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Gwen Gilbert, LCMHC, LCAS, CCS, NCC

Gwen Gilbert is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, Certified Clinical Supervisor, and National Certified Counselor with over 20 years of experience in

behavioral health and substance use. She is employed by Metropolitan Community Health Services dba Agape Health Services, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in eastern NC providing medical, dental, primary care, and pharmacy services. Gwendolyn proudly serves as the Chief Behavioral Health Officer where she leads a diverse team of clinical behavioral health and primary care providers. Under her leadership, the organization became the first FQHC to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) in NC. Gwendolyn is also a first-year doctoral student in the DrPH program at UNC-CH.

 

Laurie Conaty, MSW, LCSW, LCAS

Laurie Conaty is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist with 30+ years of experience providing mental health and substance use disorder treatment and program development-including Adolescent & Adult Co-occurring Disorder treatments. She is a member of Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Addiction Professionals of NC, NC Society for Clinical Social Work and NASW-NC. In January 2022 she was selected as a member of the NASW Task Force for Clinical Social Work Standards, charged with revising the standards for the practice of Clinical Social Work.

She is EMDR Level 1 trained, DBT trained, Seven Challenges trained and trained in Jeff and Debra Jay’s “Love First Clinical Interventions.” Laurie was awarded a Letter of Commendation from Fairfax County, VA Community Services Board for developing, implementing and managing the first community- based apartment program for adults with co-occurring disorders to live, work and practice their recovery in the community.

She has held Clinical Faculty appointments at both Duke University and UNC-CH, in their respective Departments of Psychiatry. In 2004, she was named Clinical Social Worker of the Year, for her work in advocating and exemplifying best practice, including integrated care.

Laurie provides Motivational Interviewing training and coaching and is a MINT Certified Trainer. She enthusiastically assists agencies and clinics in implementing MI and ASAM fidelity into their treatment culture. During 2018-2019 she worked with Train for Change/The Change Companies providing ASAM training at various sites throughout the US.

In addition to training and consultation, she provides outpatient therapy and interventions through her practice, in Sanford, NC.

 

Michael Daniels, MSW, LCAS, CCS, LCSW-A

Michael serves as coordinator of the Addiction Certificate Program in the School of Social Work at East Carolina University preparing students to become Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialists. He serves as clinical supervisor for the ECU clinical supervision program supervising clinicians seeking professional license and graduate student interns. He earned his BS degree in Education from North Carolina State University and his MSW degree from East Carolina University. He has over 20 years clinical experience working inside prisons providing addiction and behavioral health services for offenders. He also worked as a clinical consultant in coordinating community reentry transitional services for a 300 bed inpatient treatment facility for offenders.

 

Robert m Cox, EdD, LPC, LCAS, CCS, CCMHC, NCC, ACS

Dr. Cox is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy at Pfeiffer University-Charlotte where he directs the university counseling and wellness center and coordinates substance use disorder training. Dr Cox is a Licensed Professional Counselor and qualified supervisor in North Carolina and Tennessee, a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist and Certified Clinical Supervisor Intern in North Carolina. His professional interests include crisis intervention, integrated care, substance use disorders, substance-affected families, corrections, group counseling, and applications of mindfulness in counseling. He is an NBCC Minority Scholars Fellow (2013) with a Doctorate in Counseling from the University of Memphis (2016) and a Masters in Community Counseling from Appalachian State University (1998).

 

Dr. Sarah Reives-Houston, Ph.D., PsyD (ABD)

Sarah Reives-Houston,  is the Director of Behavioral Health Springboard at the UNC School of Social Work. She has a Ph.D. in education psychology from Capella University and is completing her PsyD in clinical psychology and trauma from California Southern University. Dr. Reives-Houston is certified as a family trauma specialist and as a child and adolescent trauma specialist and engages in research and conducts training on recognizing, managing, and mitigating the impacts of trauma on client populations and service providers. Prior to coming to UNC, she was on the faculty at NC Central University, where she taught courses and oversaw research projects and evaluation programs. She has also developed training and curriculum materials on mental health, substance abuse, systems of care for individuals and families. 

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