Description
In this presentation, Pam Lanhart, Executive Director of Thrive Family Recovery Resources—an MN-based non-profit dedicated to supporting families affected by a loved one’s substance use—will explore how we can transform grief and loss into power, purpose, and mission.
Drawing from her experiences as a child of parents struggling, a mother who lost her son to his substance use disorder, and a mother whose daughter is battling brain cancer, Pam will share a powerful presentation discussing how these experiences have not only helped her advocate for the holistic treatment of substance use as a medical disorder but also how she has walked through and healed from her trauma and loss.
CEU: Prevention CEUs will be provided.
Speaker
PAM LANHART
Executive Director, Thrive Family Recovery Resources
Pam is a Certified Family Recovery Coach, a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, and an Arise trained Family Comprehensive Care Consultant. Pam is committed to assisting those impacted by their loved ones’ substance use to create a recovery-oriented family system of care. She has presented at state and national conferences regarding how families can more effectively invite change into the dynamics of addiction by using evidence-based best practices and harm-reduction techniques, informed by compassion, empathy, and maintaining the self-efficacy of the person with SUD. In addition, Pam serves on the Governor’s Advisory Council for Substance Use, Opioids, and Addiction, as well as US House Representative Angie Craig’s Advisory Council. As a person in recovery from the life-long effects of addiction, Pam offers the option of a holistic, team approach to recovery that supports alternative pathways.
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