Thursday, April 9

8:00am - 8:30am - Longhorn Ballroom

Welcome! Meredith Meurer, LPC-S, LCDC, PSS, President and Lawrence Spain, Vice President

8:30am - 10am

Current Addiction Research | Dr. Kasey Claborn, Director, Addiction Research Institute, University of Texas Austin

10am - 10:15am

Coffee/Networking

10:15am - 11:45am

Lone Star Ballroom - Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents | Tanya Stuart, LCSW-BACS, LAC

Salon C - Understanding the Overlap: Personality Disorders and Addiction | Jennifer Shotwell, LPC-S, LCDC, EMDR Trainer

Salon D - Patients with PTSD: Understanding and Overcoming Their Barriers to Recovery | Dr. Terry Rustin, MD

11:45am - 12pm

Break/Networking

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lone Star Ballroom - Cannabis Use: Myths, Facts and Harms | Dr. Michael McCormick, D.O.

1:30pm - 1:45pm

Break/Networking

Salon C - Understanding the Overlap: Personality Disorders and Addiction | Jennifer Shotwell, LPC-S, LCDC, EMDR Trainer

Salon D - Patients with PTSD: Understanding and Overcoming Their Barriers to Recovery | Dr. Terry Rustin, MD

11:45am - 12pm

Break/Networking

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lone Star Ballroom - Cannabis Use: Myths, Facts and Harms | Dr. Michael McCormick, D.O.

1:45pm - 2:45pm

Lone Star Ballroom - The Revolving Door: Why Clients Cycle Between Psychiatric Units and Treatment Centers | Alexis Royal, RN and Santi Sustaeta, LCDC-I

Salon C - A Journey Toward a Moral and Committed Life| Paul Jacobs and Dr. Carlos Tirado, MD, MPH

Salon D - Intimacy Disorders in SUD Treatment: Sex Addiction, Love Addiction and Recovery from Betrayal Trauma | Dr. Stevie Sanford, PhD and Gina Kaye, M.Ed., PSAP

245pm - 3:00pm

Break/Networking

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Lone Star Ballroom - Now, How, Heal, WOW: A Field Expert and Researchers Guide Out of the Fentanyl Crisis | Deborah Antioch, RSPS, CMA,CFP

Salon C - Perils of AI and Chatbots in Addiction Treatment | Dr. John Talmadge, MD

Salon D - A New Paradigm for Addiction Treatment | Dr. Steven Vazque

Friday, April 10

8:00am - 8:30am - Longhorn Ballroom

Welcome! Meredith Meurer, LPC-S, LCDC, PSS, President and Lawrence Spain, Vice President

8:30am - 9:30am

Lone Star Ballroom - Panel Brought to You by Byron Williams, Austin TAAP Diversity Chair

Salon C - Integrated SUD Treatment for Women and Families Using Gender Specific Approaches | Vaughan Gilmore, LCSW-S,LCDC

Salon D - A New Definition of Recovery: Understanding the Differences Between a Functional vs Behavioral Treatment Model |Melissa Engle, LPC,ATR

9:30am - 9:45am

Break/Networking

1:30pm - 1:45pm

Break/Networking

Salon C - Understanding the Overlap: Personality Disorders and Addiction | Jennifer Shotwell, LPC-S, LCDC, EMDR Trainer

Salon D - Patients with PTSD: Understanding and Overcoming Their Barriers to Recovery | Dr. Terry Rustin, MD

11:45am - 12pm

Break/Networking

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lone Star Ballroom - Cannabis Use: Myths, Facts and Harms | Dr. Michael McCormick, D.O.

1:45pm - 2:45pm

Lone Star Ballroom - The Revolving Door: Why Clients Cycle Between Psychiatric Units and Treatment Centers | Alexis Royal, RN and Santi Sustaeta, LCDC-I

Salon C - A Journey Toward a Moral and Committed Life| Paul Jacobs and Dr. Carlos Tirado, MD, MPH

Salon D - Intimacy Disorders in SUD Treatment: Sex Addiction, Love Addiction and Recovery from Betrayal Trauma | Dr. Stevie Sanford, PhD and Gina Kaye, M.Ed., PSAP

245pm - 3:00pm

Break/Networking

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Lone Star Ballroom - Now, How, Heal, WOW: A Field Expert and Researchers Guide Out of the Fentanyl Crisis | Deborah Antioch, RSPS, CMA,CFP

Salon C - Perils of AI and Chatbots in Addiction Treatment | Dr. John Talmadge, MD

Salon D - A New Paradigm for Addiction Treatment | Dr. Steven Vazque