Lew Abrams Trish Attia Lew Abrams, LCSW and Trish Attia, PhD, LCSW have designed a three hour workshop intended to give attendees an overview of couple s therapy with a sex addicted spouse. Dr. Attia will describe techniques from Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples an attachment based couples therapy methodology. Specific issues of betrayal, fear of relapse and early attachment styles will be discussed. There will be opportunity for attendees to review case studies and role-play specific dilemmas. Lew Abrams will define sex addiction, the stages of recovery for the partner, the role of the spouse, when (and if) disclosure is indicated and the process of healing. Participants will be able to define sex addiction Participants will be able to identify the stages of recovery for sex addiction Participants will understand when disclosure is therapeutically indicated Participants will understand the unique issues of the couple impacted by SA Participants will understand the stages of Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples Participants will realize the three major changes in EFT: de-escalation of the negative cycle, withdrawer re-engagement, and pursuer softening.
LEWIS J. ABRAMS 28 Hooper Avenue West Orange, New Jersey 07052 (973) 324-5404 (201) 725-3627 lewisabrams@verizon.net EDUCATION: January B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo 1978 Psychology Buffalo, New York May M.S. Columbia University School of Social Work 1980 New York, New York LICENSURE: August L.C.S.W. Licensed Clinical Social Worker 2005 New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners License # 44SC05292700 September L.C.S.W. Licensed Clinical Social Worker 2004 State University of New York Education Department License # R023943 April C.S.W. Certified Social Worker 1981 State University of New York Education Department License # PR023943-1 October L.S.W. Licensed Social Worker 1997 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs License # SW010764-L (inactive) CERTIFICATION: July C.A.S.A.C. Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor #1120 1982 State of New York Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (formerly C.A.C.) November A.C.S.W. Academy of Certified Social Workers 1982 National Association of Social Workers April Fordham University School of Social Service 1986 Certificate in Field instruction (CIFI) New York, New York
LEWIS J. ABRAMS Page 2 May 1991 June 1997 N.C.A.C. II National Certification Addiction Counselor II N.A.A.DA.C. Certification Commission (inactive) PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: January 2008 to Present July 2008 March 2009 November 2001 To December 2007 PRIVATE PRACTICE Offices in New York City and New Jersey Evaluation and psychotherapy with individuals, couples and families. Specialization in addictions, adolescence, relationship challenges, mood and personality disorders. Consultation and referral. Continuing care treatment. CONSULTANT- GROUP THERAPY TRAINING HIGH FOCUS CENTERS Summit, New Jersey On going Group Therapy training seminar for masters prepared clinicians working in an intensive outpatient setting for treatment of substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT- FEGS YATZKAN DIVISION OF ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES Brooklyn, New York Responsibility for leadership of management and operations for a private, not-forprofit long-term series of (4) 8 bed Community Residences licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). The site included a NYSOASAS out patient clinic, a high school funded and staffed by the New York City Office of Education (OES), and an Intensive Psychiatric Rehab Day Treatment program (IPRT). Dually diagnosed adolescent population with emphasis on family systems treatment. Intensive case management and strong community linkage services. Federation for Employment and Guidance Services (FEGS) continued the work of the Yatzkan Center, Inc in February 2007. (prior to FEGS Yatzkan) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- CLINICAL DIRECTOR THE YATZKAN TREATMENT CENTER, INC. Amityville and Mount Vernon, New York Responsibility for leadership of management and operations for a private, not-forprofit long-term residential chemical dependency program for youth. Licensed by
LEWIS J. ABRAMS Page 3 the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). $1.7 million annual budget. Administrative responsibilities include overseeing all human resource venues, fiscal operations, budgetary creation and review, fee negotiation and collection, community relations/marketing, quality improvement, dietary/facility activities, all licensing processes. Clinical responsibilities include supervision of 25+ FTE s including a management team, medical staff, counseling department, support staff, educational/vocational services and utilization review. Integration of socio-cultural-spiritual programming with a 12 Step recovery philosophy. Strong dual diagnosis, relapse prevention, and behavior modification components. American Society of Addiction Medicine Patient Placement model. Direct reporting relationship with Board of Directors. November 1990- October, 2001 GEISINGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - MARWORTH TREATMENT CENTER Waverly, Pennsylvania Joined the Geisinger-Marworth Treatment system in 1990. Served as a member of the Leadership Team in the following administrative/clinical capacities: October 1993- October 2001 DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING ALCOHOL/CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SERVICES Waverly, Pennsylvania Director of Counseling for a 77 bed JCAHO accredited, Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs-Pennsylvania (ODAP) licensed, variable length of stay residential milieu. Responsible for management of a 25 member-counseling department. Direct and indirect clinical supervision, fiscal planning, budget formulation, Quality improvement activities, Total Quality Management team leadership. Marketing/community relations/referral development. Liaison for medical/psychiatric/ psychological services. Supervision of clinical coordinators. Policy and procedure development. Coordination with medical/nursing/admissions departments in providing a continuum of care including sub-acute detoxification; medically monitored treatment environment. Supervision of all aspects of care including assessment, treatment and discharge planning. Implementation of New Standards Outcome research. JCAHO Accreditation with Commendation (8/95, 8/98, 8/01) Chairperson for Marworth Credentials Committee, reporting to Professional Staff Organization with clinical privileging recommendations Development and implementation of competency standards for counseling department
LEWIS J. ABRAMS Page 4 Member of the Marworth Quality Council; selection of Total Quality Management team projects Member of Lackawanna County Drug and Alcohol Treatment Providers Task Force Ongoing lecturer (topics include "Spirituality", "What is Chemical Dependency?", "The Recovery Culture and the Active Culture", "Strokes, Life Positions and Addiction") Creation of an integrated day treatment program Collaborated in creation of a dual disorders recovery program a health care professionals multiphasic program, and a law enforcement program May 1992- October 2001 DIRECTOR OF MARWORTH ALCOHOL/CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY OUTPATIENT AND PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION SERVICES Development, implementation and management of a system of outpatient/partial hospitalization chemical dependency and family treatment programs for adults, adolescents and children. Responsibilities include supervision of ten clinicians at four clinic sites in Northeastern/North Central Pennsylvania. Emphasis on Family Systems treatment. Coordination of residential services with outpatient/intensive outpatient levels of care. Supervision of Quality improvement activities. Services offered include assessment, primary/continuing care, growth groups, co-dependency treatment, psychoeducational groups, men's/women's groups. Chairperson of the Geisinger Inter-Entity Addictions Outpatient/Partial Hospitalization Task Force (1992) Secured JCAHO accreditation and ODAP licensure at four clinic sites Implemented American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Patient Placement Criteria in all levels of care Creation of an evening intensive outpatient program November 1990- May 1992 PROGRAM DIRECTOR MARWORTH-SHAWNEE Shawnee-On-Delaware, Pennsylvania Responsible for administrative and clinical operations of a 56 bed JCAHO accredited/odap licensed residential treatment facility for adolescents/young adults. Duties included management of Counseling Department, staff development, facilitating daily staff and multidisciplinary meetings, establishing protocol for evaluation and treatment, fiscal planning. Coordinated academic educational component. Directed Managed Care insurance review process. Directed quality assurance and utilization review activities. Community relations and referral development.
LEWIS J. ABRAMS Page 5 Designed and implemented the adolescent/young adult residential program Member of Executive Committee of the Professional Staff Organization Training and implementation of a clinically driven variable length of stay treatment model using ASAM Patient Placement Criteria July 1986 - November 1990 CLINICAL SUPERVISOR HORTON FAMILY PROGRAM FOR ALCOHOLISM AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY Middletown, New York Responsible for development and implementation of a hospital based intensive adult and adolescent outpatient chemical dependency and family treatment program. JCAHO accredited/new York State Division of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NYSDAAA) licensed. Concurrent family treatment. Individual and group supervision of clinical staff. Quality assurance/utilization review coordination. Employee Assistance Program Association (formerly ALMACA) liaison. NYSDAAA monthly statistical reporting. Conducted training symposiums including Advanced Experiential Techniques, Group Facilitation, Treatment Planning, Ethics, Relapse Prevention Strategies Community education series Created a multi-couples therapy group treatment model Collaboration with local governmental agencies to deliver state-of-the art chemical dependency treatment June 1985 July 1986 PROGRAM DIRECTOR FUTURE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. Summit, New Jersey Responsible for day to day operation of an intensive outpatient program for chemical dependency and family treatment. Day and evening programs. Responsibilities included administrative and clinical management. Staff supervision, daily staff meetings. Coordination of lecture series, peer evaluations, treatment planning, psychosocial evaluations. Referral development. Marketing and public relations. Budget formulation. Development and operation of computerized reporting system. Staff development/hiring.
