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Louise Stanger[edit]

Louise Stanger, Ed.D, LCSW, CIP, CDWF is recognized as one of the top addiction interventionists and thought leaders in the behavioral health and addiction treatment industry. She is a clinical social worker, researcher lecturer, professor, clinician, author, and trainer who has performed thousands of family interventions  throughout the United States and abroad, in addition to receiving numerous awards for her years of dedication to the fields of intervention and recovery.[1]

Louise Stanger
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Dr. Louise Stanger - personal photoshoot
BornLouise Ann Wallach
(1946-10-18) October 18, 1946 (age 77)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States
🏫 EducationUniversity of Pittsburgh (A.B.)
San Diego State University (M.S.W., E.D.D.)
💼 Occupation
addiction interventionist, clinical social worker, researcher lecturer, professor, clinician, author, and trainer
🌐 Websitewww.allaboutinterventions.com

Early life[edit]

Born Louise Ann Wallach on October 18, 1946 in Uniontown, PA to Dorothy Schwartz and Sidney Wallach. Dr. Stanger’s early life was deeply affected by her parents’ substance use problems, which included both alcoholism and drug addiction. Her father’s suicide in 1954 left Louise alone with her mother, struggling through the stigma and denial of 1950’s social mores. However, her mother soon remarried when Louise was 8. Her step father, Harry Levine, legally adopted Louise at age 11 and her name changes to Louise Ann Levine.

These early life difficulties served as both the source and inspiration of her work. She is known to get to the heart of the matter when helping families, friends, and business associates with loved ones experiencing substance abuse, mental health, chronic pain, and other related challenges.

Career[edit]

Dr. Stanger received her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 1967. She continued her studies and received her Master’s of Social Work from San Diego State University in 1970 and a Doctorate in Education from the University of San Diego in 1999.

To date, Dr. Stanger has over forty years’ experience as a university faculty member, researcher, licensed clinician, and interventionist. She served as faculty at SDSU, and was the Director of Alcohol and other Drug Services at the University of San Diego, where she helped pioneered programs to reduce high risk problematic drinking and explore parent-based interventions. She oversaw a portfolio of five million in government grants awarded from the United States Department of Education, the United States National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as well as private foundation grants to reduce high risk problematic drinking and explore parent-based interventions. As such, she was one of the first United States Higher Education Associates named to consult with other universities across the country on how to reduce risk associated with alcohol and other drug problems.[2]

Most recently, Dr. Stanger applied decades of clinical social work and family systems to the creation of an invitational intervention[3] methodology called the Collective Intervention Strategy, or CIS. The CIS is an innovative approach based on decades of experience in treating clients and their families for substance use disorders and process behavior disorders. Her private practice, All About Interventions, is committed to using these tools for families and communities who experience these types of issues.

In addition to working with her own clients, she consults with colleagues and professionals in various capacities. At Driftwood Recovery in Austin, TX, she developed the family program where she trains and delivers workshops for the staff. She performs workshops for New Found Life and Paradigm Malibu as well.

Television, radio, and media[edit]

Louise has appeared in dozens of local and national radio interviews, podcasts, and a number of local TV station interviews[4]. In these interviews, she advocates for the treatment of mental health issues, addiction, and co-occurring disorders. She also educates the public about addiction, family support, and the efficacy of addiction medicine. Some of her appearances were on Fox News, Midwest Book Review, Yahoo, many podcasts, many interviews, many behavioral websites as a guest blogger, etc.

Author[edit]

In recent years, Louise has become a celebrated author, publishing Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal[5], and going on to write diverse think pieces for the Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Counselor Magazine, Recovery Campus, Sober World, Addiction Blog, Parent Magazine, and many others. These timely and provocative pieces have explored a number of topics, ranging from the opioid crisis upending public health policy, ethics in the digital world, the rising tide of teen angst, chronic pain, stress, family grief and loss, narcissism, sexual addiction, high wealth & celebrity, interventions, addiction, recovery & depression, the hot button issues circling recreational marijuana legalization and a litany of others.

Her new book, The Definitive Guide to Interventions: Collective Strategies is designed for graduate social work programs across the nation. Clinicians are invited to use the book in social work applications, marriage and family counseling, addiction counseling and psychology, as well as for graduate faculty and their students and behavioral health care professionals.

