Webinar | The Imporance of Establishing a Community in Recovery

Adam Silberstein and Asher Gottesman are excited to present this webinar focused on the importance of community in recovery. They will discuss the value of a social model or community-based approach to treatment with areas of attention that will lend to best practices. The lecture will include a review of common treatment issues that practitioners may encounter while working with individuals residing in sober living. They will analyze the challenges that practitioners face and the advantages of collaboration, as well as the inherent value of the community model of treatment. At the conclusion of the presentation, they will consider the implication of a community based approach with individuals who struggle with food addiction.
Learning Objectives
- To understand the inherent value of a social/community model of treatment
- To explore the benefits of collaboration with multiple disciplines
- Demonstrate an understanding of common treatment issues
- To address challenges practitioners face
- To consider and explore the benefit of a community based approach with a food addicted population
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Asher Gottesman - Clinical Psychologist
Asher Gottesman was born and raised in Los Angeles. As the son of a prominent Orthodox Rabbi, he followed through with his own rabbinical ordainment even though he eventually became a successful real estate developer. After a period of disillusionment with real estate and investment, Asher sought to do something more meaningful for others and himself. In following suit with his desire for fulfillment, Asher decided to create a place where people could be "heard" and could receive help to improve their lives. Asher has maintained this commitment and has sought teaching from some of the best and brightest in the field of recovery to provide optimum care for our clients. Aside from a wife and five children, Asher has always considered the Men and Women of Transcend as his extended family.
Adam Silberstein, Psy.D M.Ed., LPC, BRI-II
Adam Silberstein, Psy.D is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been working in the mental health field since 1994. Dr. Silberstein has extensive experience working with a broad range of populations including individuals with obesity, chemical dependency, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and developmental disabilities. He earned his doctoral degree from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in 1998 and completed his pre-doctoral internship at Camarillo State Hospital working with the chronically mentally ill and developmentally disabled. He completed his postdoctoral training at Casa Pacifica Residential Treatment Center where he worked with adolescents with complex emotional and behavioral issues. In 2000, after his postdoctoral training, Dr. Silberstein worked for the California Department of Corrections where he held a variety of clinical and administrative positions and was the director of a partial-hospitalization program. In furthering of a deeper and more expansive clinical approach to dependency issues, Dr. Silberstein embarked on the pursuit of a widened practice devoted to addictive disorders, and in 2008 became a consulting psychologist at Authentic Recovery Center, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. His responsibilities included group and individual therapy as well as clinical supervision. Presently, he maintains a private practice in West Los Angeles and Tarzana, working with adolescents and adults with chemical dependency and process addictions, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders. Over the course of his career and in each of his work settings, Dr. Silberstein has been passionately invested in the treatment of addictive and compulsive behaviors with a special interest in the assessment and treatment of overweight and obesity.