Paul J. Fitzgerald is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois, and a Master Addiction Counselor certified by NAADAC. He has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and Doctor of Psychology degree from Adler University where he currently serves as an adjunct faculty member. He has served as a clinical director for a national Employee Assistance company. He is a past Commissioner of the Employee Assistance Credentialing Commission. Paul is a DOT-qualified Substance Abuse Professional, and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional. He has a private practice with offices in Chicago and Hinsdale.

Jeffrey D. Roth, MD, DLFAPA is an addictions psychiatrist and group psychotherapist. He graduated from Yale University Medical School and did his residency in psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He is certified in addictions medicine by the American Society of Addictions Medicine (ASAM). He is the past president of the Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, a Distinguished Fellow of ASAM, a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and of the A. K. Rice Institute and a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

He is the author of the book Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction: Carrying the Message.

Dr. Kevin McCauley is a Meadows Senior Fellow, joining the Meadows Behavioral Healthcare team in 2016. A 1992 graduate of Drexel University School of Medicine, he first became interested in the treatment of substance use disorders while serving as a Naval Flight Surgeon where he observed the U.S. Navy’s policy of treating addiction as a safety (not a moral) issue and returning treated pilots to flight status under careful monitoring.

After developing his own addiction to prescription opioids, however, Dr. McCauley was court-martialed and imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. There he read voraciously of what was known about the disease of addiction at that time. Today, he has over 15 years of continuous sobriety and has worked in a non-clinical capacity at several treatment centers, giving over 2,000 lectures on the neuroscience of addiction and recovery management. From 2004 to 2008, Dr. McCauley was Director of a level III Recovery Residence in Sandy, Utah, and the first president of the Utah Association for Recovery Residences.

Dr. McCauley wrote and directed two films: Memo to Self, about the concepts of recovery management, and Pleasure Unwoven, about the neuroscience of addiction, which won the 2010 Michael Q. Ford Award for Journalism from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers. Kevin currently lives with his wife, Kristine, in Sedona, Arizona, where he is a graduate student at the University of Arizona School of Public Health.

Dr. Attridge is a research scholar and business strategy consultant as President of Attridge Consulting in Minneapolis. Since starting his own practice in 2007, he has supported over 50 corporate and non-profit clients across the United States and internationally, most of whom are providers of employee assistance programs (EAP) or other workplace mental health specialty services. Mark is a prolific writer, scholar and trainer with more than 30 peer-reviewed published papers and book chapters and another 250+ written works, conference presentations, professional workshops and corporate trainings.

Dr. Bonnie Lashewicz is an associate professor in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Her program of qualitative research is anchored in feminist scholarship views that the power of research lies not only in whose perspectives are heard, but also in the steps through which perspectives are recorded and interpreted. Bonnie focuses on responsibilities and identities in relation to experiencing and providing support to people who experience, disability, mental health disorder and/or chronic disease diagnoses.

Barney Straus, LCSW, PCGC, CGP is a psychotherapist in private practice. He is the founder of Adventure-Forward Therapy, a practice dedicated to the therapeutic application of physical activities. Barney teaches part time at Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work, and at Roosevelt University. He is the author of Healing in Action: Adventure-Based Counseling with Therapy Groups.

Sarah is the founder of Chicago Compass Counseling, a group practice dedicated to serving the family system through inclusive, evidence-based behavior change counseling. As a speaker, Sarah enjoys presenting ideas that ignite and inspire. In 2018, her talk on facing fear went viral – with over 2 million views and counting. Sarah has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2010 and is a MINT Certified Trainer. To date, she has worked with more than 50 organizations across the country as a trainer and consultant.

Tony Pacione, MSW, MAEd, is currently the Deputy Director for the Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program, providing behavioral health and addiction services to attorneys, judges, and law students. Tony possesses a wealth of experience as a clinician and program director in the addiction and behavioral health field since 1982. He has successfully integrated evidence-based treatments such as mindfulness-stress reduction training and cognitive behavioral therapy with interventional approaches in the legal profession.

Tony received an ABA appointment to the Advisory Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs in 2014, and was appointed by the AIOC/Illinois Supreme Court as a Judicial Faculty member for the New Judge Seminar in 2015. He has published articles on addictions for academic and trade association journals. He has provided training on addiction treatment, and stress management to health care, attorneys, and other professionals at such venues as the Illinois Psychological Association, DePaul University, the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Northwestern University School of Law.

