The workshop is designed to help participants:
1: Describe the etiology, prevalence, and models of trauma-related and substance use disorders.
2: Present the neuroanatomy involved in addictive and trauma-related disorders and the neuroscience of addiction and trauma.
3: Discuss how to apply this to practice by reviewing evidence-based assessments and treatments for co-occurring disorders.
Presenters:
Elizabeth Shilling PhD, LCMHC, LCAS; Yasmin Gay, PhD, LCMHC, LCAS, MAC, CCTP, CRC, CCS, CCJP; Liz White, MA, LCMHC, LCAS, CCS
Dr. Elizabeth H. Shilling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the Director of the Addiction Research & Clinical Health Masters of Science Program in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate School at Wake Forest University, and the Director of Specialized Counseling Intervention & Training in the Department of Surgery. She has a PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and previous faculty experience at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, North Carolina State University, and Wake Forest University. She has over 14 years of experience in addiction treatment and research, mental health treatment and research, and graduate education. She is the project evaluator on a five-year $2.6 million SAMHSA funded grant to expand counseling services for patients in a medication-assisted treatment and infectious disease clinic at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She serves as a member of the Workplace Violence Committee, Graduate School Committee on Race & Equity, the Behavioral Health Workgroup, and the Department of Surgery Wellness committee and has served as a committee member of an institution-wide Online Education Working Group, a Biomedical Sciences Program Review committee, and the Illicit Drug Use Taskforce. Additionally, she is a member of the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma internal advisory group and currently serves as Vice Chair of the board of Insight Human Services.
Dr. Yasmin Gay is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She started her career working in a criminal justice setting serving as a case manager for individuals with substance use and/or mental health disorders who were also involved in the legal system. Dr. Gay's experience with working with this population provided new insight, understanding, and awareness of the challenges and barriers individuals often experienced. She dedicated herself to becoming an agent and advocate for change that will help find solutions, provide clinical support, and ongoing resources where applicable. Dr. Gay has over 16 years of clinical experience providing administrative, direct care, and supervision in diverse settings for individuals with various disabilities and impairments, with specifics to individuals with substance use and mental health disorders. An area of best practice in which she firmly endorses is clinician preparation and development, especially in the area of substance use and mental health disorders. Dr. Gay is credentialed as a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Master Addiction Counselor (MAC), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS) and a Certified Criminal Justice Addictions Professional (CCJP). Her research areas of interest include substance use and mental health disorders, trauma and trauma-informed care, interpersonal violence, impaired professionals, older adults and aging populations, general wellness, counselor preparation and development, and clinical supervision.
Liz White, MA, LCMHC, LCAS, CCS serves as the Manager of the Student Training Center of the Addiction Research and Clinical Health team at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She is dually-licensed in NC as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Clinical Addiction Specialist, as well as certified as a Clinical Supervisor for substance use counselors and addiction specialists. She provides counseling services related to substance use, acute and post-traumatic stress, grief and loss, and crisis stabilization to acutely injured and hospitalized patients. She utilizes an eclectic, strength-based, and supervisee-centered approach to train and supervise clinical students to provide these services as well. Her research interests include substance use counseling, integrated care, co-occurring disorders, and trauma-informed care and supervision.
PROVIDER INFORMATION:
LPCANC
605 N. Terrace Place
Morganton, NC 28655
(919) 714-9095
info@lpcanc.org
www.lpcanc.org