GACA Annual Spring Virtual Conference












Celebrating GACA in 2025

"Rooted in Legacy

Growing in Hope

45 Years of Progress in Addiction Recovery!"

April 25-28, 2025

Up to 30 Live/Synchronous CE Hours Approved from GACA, GAMFT, GSCSW and NAADAC.  Up to 30 Clock Hours Approved by NBCC. 

 On ZOOM

CE Provider Approvals for CORE Hours:


GACA Addiction Counselors: Georgia Addiction Counselors Association

National Addiction Counselors:  NAADAC

Licensed Professional Counselors: National Board for Certified Counselors

Marriage and Family Therapists: Georgia Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

Social Workers: Georgia Society of Clinical Social Workers


SPECIAL CCIT TRACK

For first-time CCIT applicants only: get the 20 CE hours* needed for the initial CCIT application for the discounted price of $250.00


*CCIT Track Registrants MUST register for "Intro to CCIT Program," "Ethical & Legal Requirements Pertaining to 42 CFR Part 2," "Ethics for Addiction Counselors," and "Telemental Health" courses only.


This conference offers specific CE hours for 

the CCS, CMATS and CAAC applications and recertifications.  Please look for the designations if you need these hours. Any attendee (other than CCIT Track) are welcome to take any of these workshops.


CAAC Hours Available (18 hours total):

Saturday:  Keys, Insight & Wisdom for Working with Adolescents with Addictions - Pamela Morgan (6.0 CE Hours)

Sunday AM:  Understanding Teens:  Mastering Adolescent Behavior Assessment - Dr. Corey Milsap  (3.0 CE Hours) 

Sunday PM:  Empowering Adolescents:  Building Resilience Through Executive Functioning Activation - Dr. Corey Milsap  (3.0 CE Hours)

Monday:   Solution Focused Therapy for Resolving Conflict when Working with Adolescents with SUD - Pamela Morgan (6.0 CE Hours)


CCS Hours Available (22 hours total):

Saturday:  Fundamentals of Supervision - Dr. Megan Boyd (6.0 CE Hours)

Saturday Evening: Building a Supervisory Alliance - Dr. Patricia Brown (2.0 CE Hours) 

Sunday:  Models of Supervision - Jennifer Yaeger (6.0 CE Hours) 

Sunday Evening: Common Dilemmas/Overlaps in Clinical Supervision and Administrative Supervision  - Curtis Dorsey  (2.0 CE Hours)

Monday AM:  Models for Working with Complex Multiple Relationships in Supervision - Nick Marzo  (3.0 CE Hours)

Monday PM:  The Discrimination Supervision Model: An adaptive approach to supervising supervisees in the context of addiction counseling - Dr. Angela Monfort  (3.0 CE Hours) 


CMATS Hours Available (18 hours total):

Saturday:  Introduction to Medicated Assisted Treatment - Dr. Kym Leonard (6.0 CE Hours)

Sunday AM:  MAT: Ethical Decisions for Clinicians - Dr. Kym Leonard (3.0 CE Hours)

Sunday PM:   Alcohol Use Disorder: The Important Role of Pharmacology in AUD Recovery  -  Dr. Kym Leonard Gross (3.0 CE Hours) 

Monday:  Advanced Strategies for Clients Receiving MAT  -  Dr. Tamara Thorn (6.0 CE Hours) 


Conference Course Schedule: Click Here

All Conference Sales are FINAL.  No Refunds. 

2025 GACA Virtual SPRING Conference Presenters

Anthony Cavalero Opening Plenary (2.0 CE Hours)

Anthony Cavalero is an American actor and comedian, currently starring as Keefe Chambers on the HBO television series The Righteous Gemstones.


Dr. Corey Milsap, PsyD, LPC, CSP, LSP, LMHC Saturday Lunch Plenary: Bytes and Balance: Harnessing AI to Enhance Mental Wellness,


Jeff Breedlove, Community Outreach Manager Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Sunday Lunch Plenary: Advocacy, Legislative Updates and Ethics


Dr. Merrill Norton, Pharm.D., D.Ph., CMAC, CCS Core: Understanding the Pharmacology of SUDS


Jennifer Acker, MA, NCC, LPC, CMAC Core: Best Practices in Treatment Planning


Dr. Megan Boyd, PhD, LPC, CPCS CCS: Fundamentals of Supervision


Teresa Bradley, LPC, CMAC, CCM, CPCS, NCC, TF-CBT Core: The Science of Trauma and Addiction: Pathways to Recovery


Dr. Patricia Brown, PhD, CACII, MAC, CCS CCS: Building a Supervisory Alliance CCIT: Ethics for Addiction Counselors


David Burris, CAC II, CCS CCIT Track/Ethics: Ethical and Legal Requirements for the Revised 42 C.F.R. Part 2


Tristin Chipman, MSW, LCSW Core/Ethics: Transformative Ethics in Care for Sex & Gender Minorities


Casey Corbin, BA, Mindfulness Coach Core: Mind-Based Mood Management: Incorporating internal exercises and Mindfulness to help your favorite therapy modality be immediately more effective!