Tony is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois and a Certified Supervisor Addiction Counselor. He holds a Master of Social Work and a Master of Arts in Education degrees from Washington University in St. Louis.

Dianna Feeney holds two master’s degrees; Addiction Studies and Clinical Psychology. She is licensed in Illinois as an LCPC, and certified as a CRADC, as well as two licenses in Indiana as a LMHC and a LCAC. She also carries the national credentials of a SAP and a CEAP. Dianna has been in the Behavioral Health field for 20 year, as a Counselor, Supervisor, and Director. She has developed and expanded existing programs and created and implemented new programs within agencies. She is currently the owner of D.Feeney Counseling & Consulting, a private practice in the Western Suburbs of Chicago. Dianna has been an adjunct professor in the Addictions Studies and Psychology Programs at Governors State University since 2005 and a subject matter expert and adjunct at Northwestern College in Illinois since 2018. In her consulting role, she conducts clinical training to agencies and groups, as well as Clinical Supervision. As a CEAP, she also offers EAP services to local businesses and is an on-site EAP for a local company.

Rose Metivier is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and the Intake Director at Midwest Counseling & Diagnostics in Chicago, Illinois. She has extensive experience working with adolescents and adults providing individual and group therapy related to a wide range of issues, including addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and self-injury. She received an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Italian from the University of Colorado, and a Masters in Clinical & Counseling Psychology from Illinois State University. She is board certified with the National Board of Certified Counselors, is certified in EMDR, and extensively trained in DBT. Rose works primarily with DBT and other mindfulness-based approaches placing a priority on collaboration, transparency, and humor to promote insight and change in a safe, strengths-focused environment.

Dennis is the Executive Director of Chicago Compass Counseling, a group practice dedicated to serving the family system through inclusive, evidenced-based behavior change counseling. His passion for understanding intersectionality has led to an extremely diverse career, including roles in medical discharge planning, high risk home-based Medicaid family counseling, hospice, and refugee foster care. Currently he specializes in queer people of color needs and moderation substance use counseling.

Dr. Diana Uchiyama is the Executive Director of the Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program (LAP). Prior to joining LAP, she was the Administrator of Psychological Services for DuPage County where she oversaw a DASA licensed outpatient substance use treatment program, including a Mentally Ill Substance Abuse (MISA program) and Seeking Safety program for individuals with substance use problems, who were also trauma survivors. While at DuPage County she also ran a 26 week Domestic Batterer Intervention Program for a court mandated population of clients.

Dr. Uchiyama has also worked for the Kane County Diagnostic Center, as both a Staff Psychologist and Juvenile Drug Court Coordinator, and has an extensive background doing court ordered evaluations including psychological, sanity, fitness, fitness to parent, and sex offender evaluations. She is a licensed sex offender evaluator in the State of Illinois. Dr. Uchiyama also conducts therapy with adults and adolescents. She has implemented numerous changes to court ordered programs both in Kane and DuPage County and is a SAMSHA certified trauma informed care trainer. She also has an Advanced Mindfulness Training Certificate in an effort to increase wellbeing among her clients.

Prior to obtaining her masters and doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Uchiyama was an Assistant Public Defender in Cook County working in various felony courtrooms at 26th and California in Chicago for over a decade. She obtained her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law.

Danielle Doucette, PsyD, CEDS-S, is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of Eating Disorder Treatment at Midwest Counseling and Diagnostics, in Chicago. She has earned the designation of a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and is an iaedp-approved supervisor, providing supervision to professionals seeking their certification as an eating disorder specialist. Dr. Doucette is trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, and Radically-Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy and she has had the privilege to present throughout the United States on topics related to eating disorders, self-injury, and ACT.

Galen is a clinical therapist at Chicago Compass Counseling who specializes in systemic intersectional issues. He has worked in Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) with a focus on analyzing and managing issues within the referral system as it related to race, gender, and sexuality concerns. He has also served in a community based detention program assisting inmates with systemic reentry barriers. Galen is passionate about discussing these barriers from an antiracism perspective in an effort to raise awareness and develop solutions.