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    Experience, Trainings and Practice

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    2022

    • Created and Launched Clouded Compass, LLC

    2021

    • Created and Launched Resilience Coach, LLC specializing in Trauma, Harm Reduction and Unwanted Habits

    2020

    • Wrote and Published LifeHacks: Tips and Tricks for Accessing Your Inner Resilience
    • The History and Evolution of Traumatic Stress, Grief and Loss 2020
    • Evidence Based Trauma Treatments and Interventions 2020
    • More on Effective Treatment Interventions 2020
    • Overcoming Trauma Related Shame and Self-Loathing 2020
    • Addictive Behavior As the Problem 2020
    • The Neurophysiology of Addiction and Brain Based Relapse 2020
    • A Harm Reduction Approach to Addictions 2020
    • The iPorn Universe 2020

    2019

    • Integrated Harm Reduction Psychotherapy with Dr. Andrew Tatarsky 2019
    • Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention by G. Alan Marlatt 2019
    • This Naked Mind, The Alcohol Experiment 2018, 2019
    • Little School of Big Change with Dr. Amy Johnson 2018, 2019

    2018

    • Mentorship (addiction, trauma, motivational interviewing, harm reduction) with expert trainer DeeDee Stout since 2018
    • SMART Recovery Facilitator Training 2018
    • Rewire the Anxious Brain: Using Neuroscience to End Anxiety, Panic and Worry 2018
    • Ten Best Ever Anxiety Treatment Techniques 2018
    • Psychopharmacology in Plain English 2018
    • Training in Three Principles with Dr Amy Johnson 2018
    • Moving the Field Forward: Advances in Addiction Treatment 2018
    • Who Moved by Chi? The NADA Auricular Acupuncture Protocol for Addiction and Behavioral Health Treatment 2018
    • Cannabinoids: Science and Confusion 2018
    • The Intersection of Addiction, Chronic Pain and Neurophysiology 2018
    • Human Trafficking and Its Effects on Substance Use Treatment 2018
    • Understanding Developments in Mental Health and Addiction Policy 2018
    • Opioid Use Disorder: A Beacon Shining Through the Fog 2018
    • Developing New Approaches to Treatment for Substance 2018
    • Understanding Addiction: The Promise and Possibility of Recovery 2018
    •  Positive Approaches to Dementia Care 2018
    • Official National Training on the Revisions in the NASW Code of Ethics 2018
    • FRC Therapies: Improving Glycemic Lowering While Minimizing Side Effects 2018
    • Basal Insulin in the Modern Era: The CDE’s Role in Improving Utilization and Outcomes 2018
    • Concentrated Insulins: All You Need to Know 2018
    • Medications: New and on the Horizon 2018
    • Contemporary Approaches to Managing Diabetes in Individuals with Cardiovascular Disease 2018
    • Innovative Strategies to Take the National DPP to a Hard-to-Reach, Busy, or Mobile Workforce 2018
    • It is What It Is – Except When It Isn’t! Deceptive Diabetes Diagnoses 2018
    • What Goes Wrong in the Foot of a Person with Diabetes? 2018
    • New to Devices? Insulin Pump and CGM Basics 2018
    • How to Find the Right Insulin for Each Individual 2018
    • Fireside Chat with Educators Who Deliver Diabetes Care with Digital Health Tools 201
    • Leveraging the EMR to Identify Predictors of Non-Attendance to a DSME Program 2018
    • Delivering an Effective Physician Supported Diabetes Education Program
    • Peer Support Communities Improving Mental Health for People with DiabetesLet’s Talk About it! 2018
    • Facilitating Successful Self-Care for Older Adults With Diabetes 2018
    • I Don’t Need Those Damned Pills’: New Perspectives on Understanding, Addressing Problematic Medication Persistence 2018
    • Diabetes Neuropathies: Autonomic, Peripheral, and Neuropathic Joint Disorders 2018
    • Real World Dynamics to Deliver Value in Value Based Care Models 2018
    • Best of 2018 ADA Scientific Sessions 2018
    • Innovative Approaches to Population Health: What Diabetes Educators Need to Know About Working with Employers, Pharmacists and Payers 2018
    • Let’s Get It On: Pumps, Sensors, and CGM (Part 1) 2018
    • Gut Microbiome and Diabetes: What’s the Connection? 2018
    • ED Education Hits and Misses: Preparing for those tough conversations 2018

    2017

    • Guidelines for Medication Management of Type 2 Diabetes 2017
    • Beyond Pain Management: Treating the Intersection of Pain and Unresolved Emotional Experiences 2017