Curtis Dorsey, NCAC-II, CCS, SAP, ICGC-II, BACC, MATS, CCS: Common Dilemmas/Overlaps in Clinical Supervision and Administrative Supervision


Glendora Dvine, LPC, BC-TMH, NCC CCIT: Smart Strategies to Work with Clients Using Telemental Health


Jana Glass, LPC, MAC, PMH-C, BC-TMH Core: Connection and Recovery: Supporting Birthgivers through Addiction in the Perinatal Period


Dr. Witni Jackson, LCSW, MAC Core: Cultural Humility Based on the Goldilocks Syndrome


Dr. Karen Kelly, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CCS, CPCS, MAC, CACII Effective Treatment Strategies for Dealing with Challenges In Group


Dr. Kym Leonard, DNP-BC, CMAC CMATS: Introduction to Medication Assisted Treatment, CMATS: MAT: Ethical Decisions For Clinicians, CMATS: Alcohol Use Disorder: The Important Role of Pharmacology in AUD Recovery


Nicholas Marzo, LPC, LMHC, CST-S, ACS Core: Sex, Sexuality, and Recovery, CCS: Models for Working with Complex Multiple Relationships in Supervision


Dr. Corey Milsap, PsyD, LPC, CSP, LSP, LMHC CAAC: Understanding Teens: Mastering Adolescent Behavior Assessment CAAC: Empowering Adolescents: Building Resilience through Executive Function Activation


Dr. Angela Montfort, PhD, LPC, CPCS, NCC CCS: The Discrimination Supervision Model: An adaptive approach to supervising supervisees in the context of addiction counseling


Pamela Morgan, BSHS, MBA, CADC-M, CPRM CAAC: Keys, Insight & Wisdom for Working with Adolescents with Addictions, CAAC: Solution Focused Therapy for Resolving Conflict when Working with Adolescents with SUD


Jared Pogue M.Ed., LPC, C-DBT, ADHD-CCPS Core: The ADHD-Addiction Connection: Separating Fact from Fiction


Mick Rehrig, MSW, LCSW Core/Ethics: Transformative Ethics in Care for Sex & Gender Minorities


Jim Seckman, MDiv, CMAC, CCS Core: The Disease of Addiction


Samson Teklemariam, LPC, CPTM Effective Group Treatment: Leveraging CBT and MI in Telehealth Groups


Dr. Tamara Thorn, PA-C, LCSW, MAC, CMATS, NCSE CMATS: Advanced Strategies for Clients Receiving MAT


Jennifer Yaeger, LPC, CPCS, CMAC CCS: Models of Supervision


NAADAC

The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals.


NBCC ACEP No. 7302

Georgia Addiction Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7302. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Georgia Addiction Counselors Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.


Conference Registration Options

  • This is the entire conference available at the GACA member rate. Current GACA MEMBERSHIP WILL BE VERIFIED. If you are unsure if you are a current member, please call the office at (770) 434-1000

  • This is the entire conference at the non-GACA member rate.

  • You choose 2-days to attend from Sat., Sun., and/or Monday in any 2-day combination. This option includes the Plenary Session and both Lunch & Learn sessions but you will need to register for these sessions below to attend. Current GACA MEMBERSHIP WILL BE VERIFIED.

  • You choose 2-days to attend from Sat., Sun., and/or Monday in any 2-day combination. This option includes the Plenary Session and both Lunch & Learn sessions but you will need to register for these sessions below to attend.

  • You choose one day to attend. Choose courses that are scheduled on Sat., Sun., or Monday. This option includes the Plenary Session and both Lunch & Learn sessions but you will need to register for these sessions below to attend. Current GACA MEMBERSHIP WILL BE VERIFIED.

  • You choose one day to attend. Choose courses that are scheduled on Sat., Sun., or Monday. This option includes the Plenary Session and both Lunch & Learn sessions but you will need to register for these sessions below to attend.

  • This is for first time CCIT applicants only. With this option, you can only register for the following courses
    Friday: Intro to the CCIT Program
    Saturday: Legal & Ethical Requirements Pertaining to 42 CFR Part 2
    Sunday: Telemental Health
    Monday: Ethics
    This option includes the Plenary Session and both Lunch & Learn sessions but you will need to register for these sessions below to attend.


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Course Selections by Day

Make your selections below:

Friday, April 25, 2025


Saturday, April 26, 2025


Sunday, April 27, 2025


Monday, April 28, 2025



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