Mark Lefebvre, author of the book "Healing A Village: A Practical Guide for Building Recovery Ready Communities" joins us to talk about the message of his book and what a recovery-ready community looks like.

Nikki Soda, Executive Director of Sodas Consulting in South Florida joins us to discuss the unethical and often illegal act of patient brokering, and to compel us to act in order to protects people with SUDs, our communities and our industry. Additional useful information can be found at https://www.naatp.org/programs/ethics.

Retired Federal Judge, author and recovery advocate Mary Beth O'Connor joins the podcast to chat about secular recovery and a discussion on privilege. Join us!

Psychologist Dr. Lisa Liggins Chambers joins the program to talk about the dearth of educated and trained Black professionals in behavioral health identifying some of the root causes and opportunities for the industry to do better. If you've listened to our program before, you will appreciate her directness and honesty - a staple of our guests.

It's commonly thought and said that incidents of domestic violence rise sharply on Super Bowl Sunday - but it is really accurate? We talk with Rachel Boucher, Clinical Director of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence to get the facts.

Season 6 begins with a discussion with Regina LaBelle of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health at the Georgetown University Law Center. A policy expert with significant experience in practice at the municipal and federal levels, we talk about potential changes in the new administration.

For many, the consumption of pornography has created intra- and interpersonal conflicts. Although never an easy topic to discuss, having some basic awareness of the issue can help to challenge assumptions and to better serve our clients. Joel Wallis, LCSW, a clinician who specializes in helping clients with compulsive sexual behaviors joins to program to better understand.

Ronna Brier, MS, LPC, LADC, Ph.D. Candidate is a clinician, educator and Consulting Hypnotist of the National Guild of Hypnotists. She joins the podcast to talk about using hypnosis as a tool in wholistic care of mental health and substance use disorders. Join us as we cover the basic information about the practice to eliminate any misconceptions.

Authors of the latest title in the "for Dummies" brand, Lane Kennedy and Tamar Saunders join the program to talk about their book "Sobriety for Dummies" including its development, some of the content and what message they wish to impart to the readers.

Researcher, educator and subject matter expert, Dr. Juline Koken joins the podcast to address some of the barriers to mental health and substance use care for one of the most maligned and stigmatized groups of people in society: sex workers. How do we maintain our ethical requirement of unconditional positive regard and avoid value imposition?