    2016

    • MIPCT Summit for Care Managers 2016
    • Stepped Care Management for Support 2016
    • Alcohol: The Way You Define A Problem Influences Your Solution 2016
    • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders 2016
    • Mindfulness in Aging 2016
    • Does the Shoe Fit? Matching the Right Insulin Combination to Individual Patients with T2DM 2016
    • Sharing Evidence Based Hope with Your Clients 2016
    • Glycemic Challenges in Patients with Cancer and Diabetes 2016
    • How to Monetize Your Services and Market Your Skills 2016
    • Blue Pill, Pink Pill? How to Manage Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Diabetes 2016
    • Sleep: Implications of Interrupted, Insufficient Sleep on Metabolism, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Risk, Glucose Management 2016
    • Diabetes Management Across the Spectrum of Kidney Function 2016
    • Treatment and Care of Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes (CFRD): A Team Approach  2016
    • Working From a New Mindset: Flourishing 2016
    • A Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Project in a Multi-site Community-based Primary Care Setting 2016
    • Diabetes Management and Education in the Era of Healthcare Transformation – An Optimist’s View 2016
    • Embracing Change — Off Balance on Purpose 2016
    • Obesity Management in Diabetes Care and Education: Explore Our Current and Future Armamentarium 2016
    • Current Challenges, New Ideas 2016
    • “Moonlighting” In the Diabetes Arena: Creative Ways to Supplement Your Income 2016
    • Model for Delivering Patient Education in the Provider’s Office Setting 2016
    • Simple Strategies for Promoting DSME and Retaining Participants: What Diabetes Educators Can Learn from Marketers 2016
    • No Guts No Glory: Microbiota and Diabetes 2016
    • Aligning Payment Models with Effective Diabetes Program Management 2016
    • Improve Patient Engagement Utilizing Coaching Technique 2016
    • Optimizing Pregnancy Outcomes with Diabetes Education: Before, During and After Pregnancy 2016
    • Maximize Medication Adherence by Minimizing Barriers 2016
    • Diabetes Self-Management Education via Telemedicine in the Air Force 2016
    • Erectile Dysfunction (ED)- it’s not just about sex; The “LINK” between Diabetes, ED, and Cardiovascular disease 2016
    • A Beginner’s Guide to Continuous Glucose Monitoring 2016
    • Mindfulness, Healing and Transformation: The Pain and the Promise of Befriending the Full Catastrophe 2016
    • Unlearn Your Pain Howard Schubiner 2016
    • Advance Care Planning: A Commitment to Individual’s Values and Preferences 2016
    • Community-Based Palliative Care: Meeting the Needs of Seriously Ill 2016
    • The SBIRT Challenge: An exploration of Implementation Barriers, Facilitators, and Sustainability in Social Work and Inter-professional Health Training Program 2016

    2015

    • Michigan Mental Health and Aging Conference 2015
    • Understanding and Caring for Persons with Non-Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia 2015
    • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders 2015
    • Linking Medicare and Medicaid for Dually Eligible Individuals 2015
    • Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults 2015
    • Strategies for Assisting Individuals with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease 2015
    • Guidelines for Medication Management of Type 2 Diabetes 2015

    2014

    • MIPCT Complex Care Management Training Conference 2014
    • Clinical Interventions for Hoarding Disorders 2014
    • Addressing Substance Abuse Late in Life 2014
    • Michigan Mental Health and Aging Conference 2014
    • Why Should We Care? Mental Health and Substance Use Among Aging Adults 2014
    • Older Adults with Co-Occurring Disorders: At-risk Drinking, Drug Misuse and Mental Health Problems 2014
    • Stroke Basics and Beyond 2014
    • From Learned Helplessness to Self-Determination: Supporting Individual Control in the Context of Loss 2014
    • Ethics in Social Work and Counseling and HIPAA Privacy Rules 2014
    • Pain Management 2014
    • Internet Addiction to Cybersex and Gambling: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment 2014
    • Prescription Drug Abuse: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment 2014
    • ADA Diabetes in Older Adults 2014
    • ADA CardioMetabolic Risk 2014
    • ADA Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Patient-Centered Approach 2014
    • ADA Diabetes and Visual Impairment 2014
    • AADA conferences
    • AADE Fad Diets 2014

    2013

    • Psychiatric Services Later in Life 2013
    • AADA Navigating and Negotiating: Adapting Diabetes Care in Today’s World 2013