LEWIS J. ABRAMS Page 6 Developed an Employee Assistance Program Responsible for managing accounts, management/supervisory training, employee education seminars, marketing the EAP service Responsible for Psychodrama based relapse prevention program September 1984 June 1985 TEAM LEADER FAIR OAKS HOSPITAL Summit, New Jersey Hospital based, residential chemical dependency unit in a psychiatric setting. Individual, group, family therapy, peer evaluation technique, 12 Step emphasis. Educational lecturer, Johnson Family Intervention model facilitator, relapse prevention group leader, daily meetings with a multi-disciplinary treatment team, coordinator with employee assistance program referrals. Back to work conferencing and on going contact with referral sources. Participated in on going intensive psychodrama training (Montclair, New Jersey) September 1980 June 1984 STAFF SOCIAL WORKER ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH MIDDLETOWN ALCOHOL OUTPATIENT CLINIC Middletown, New York Alcohol/chemical dependency out-patient setting. Evaluation/assessment, treatment planning, individual, group, couples, and family therapy. Educational groups. Employer, criminal justice, Department of Motor Vehicles, voluntary referral. Community education. Alcoholism/chemical dependency training. Quality assurance/utilization peer review. Supervision of Senior Caseworkers. Implemented a Transactional Analysis therapy group in Mid-Orange Correctional Facility (Warwick, New York) Developed a Family Systems educational presentation for professionals Group therapy training with National Council on Alcoholism, New York City Affiliate
LEWIS J. ABRAMS Page 7 FACULTY POSITIONS: Marywood University Graduate Department of Counseling and Psychology Instructor Counseling the Abuser of Drugs and Alcohol (3 credits) Scranton, PA Summer, 1993 Empire State College (at Orange County Community College) State University of New York Psychology Department Instructor Group Therapy Skills for Counselors (3 credits) Middletown, NY Spring, 1989 Orange County Community College Drinking Driver Program Instructor Middletown, NY January 1981-June 1984 PUBLICATIONS: Yiddishkeit and Substance Abuse Treatment: Recovery and Renewed Spirituality The Jewish Press 10-14-05 Contributed and Edited section on Substance Abuse in Children in Crisis: Prevention, Detection and Intervention A Practical Guide for Parents, Educators and Mental Health Professionals-Third Edition September, 2003 "The Challenge of Dual Recovery in Addiction -Treatment" Health Today Apri11999 The Changing Face of Residential Treatment" The Counselor Vol. 15, No. 5 September/October 1997 Chemical Dependency Treatment at the Crossroads" Hospital News. Northeastern Pennsylvania Vol. 7, No. 4 April 1993
LEWIS J. ABRAMS Page 8 "An Employer's Role in Relapse Prevention" The Almacan, Vol. 17, No. 7 July 1987 "The Parent Group as a Modality in Treatment of Chemical Dependency" Fair Oaks Hospital Treatment Unit III Summit, New Jersey December 1984 PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: From Addiction to Recovery: Returning to the Derech NEFESH Annual Conference Stamford, Connecticut 12-21-07 (3.0 hrs.) Shame, Fear, and Role Reversal: Jewish Families Struggling with Adolescents Substance Abuse NEFESH Annual Conference Baltimore, Maryland 12-05 (3.0 hrs.) Jews and Their Addictions NASW NYC Chapter 35 th Annual Addictions Institute Fordham University, NY 5-21-03 (2.5 hrs.) November, 2001 to Present New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area Substance Training for Jewish High Schools Administrators, Teachers, and Students Schools include Kushner Yeshiva High School-Middle School, Hillel Academy,Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, SKA Girls High School, The Frisch School, Solomon Schechter of Nassau County "An Overview of Chemical Dependency for Supervisors" The Scranton Times-Tribune Scranton, PA 2-11-99, 2-12-99, 11-20-00 "An Overview of Chemical Dependency for Law Enforcement Peer Counselors" Tennessee Sheriffs Association Nashville, Tennessee 5-21-98
