Come See Us at the Summit for Clinical Excellence

Senior Fellows at The Meadows Claudia Black, PhD, and Patrick Carnes, PhD, CAS, will be featured speakers at the upcoming Summit for Clinical Excellence, March 9 -12. The summit offers advanced clinical training for therapists and counselors with up to 26 Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) available.

The theme this year is “Freud Meet Buddha: Mindfulness, Trauma and Process Addictions.” . Dr. Black will give her keynote presentation, “ Reverberations of Trauma in the Addictive Family” on March 9. Dr. Carnes will present “The Secret of Life: The Meaning of Recovery” on March 11. Other sessions will cover topics such as…

• Brain-based therapy and PTSD;
• Mindfulness for Anxiety and Depression;
• Understanding Addiction Interaction,
• Compassion Practice and Empathy Training for Therapists,
• Turning Sexual Problems into Personal Growth;
• Contemplative Psychotherapy: Beginning with Oneself;
• and more.

The conference is co-hosted this year by The Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows, and Gentle Path at The Meadows. To register, go www.bfisummit.com.

Join us for 11th Annual IITAP Symposium

As a certified treatment partner with the International Institute for Trauma & Addiction Professionals (IITAP), we’re looking forward to this year’s IITAP Symposium, and we hope you are too!

IITAP offers premier training and cutting-edge educational resources for practitioners who treat people with addictive and compulsive sexual behaviors. Their CSAT® (Certified Sex Addiction Therapist) program is one of the most highly regarded programs of its kind, offering a complete group of training, products and services to help behavioral health professionals enhance their practices.

Sex Addiction Symposium for Mental Health Professionals

Each year at the IITAP Symposium, members of the professional community gather to share ideas and learn of the latest research in sex addiction. In order to attend the Symposium, you must be a member of the IITAP Community, having completed at least one CSAT-module training. This year’s symposium will be held at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 18 – 20. Gentle Path at The Meadows is a co-sponsor of the event and several members or our staff will be presenting.

Presentations by Gentle Path Staff

Thursday, February 18:
Alexandra Katehakis, Senior Fellow for Gentle Path at The Meadows will present Mirror of Intimacy: Loving Deeply Begins with Loving Yourself at a Lunch and Learn Event. (Pre-registration is required.) Then, later that afternoon, she’ll present Love and Play: Therapeutic Action and the Integration of Self.

Friday, February 19:
Gentle Path Senior Fellow Dr. Patrick Carnes will kick off the day’s events with a keynote address. Later in the day, Dr. Isabel Nino de Guzman will present Sex Addiction and Dual Diagnosis Case Management, and Dr. Monica Meyer, Clinical Director of Gentle Path at The Meadows will present on Asphyxiation, Bondage & Cuckoldry: Sadomasochistic Behaviors in Sexual Addiction.

Register

Professionals can earn up to 18 CEUs, with courses being offered as both ethics and supervision credits. Visit the IITAP website for more information and register today!

Serving Members of the Military with TRICARE

Did you know that The Meadows is an approved TRICARE Provider and is in-network in the Western Region? This means that 2.9 million eligible beneficiaries can receive world-class mental health treatment services by accessing benefits available to them.

TRICARE Provider

This is an incredible benefit because The Meadows is typically a private pay facility. In fact, our agreement to be a TRICARE Provider in the Western Region is The Meadows’ only insurance contract. The Tricare Western Region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa (excluding the Rock Island Arsenal area), Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri (excluding the St. Louis area), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas (the southwestern corner only, including El Paso), Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Meadows world-class team of Senior Fellows, psychiatrists, therapists, and counselors has a high desire to be of service to active duty military members, retirees, and dependents covered under this plan. We are honored to provide behavioral health and substance abuse inpatient services to TRICARE beneficiaries, with an emphasis on emotional trauma, PTSD, addictive disease disorders, and behavioral and sexual addictions.

Decades of Experience

The Meadows has been a leading provider of trauma and addiction treatment services for nearly 40 years. At our confidential and tranquil campuses just 90-minutes from Phoenix, Arizona, our multidisciplinary treatment team uses state-of-the-art trauma therapies and neuroscience to address the underlying issues that cause patterns of self-destructive behavior, allowing the patient to begin the process of healing.

Committed To Helping

The Meadows has a long history of working with members of the military and their families. We are tremendously proud to help serve the health care needs of service members, veterans, and their families, and would be happy to help determine eligibility and benefits that can be utilized at The Meadows. We are committed to helping military beneficiaries and partnering with all aspects of the TRICARE Healthcare Alliance.
Give us a call today to discuss how we can help. 800-244-4949