Speaker Information:
Mary Lynn Barrett LCSW, MPH, has dual master’s degrees in social work and public health from the University of Washington. She is the Director of Behavioral Medicine in the Family Practice Residency Program and Family Health Center at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC. Her current position involves both teaching physicians to manage the mental and behavioral health aspects of primary care and treating patients who experience these challenges to their overall wellbeing. Mary Lynn has trained extensively in several mind/body modalities for healing trauma and is very knowledgeable of the effects of trauma and stress on both physical and mental health. As a Master Trainer in the Trauma Resiliency Model and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM), she trains all types of individuals from physicians and licensed mental health providers to case managers, parents, lay providers, veterans and clergy. She has taught the Community Resiliency Model nationally and internationally, most recently in Rwanda and Tanzania. Locally, she participates in Buncombe County’s Innovative Approaches Initiative through work with the ACE Collaborative and is a member of the WNC Resiliency Collaborative. Mary Lynn is fluent in Spanish.
Ann DuPre Rogers, LCSW, has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Georgia and a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Davidson College. Ann DuPre is the Provider Relations Manager at Vaya Health, an organization that manages behavioral health, substance use, and intellectual and developmental disabilities services in western NC. She has worked in the behavioral health field since 1997, as a school social worker, child and family therapist, clinical supervisor, program administrator, and community outreach director. She is also a registered yoga instructor. For the past three years, Ann DuPre has had the opportunity to teach the Community Resilience Model (CRM) regionally to diverse audiences. She uses CRM skills on a daily basis, and finds them to be “immediately, powerfully, and universally helpful” in restoring balance within the mind, body, and spirit.