LEWIS J. ABRAMS Page 9 "Chemical Dependency and Behavioral Health Management" Employee Network incorporated (EAP) Vestal, NY 2 27-98 Chemical Dependency and Law Enforcement" Tennessee Sheriffs Association Gatlinburg, TN 8-4-97 Brief Solution Focused Therapy" Marworth Treatment Center Waverly, PA 4-17-97 Chemical Dependency and Family Therapy: A Marriage That Needs Work" Hofstra University School of Education Garden City, NY 4-23-93 In Search of the Functional Family" Long Island Council on Alcoholism Port Jefferson, NY 10-14-92 Ethics for Addiction Professionals" (panel member) Long Island Council on Alcoholism Hauppauge, NY 2-3-91 "An Intensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Model" Almaca (EAPA)- 11th Annual Eastern Regional Conference Springfield, MA 6-6-89 "Relapse Prevention" Conference on Addiction, Co-Dependency and Recovery Bear Mountain, NY 5-19-89 "Dealing with Substance Abuse In the Workplace" The Institute for Business, Industry and Government Orange County Community College 3-3-88 "Outpatient Treatment Modalities" A Conference on "Grade and Cocaine: Understanding Today's Drug Crisis" Middletown, NY 11-6-87 REFERENCES: Professional and personal references available upon request rev.7-26-11
Patricia Rose Attia, Ph.D., LCSW 117 West 72 nd Street Suite 5 East Office 4 New York, N.Y. 10023 Education 2008 New York University, New York, N.Y. Ph.D. 1984 Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work, New York, N.Y. M.S.W. 1987 University of Rochester, Rochester, New York B.A. Professional Experience 7/05 present Private Practice Manhattan 7/93 7/08 Vice President Liberty Management Group, Inc. Director of Development and Contracts Director of outpatient services 1/93 5/05 Adjunct Professor Yeshiva University New York, New York 11/89 7/93 Director of Clinical Services The Mediplex Group, Inc., White Plains, NY Directed adolescent and adult inpatient psychiatric programs in Kansas, Indiana, Colorado and Florida 1/86 11/89 Program Director The Mediplex Group, Inc. The Holliswood Hospital, Holliswood, NY Opened the hospital and established five units: Behavioral Disorders, Eating Disorders, Trauma, ICU and Dual Diagnosis 11/88 4/89 Acting Clinical Director The Mediplex Group, Inc. Savannas Hospital Port St. Lucie, Florida 9/84 1/86 Director of Adolescent Unit The Mediplex Group, Inc. Arms Acres Carmel, New York References, Publications and Public Speaking Available Upon Request
LEWIS J. ABRAMS, ACSW, LCSW, CASAC Licensed Clinical Social Worker Offering Specialized Psychotherapy 201-725-3627 lewisabrams@verizon.net Bio For the past 33 years, Lew Abrams has been treating those afflicted with addictions and mental health challenges including adolescents, adults, couples and families. He has created and directed programs at all levels of care including traditional outpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and residential services throughout New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mr. Abrams was the Clinical Director of Marworth Treatment Center (1990-2001), a nationally recognized system of addiction treatment services located outside of Scranton, Pa. From 2002 through 2007, Lew directed the Yatzkan Center, a not for profit residential long-term rehabilitation program for Jewish adolescents with substance abuse and emotional/behavior problems. As the Executive Director, he developed the program, increased the quality of treatment and assisted in excess of 200 families, from all over the world. Currently, Lew is in the process of obtaining a certification in sex addiction treatment. In addition to addiction treatment, Mr. Abrams has specialized training in clinical supervision, group therapy, psychodrama, family therapy, and experiential techniques including anger discharge and grief work. He is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Social Work (1980). Currently, Mr. Abrams has a full-time private practice serving individuals (adults and adolescents), couples and families. Offices are located in Manhattan and New Jersey. Lew has written numerous articles regarding substance abuse and mental health topics including Yiddishkeit and Substance Abuse Treatment: Recovery and Renewed Spirituality. Lew edited the Substance Abuse section of Children in Crisis for Volumes 2 and 3 published by NEFESH International (Orthodox Mental Health Professionals). Rev. 1-2-13