Laurie Conaty is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist with 30+ years of experience providing mental health and substance use disorder treatment and program development-including Adolescent & Adult Co-occurring Disorder treatments. She is EMDR Level 1 trained, DBT trained, Seven Challenges trained and trained in Jeff and Debra Jay’s “Love First Clinical Interventions.” She is a member of Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Addiction Professionals of NC, NC Society for Clinical Social Work and NC – NASW.
Laurie was awarded a Letter of Commendation from Fairfax County, VA Community Services Board for developing, implementing and managing a community based apartment program for adults with co-occurring disorders to live, work and practice their recovery in the community.
She has held Clinical Faculty appointments at both Duke University and UNC-CH, in their respective Departments of Psychiatry. In 2004, she was named Clinical Social Worker of the Year, for her work in advocating and exemplifying best practice, including integrated care.
Laurie provides Motivational Interviewing training and just finished up a year providing The ASAM Criteria training for The Change Companies throughout the US.
In addition to training and consultation, she provides outpatient therapy through her practice, in Sanford, NC.