Awards[edit]

Through the years, Dr. Louise has been recognized for her contributions to the academic community as faculty and educator. She was honored as the Faculty Homecoming Dedicatee during her tenure at San Diego State University. Additionally, the San Diego Business Journal named Louise as one of the Top Ten “Women Who Mean Business”[6] and Quit Alcohol named her as one of the Top Ten Interventionists in the country[7].

Foundations Recovery Network’s Moments of Change Conference proclaimed Dr. Stanger the Fan Favorite Speaker[8]. In 2016, she received the Joseph Galetta Spirit of Recovery Award[9] and DB Resources Journalism Award[10]. She recently received the Community Leadership Award from Forgiving for Living at the Plus Awards[11] and will be honored by the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House[12] in October 2018 for her service in the behavioral health care field. Additional awards are included for her service to the behavioral health field, commitment to colleagues, clients and patients, and her steadfast professional ethic.

Licenses, certifications, and associations[edit]

University Degree Year
University of San Diego Ed. D., Leadership Studies/Higher Education Administration 1999
San Diego State University Masters in Social Work 1970
University of Pittsburgh Bachelor of Arts, English/Sociology 1967
State of California LCSW, BBS #4581 1974-Present
State of Pennsylvania Certified Professional Interventionist (CPI) 2013-Present
State of Illinois Board Registered Interventionist (BRI II) 2009-Present
Brene Brown Certified Daring Way Facilitator (CDWF)                               2016-Present
Trainer of Trainers MI Trainer 2003-Present

Conferences[edit]

As a national conference presenter, Louise offers lively, customized presentations and workshops. Indeed, she presents invigorating training sessions for staffs, families and clients all over the globe. Through these presentations, she covers a wide range of topics, including alcohol and substance abuse recovery, chronic pain for families and loved ones, ethics in behavioral health, narcissism, healthy living, trauma and shame, and many more related topics.

Conferences she has presented at include: World Drug Day in London[13], Innovations In Recovery in San Diego[8], Moments of Change in Palm Desert [8], CORE[14], WCSAD[15], WAAT[16], Admissions and Marketing Symposium[17], Behavioral Health Care Symposium[18], Foundations Recovery[8], Alta Mira, His House, Magnolia Landing For Women, Miriam’s House, Addiction Therapeutic Services[19], Paradigm Malibu, and especially New Found Life Family Program in Long Beach, CA[20] where she gained her start as a treatment presenter.

Most recently, she has spoken at Vendome Summits for Clinical Excellence among them National Conference on Addictive Disorders[21] and for DB Resources World Drug Day in London[13]. She’s also been a guest speaker and lecturer at the Dallas Symposium, It Happens to Boys Conference, and the Lifestyles Intervention Conference.

Volunteer work[edit]

Louise serves as President of the Sydney D. Holland Foundation, which seeks to use the creative arts to enhance the lives of at-risk youth, providing scholarships for those who are in need of substance abuse and mental health treatment. This foundation has provided funding to non-profit organizations such as Miriam’s House, Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, Prototypes, in addition to providing assessment scholarships for autism at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, funding for UCLA Lab School Leap Program, Grants for Suicide Prevention for Teen Line, The Trevor Foundation, outdoor educational experiences for at-risk youth at Outdoor Outreach San Diego, conferences for at-risk minority girls, A Place Called Home, Girl Power, The Forgiving For Living Foundation, and art and dance experiences for at-risk youth provided by The Dizzy Feet Foundation, amongst others.

Collective Intervention Strategy[edit]

Louise is the creator of the Collective Intervention Strategy[22], or CIS, an innovative protocol and process, applied to the clinical practice of addiction intervention. The CIS approach uses a range of evidence-based intervention strategies[23], including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused, 12-Step, and Mindfulness Modalities within an invitational Team-Systems framework. Uniquely, Dr. Stanger has outlined the CIS in an 11 step process, with two core skills featured in her approach: Family Mapping[24] and a qualitative research methodology called “Portraiture”[25] which was developed by the Harvard endowed scholar, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, best known for her seminal qualitative research guide, The Art and Science of Portraiture. To expound, the CIS approach to addiction interventions is:

Collective, in that a team of family members, friends, colleagues, associates, business partners, managers, or co-workers to work together towards change.

Intervention, in that the team seeks to move or motivate a person to a place of change.

Strategy, in that nothing is set in stone; clinicians are invited to adapt the process as needed.

