Connections in Recovery's Manhattan’s Mental Health and Addiction Symposium

Connections in Recovery's Manhattan’s Mental Health and Addiction Symposium will feature renowned experts discussing critical topics. Highlights include "The Impact of Sports Betting on Body, Brain, and Mind," "Left to Their Own Devices: Healthy Device Management & Good Digital Citizenship Skills," "Our Greatest Underutilized Allies: Engaging and Supporting Families without Labels of Co-Dependency or Tough Love," and "The Stigma of Addiction." Join us for an insightful event focused on advancing understanding and support for mental health and addiction.

Cost: $45.00 per ticket.

9:30 AM - Registration

10:00 AM - Introduction

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM - Learning Session

Presenter: Timothy Fong, MD

The Impact of Sports Betting on Body, Brain and Mind

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM - Learning Session

Presenter: Don Grant, Ph.D., MA, MFA, SUDCC IV, DAC

LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES: Healthy Device Management & Good Digital Citizenship Skills For Our Clients, Patients, Families, & Selves

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM - LUNCH

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM - Learning Session

Presenter: Carrie Wilkens, PhD

OUR GREATEST UNDERUTILIZED ALLIES: How to Engage and Support the Families of People Using Substances without Labels of Co-Dependency or Tough Love

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM - Learning Session

Presenter: Jonathan Avery, MD

The Stigma of Addiction

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2024

9:30 am - 3:15 pm

Scandinavia House

58 Park Ave

New York, NY 10016

Speaker Lineup:

Dr. Timothy Fong

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.

Dr. Don Grant

Internationally recognized and award-winning media psychologist, author, published researcher, Doctoral Addictions Counselor, educator with specific expertise in technology's impact on mental health, and National Advisor of Healthy Device Management for Newport Healthcare.

Dr. Jonathan Avery

Vice Chair of Addiction Psychiatry and Program Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Carrie Wilkens

Psychologist; Cofounder and Clinical Director of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC).

Hosts:

Lauren Arborio

Co-Founder of Connections in Recovery; over 18 years of professional experience as a substance misuse disorder counselor with UCLA training; CADAC II.

Patty Baret

Co-Founder of Connections in Recovery; ARISE interventionist who has helped hundreds of chemically dependent individuals enter recovery; advocate for recovering women and a wide breadth of gender-specific issues.

Host or Publisher Connections in Recovery