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Guest Speakers:
 Charlotte
Kasl, Ph.D.
Author of Many Roads One
Journey: Moving Beyond the Twelve Steps and other works
Charlotte Kasl has an M.A.
in Music from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in
Counseling Psychology from Ohio University. Dr. Kasl was a
Licensed Psychologist in Minnesota for fifteen years and is a
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Montana. She is a
Certified Addiction Specialist in the areas of chemical
dependency and sexuality, has had a private psychotherapy
practice for twenty-five years and has been a Reiki Master
Healer for eighteen years.
Dr. Kasl was part of a task
force funded by the State of Minnesota Department of Human
Services to create a model treatment program for Chemically
Dependent Women. She has served on several advisory boards
including the Women's Recovery Network, the Women's Action
Alliance for Alcohol and Drug Education, and the Organization
for Secular Sobriety, also known as Save Our Selves (SOS). She
was invited by the National Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention to participate in a synthesis conference to make
recommendations on the needs of women. Dr. Kasl has consulted
with numerous treatment programs and is a founding member of
ATTACH (The Association for the Teaching and Training in the
Attachment of Children).
Dr. Kasl is the author of seven
books and
has begun work on her eighth book. The thread running through
all of her work is helping people find their own voice, accept
themselves and develop a spiritual and social consciousness that
increases understanding and compassion for all people. Dr. Kasl
writes with clarity, warmth and immediacy that allows her to
connect with a wide range of people. She has also written
numerous articles and has appeared on over 200 radio and
television programs, including New Dimensions Radio, Donahue,
Joan Lunden, Sally Jessie Raphael, Geraldo, and People are
Talking. Dr. Kasl has taught a wide variety of
workshops
and talks on relationships, addiction, sexuality, spirituality,
community, healing from incest and abuse, casting out
internalized oppression, preventing burn out, quantum healing,
empowerment, and finding joy.
Dr. Kasl has been listed in Self
Magazine as one of fifty Sage Psychologists in the United
States. In 1997, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from
the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity for
her work with women and sexuality. In 2000,
If the
Buddha Dated was one of five finalists for the National
Books for Better Living Awards. Dr. Kasl, a member of the
Quakers- The Society of Friends, is an accomplished pianist and
avid hiker.
-- Excerpted
from Charlotte Kasl's own web page,
http://charlottekasl.com
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