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Springlake Solutions
Training, technical assistance, program and policy support for behavioral health, criminal justice, and other organizations. We specialize in reentry, addiction, trauma, and resilience.
Trauma Informed
Training and technical assistance in trauma-informed care with a focus not only on avoiding harm but also on catalyzing growth and understanding and managing one’s own responses to high-stress work.
Weavers WELL
Supporting a flourishing, fulfilled, and effective behavioral health workforce with research-backed strategies to increase employee engagement and retention among addiction and mental health professionals.
UPenn
Supporting students in the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania, as they develop novel nonprofit interventions to support organizational and individual wellbeing.
Growth and Goodness
Delivering programs and services to support thriving individuals and organizations so that they can achieve their potential, find meaning and purpose, and heal in the aftermath of life’s most painful challenges.
ConnectWell
Leveraging science to transform workplaces into environments where people feel valued, teams collaborate seamlessly, and organizations achieve their highest potential by fostering strong, positive connections at work.
What I’m Currently Working On
- Support for Workers in Caring Professions: I’m working on a national initiative to improve wellbeing and professional development in addiction, mental health professions, and adjacent fields.
- GROWTH Journey: I recently launched an asynchronous virtual version of my coaching program for people seeking meaning and growth after advertisy and hardship.
- Youth Resilience Program: I piloted the Bounce Back Book last year, and now I’m refining this six-module resilience program for young people and re-launching it as a virtual course and platform for educators.
- Medicaid and Criminal Justice Reentry: I’m working with a group of consultants and nonprofit partners to leverage changes in Medicaid policy to improve health and public safety outcomes for people leaving prisons and jails.
- Growth-Oriented Trauma Responsiveness Training: We’ve updated Trauma Informed’s training programs to amplify discussions of the potential for trauma and adversity to catalyze powerful positive changes in people and we’re now systematizing delivery of our training for behavioral health, human services, and other other sectors.
- Advising Positive Psychology Master’s Students: I’m advising students in Penn’s master of applied positive psychology program as they complete service learning projects. This year’s students are working on projects in criminal justice reentry for a local jurisdiction in Michigan and a youth leadership program in India.
Book
Crashing: I Love You. Forgive Me.
Media
Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith (segment starting at 26:32)
Publications
My criminal record somehow vanished. The Atlantic.
How do you tell your child about the worst thing you’ve ever done? The Washington Post.
In the midst of pandemic, don’t neglect mental health. Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
A blueprint for stemming overdose deaths in Maryland. The Baltimore Sun.
IU joins fight against opioid addiction in Indiana. The Indianapolis Star.
Key to overcoming opioid crisis is collaboration on the state level. The Hill.
Treating overdose like a health epidemic. The Baltimore Sun.
Addiction is a disease, and treatment works. The Baltimore Sun.
Improving access to substance use disorder treatment in Baltimore City. National Institute on Drug Abuse Blog.
Like grief after a car accident, employment consequences of a criminal record can last a lifetime. Huffington Post.
Myth vs. facts: The truth about medication assisted treatment for opioid addiction. Addiction Blog.