Personal Life[edit]

Louise was “born on a fault line of trauma and emotional wreckage.”[4] Both her parents struggled with alcohol addiction, as well as other family members. That didn’t stop her; she stumbled through deceptions, substance abuse, unexpected family deaths - including the sudden loss of her first husband - and mental health disorders. Grief and loss are topics especially close to her as she experienced the loss of her infant son to SIDS. As such, she is a spokesperson on this issue and continues to write and discuss this topic in her work with families and friends experiencing sudden death, loss and grief. [26]

Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Louise moved to San Diego at twenty years of age with her first husband, Alan David Stanger. A third generation widow, Louise used this experience as the grounds for her doctoral dissertation at the University of San Diego, which explored through interviews a multitude of women who had been widowed at a young age. Not wanting to be locked away in academic journals, Louise recruited the help of her daughter Felicia and son-in-law Gregg to produce one of the first websites on widowhood. This led to her opportunity to work with the widows of 9/11 through the Columbia School of Social Work and to write in collaboration with journalists for the NY Fire Department’s LINKS magazine.

After her first husband passed away, Louise remarried to John W. Wadas and together they moved to West Hollywood in Los Angeles with their two miniature doodles. Louise continues to teach, write and invite others to change with the support and love she receives from her husband, her daughters Sydney, Felicia, and Shelby, and all of her colleagues who continue to challenge the behavioral health care field and make her a better person and practitioner. For fun, Dr. Stanger has participated in the 1000 Soul Cycle Ride box at BoxUnion, climbed to the Tigers Nest in Buthan, peaked Mount Vesuivio in Italy and gone through high ropes courses.

References[edit]

  1. "Meet Dr. Louise Stanger, a clinician/interventionist focused on strength-based solutions and invitational change". All About Interventions.
  2. "Louise Stanger, Ed.D, LCSW, BRI-II, CIP". Kids in the House. 2014-06-06.
  3. "DR. LOUISE STANGER INTERVIEW". New Life House. 2014-09-23.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Interventions. Greenhaven Press. 2012. ISBN 9780737760002. OCLC 744303144. 9780737760019 Search this book on . Search this book on
  5. "Dr. Louise Stanger Publishes New Memoir, "Falling Up"". The La Jolla Blue Book. 2016-01-12.
  6. "Business Journal Awards Honor 36 Businesswomen". San Diego Business Journal. 1995-10-16. Archived from the original on 2018-11-18. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. "Top 10 Interventionists in the United States | Drug & Alcohol Interventionist". Quit Alcohol. 2014-01-15.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Featured Speakers". Foundations Events.
  9. "SPIRIT OF RECOVERY AWARD HONOREES". Hemet Valley Recovery Center and Sage Retreat.
  10. "Dr. Louise Stanger Awarded 2017 Recovery Journalist of the Year". Driftwood Recovery. 2017-06-27.
  11. "PLUS Awards, Brunch & Auction". Forgiving For Living, Inc.
  12. "Honoring Women in Recovery: Miriam's House LA & Peggy Albrecht Friendly House LA". HuffPost. 2017-09-09.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Paradigm Sponsors Dr. Louise Stanger at Recovery Plus Conference". Paradigm Malibu. 2018-05-31.
  14. "Brochure for the 4th Annual CORE Conference" (PDF). Clinical Overview of the Recovery Experience.
  15. "Stanger-Louise". West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders.
  16. "Women's Association for Addiction Treatment". WAAT Conference.
  17. "Ethics, Best Practices and Effective Strategies Training for Executive, Admissions and Marketing Professionals". AM Symposium.
  18. "Behavioral Health Care Symposium". California Hospital Association.
  19. "Dr. Louise Stanger Presents "Triple Threat Beyond Dual Diagnosis"". Addiction Therapeutic Services.
  20. "Family Addiction Educational Series". New Found Life.
  21. "Speaker Details- Louise Stanger". The National Conference on Alcohol and Addiction Disorders.
  22. "The Definitive Guide to Addiction Interventions: A Collective Strategy". Routledge.
  23. "Intervention strategies for families – INTERVIEW with expert interventionist, Louise Stanger". Addiction Blog.
  24. "Trauma, Invitations To Change and Family Mapping". Slide Share. 2017-09-20.
  25. "An Interview with Dr. Louise Stanger: The Triple Threat of Addiction, Mental Illness, and Tertiary Issues". Alta Mira. 2015-05-15.
  26. "Interview with Dr. Louise Stanger, Author of "Falling Up"". MEDIA CONNECT.

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