TAM is happy to present Dr. Breinne Schlenke as our guest speaker on "In The Rooms" on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7pm ET. Dr. Schlenke will be addressing the topic of co-occuring disorders, with mental illness and substance abuse. Curriculum Vitae Breinne Schlenke, Psy.D.... Education: 8/2008  Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, Nova Southeastern University, Center for Psychological Studies, Fort Lauderdale, FL, APA Accredited Program, Concentration in Serious Mental Illness5/2006 M.S., Clinical Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, Nova Southeastern University, Center for Psychological Studies, Fort Lauderdale, FL, APA Accredited Program 6/2001  B.A., Cum Laude, Major in Psychology, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA Dr. Schlenke is a Licensed Psychologist at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in St. Petersburg, Florida. She will be transferring to the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in W. Palm Beach, Fl. in late January of 2015. Dr. Schlenke’s areas of expertise are serious mental illness, recovery and recovery oriented mental health and substance abuse treatment, and psychiatric rehabilitation. Her responsibilities include providing clinicians and staff with supervision, consultation, education, and training in all mental health programs within the Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service, including the Substance Abuse Treatment Program. Dr. Schlenke teaches recovery tools, conflict resolution skills, problem solving skills, communication skills, boundaries, and ethics to social workers, nurses, clinicians, Veterans and their family members. She serves as the liaison to the Pinellas County Chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness, and is responsible for planning and implementation of NAMI programming at Bay Pines VAHCS. She provides a variety of psychological services to Veterans across the lifespan diagnosed with psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, PTSD, substance use disorders, and pers care. Florida Psychologist, 62, (1) Dr. Schlenke is a guest speaker at local, state, and national conferences. Visit The Addict's Mom at: http://addictsmom.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_networkonality disorders, as well as co-morbid physical illnesses. She has experience providing individual and group psychotherapy and psychological assessments in both outpatient clinics and inpatient psychiatry units. Dr. Schlenke is published: Schlenke, B. (2011). Recovery and recovery oriented