drug & Alcohol Program), and several residential treatment centres as a staff psychologist, including clinical director positions at New Seasons Recovery and Summit Malibu. He has been a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at the University of Florida focusing on pain management and neuropsychology, as well as the clinical director of a neuro-rehabilitation program where he functioned as a neuropsychologist and rehabilitation psychologist for 10 years.

During this time he developed his unique psychotherapeutic approach called Neuro-Emotional Therapy (NET), which emphasizes the neurologically based emotional-motivational factors involved in change. He has dove-tailed this therapeutic approach with advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which emphasize emotional regulation. He has co-authored several articles on anger, anxiety and health, and has developed the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Human-Styles Questionnaire, the Values Clarification Inventory, and co-authored the Work Attitudes Inventory, which focuses on Integrity in the Workplace. He is completing books on eliminating guilt and shame, relapse prevention: a motivational approach, and life satisfaction.  
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Zachary Alti, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in New York City and a clinical social work professor at Fordham and Rutgers universities. 
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Ami Crowley, Ed.D., is a Counselor Educator, a Nationally Board Certified Counselor, an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, a Master’s Level Certified Addiction Professional, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Pennsylvania, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida. She is also an Approved Clinical Supervisor and a qualified supervisor of interns in both mental health and addictions in the state of Florida. Dr. Crowley owns Infinity Counseling Services, LLC. While Dr. Crowley’s specialty is addiction, she also provides counselling to individuals, couples, and families on issues such as depression, anxiety, grief/loss, transitions, relationships, gender identity, and LGBTQ+ concerns. She has served as an adjunct and a SME for various counsellor education programs and is currently an Assistant Professor in the CMHC Online program at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and an adjunct professor for University of Cincinnati in their Substance Abuse Counseling Program.