Ken Winters, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota, and a Senior Scientist with the Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA.  He received his B. A. from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  His primary research interests are the assessment and treatment of adolescent drug abuse, and problem gambling.  Dr. Winters has published numerous research articles in these areas, and has received several research grants from the National Institute of Health and various foundations.  He is an Associate Editor for the Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, and is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, Journal of Gambling Studies, and the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. He was also the Lead Editor for two Treatment Improvement Protocol Series (#31 and #32) , published by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA), that focused on adolescent drug abuse assessment and treatment.  He is a consultant to many organizations, including the Hazelden Foundation, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Harvard Institute on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders, the World Health Organization, and the Mentor Foundation (an international prevention organization). 

William Glasser, M.D. is an internationally recognized psychiatrist who is best known as the author of Reality Therapy, a method of psychotherapy he created in 1965 and is now taught all over the world. Born in 1925 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Glasser later attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.  He took his psychiatric training at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles and at UCLA from 1954-57.  He became Board Certified in Psychiatry in 1961 and was in private practice (using Reality Therapy) from 1957-1986.  Glasser’s path has been one of a continuing progression in private, lecturing, and writing, ultimately culminating in the publication of over twenty books.  By 1980, he began to form the final idea that led to Choice Theory:  The reason why so many people are unhappy in their relationships.  In 1967, Dr. Glasser founded the Institute for Reality Therapy.  Since that time, over 60,000 people worldwide have taken intensive weekly training in his ideas.  

He has been listed in the Who’s Who in American since the 1970’s and, in 1990, the University of San Francisco awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa.  In March of 2003, he was presented with the ACA Professional Development Award. In January of 2005, the American Psychotherapy Association presented Dr. Glasser with the prestigious Master Therapist designation, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a member. 

Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., is one of the founders of Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM), and his book Cognitive Behavior Modification: An Integrative Approach is considered a classic in the field.  He has also authored Coping with Stress; Stress Inoculation Training; A Clinical Handbook for Assessing and Treating Adults with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Treatment of Individuals with Anger-Control Problems and Aggressive Behaviors:  A Clinical Handbook; co-authored Pain and Behavioral Medicine; and Facilitating Treatment Adherence:  A Practitioner’s Guidebook; and co-edited Stress Reduction and Prevention, and The Unconscious Reconsidered.  He was Associate Editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research from its inception and is on the editorial board of a dozen journals.  He is the editor of the Plenum Press series on Stress and Coping.  He is currently Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and a clinical psychologist in private practice.  He was a recipient of the prestigious Izaak Killiam Fellowship Award administered by Canada Council.  Dr. Meichenbaum is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. 

He is Research Director of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment of Victims, in Miami, Florida.  In a survey reported in the American Psychologist, North American clinicians voted Dr. Meichenbaum “one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the century”.  A survey of academic psychologist in Canada indicated that Dr. Meichenbaum was the most cited psychology researcher at Canadian universities.  He has presented workshops and lectures throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Japan, the Caribbean, and Russia.  He has consulted widely for adolescent offenders, developmentally delayed, head injured clients, as well as for educational institutions. 

Anna Salter, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Harvard University.  During the past twenty years, she has held a variety of clinical, research, and teaching positions at Dartmouth Medical School and Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire.  She is currently a consultant with the Department of Corrections and in private practice in Madison, Wisconsin.  Dr. Salter has written scores of journal articles, produced two videos on sex offenders and written four books including, Treating Child Sex Offenders and Victims and Transforming Trauma: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse.  She has addressed major conference groups throughout the world and has been the recipient of numerous grants for research on sexual offenders.  In 1997, Dr. Salter was honored by The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) with their Significant Lifetime Achievement Award.   

Michael E. Johnson is a counselor, trainer, and lecturer from Detroit, Michigan.  He has over 20 years of experience in the field of chemical dependency.  He has served as Program Director for a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program within the Michigan Dept. of Corrections system and is currently Program Director of Metropolitan Counseling Center in Detroit.  Much of his work has been in providing counseling services and therapy to alcoholics and drug addicts in the Metropolitan Detroit area.  He holds a Bachelors Degree in Counselor Education as well as a Masters Degree in Social Work from Wayne State University.  Michael has been a consultant with numerous criminal justice and substance abuse agencies.  His work includes staff training and program development with the Michigan Dept. of Corrections, New York Dept. of Corrections, the Commonwealth of Virginia Dept. of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.  His training experience includes work with treatment staff, parole and probation officers and persons within the school system.  

He has been a workshop presenter and keynote speaker at numerous conferences throughout the United States, sharing his views on addictions treatment with the criminal justice population.  He has been well received and described as:  “having excellent insight and a keen sensitivity to the needs of the client in the counseling relationship”.  Michael has also developed a series of videos, which are used in substance abuse programs both in private and institutional settings.  His services also include marriage and family counseling, counseling for gambling addictions, working with adolescents, brief therapy as well as group counseling.