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TH01
TH01 - 2:00pm-3:30pm
TH01 Samuel MacMaster, PhD George Massengill, BSSW, LADAC II “Keeping Clients in the Continuum of Care” This presentation provides participants with strategies to improve engagement, retention, and continuity of care across the treatment continuum, from outreach and treatment initiation to long-term recovery support and community reintegration. Emphasis will be placed on person-centered and trauma-informed approaches, including motivational interviewing, peer recovery support services, case management, harm reduction, culturally responsive care, and effective transition planning between levels of care. Through practical examples and implementation-focused discussion, participants will gain actionable tools to strengthen therapeutic engagement, reduce treatment dropout, enhance care coordination, and improve long-term recovery outcomes for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

TH02
TH02 - 2:00pm-3:30pm
TH02 Ryan Bundren, M. DIV., PhD(c), LADAC II, CAADC
“Addiction as an Attachment Disorder: What Couples Therapy Taught Me about Treating Addiction” This presentation will explore the concept of addiction as an attachment disorder. Ryan will examine how addiction is formed through interaction with an object of addiction and how this object initially functions as a secure base by providing relief before inevitably evolving into an addiction. Participants will learn how understanding addiction as an attachment disorder informs treatment and how basic concepts from marriage and family theories may be used with individuals experiencing addiction.
*** Addiction as an Attachment Disorder ***

TH03
TH03 - 3:30pm
TH03 Alex Tucker, LADAC-II, CADAC-II, CCHP
“The Ethics of Boundaries and Healthy Connection With Clients” This presentation will focus on the ethical responsibility of practitioners to develop a healthy connection and rapport with clients while maintaining healthy boundaries. We will cover topics including: ethical responsibility of modeling healthy boundaries in our personal relationships, understanding what rapport is and what it is not, discussing our potential desire to "control" the outcomes of our clients and our ethical responsibility to address our own personal feelings related to their outcomes, discussion surrounding our ethical responsibility to set healthy boundaries inside and outside of the client relationship, and tools to set healthy boundaries while maintaining rapport with clients.

TH04
TH04 - 3:30pm
TH04 Ross Sparboe, LADAC II, LMSW
“Collegiate Recovery—A Perspective on a Special Population” This presentation will explore the 4 major domains of collegiate recovery, health, home, purpose, and community. Special emphasis will be placed on available community resources for this domain. Ross will discuss the past, present and future of the community aspect of recovery during this presentation. Participants will be able to identify community resources within the state of Tennessee and a list of recovery resources will be provided.
Collegerecoverypresentation

TH05
TH05 - 3:30pm
TH05 Ken Garber, LADAC II
“Beyond Subtraction: Building a Life That Adds Up“ Participants will explore the linguistic and visual clues within the word “Addiction” itself: focusing on the C (the Core) to transform Addiction to Addition. Using object lessons – including the “Coffee and Water” demonstration and the “Tale of Two Wolves” through a numerical lens – this session provides a sticky, memory-focused framework for helping clients “Crowd Everything Out (CEO) of their toxic mindsets by feeding their solutions rather reacting to their problems.
*** Not Provided yet ***

TH06
TH06 - 5:30pm
TH06 Samuel MacMaster, PhD
“Presentation Title: Treating Older Adults with Cannabis Disorder: Emerging Trends, Clinical Challenges, and Evidence-based Approaches” F4 This presentation provides clinicians with an evidence-based overview of emerging trends in cannabis use among older adults, associated health and psychiatric risks, screening and assessment considerations, and effective treatment approaches, including motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral interventions, harm reduction strategies, and integrated care models. Participants will gain practical strategies to identify problematic cannabis use, improve patient engagement, reduce adverse outcomes, and support healthy aging and recovery in older adult populations.
*** Not Provided yet ***

TH07
TH07 - 5:30pm
TH07 Irene Bernard, DMin, LADAC II, CAADC, CPRS II, QCS
“GAL: Beyond the Heartbreak; Blueprint for Resilience”
This experiential training session introduces clinicians to GAL: Beyond theHeartbreak – Blueprint for Resilience, a transformative approach to grief, attachment concerns, and substance use recovery. Participants will actively engage with evidence-based strategies blended with innovative techniques and spiritual principles, gaining practical tools to guide clients toward resilience and renewal. Irene shares insights from her extensive clinical experience, empowering professionals to help individuals move from heartbreak to healing at the intersection of science and hope.
*** Not Provided yet ***

TH08
TH08 - 4:00pm-5:30pm
TH08 Simone Henderson, LADAC
Tammy Rohane Henderson, LADAC
“Arc of Choice” During this session, participants will engage with the how the brain-body connection works when making decisions. We will discover the step-by-step process that happens when at risk of a relapse, learn why it happens in the brain first, and how to disrupt the thought processes to make low-risk decisions instead.
*** Not Provided yet ***

TH09
TH09 - 4:00pm-5:30pm
TH09 Julie Bradley, LADAC II
Deborah Malaga, LADAC II
“Nourishing the Brain, Regulating the Body” This workshop explores how nutrition and drumming/ bilateral rhythmic movement work to restore brain function and regulate the nervous system in recovery. Participants will examine the role of key vitamins and whole foods in neurotransmitter production, the impact of rhythm and bilateral stimulation on trauma and emotional regulation, and the synergistic relationship between nutrition and movement in restoring the brain’s reward system.
*** Drum-Therapy-Workshop ***
*** Nourishing-the-Brain-Handout ***

TH10
TH10 - 4:00pm-5:30pm
TH10 Janice Johnson Dowd, MSSW, LMSW
“The Developing Adolescent Brain: Neurobiology, Risk-Taking, and Substance Use Vulnerability ” Adolescents are often seen as impulsive, emotional, and unpredictable, but neuroscience reveals a more compassionate story. This presentation examines the dynamic changes happening in the teenage brain and how these shifts affect behavior, decision-making, risk-taking, emotional regulation, and relationships. Participants will leave with a neuroscience-informed perspective for working more effectively with teens. We'll simplify complex concepts using accessible, real-world language, connecting the latest research to the everyday challenges faced by educators, caregivers, and youth-serving professionals.
*** Not Provided yet ***