Pia Mellody is a senior clinical advisor for The Meadows and clinical consultant for Mellody House, Meadows Dakota. As one of the pioneers in the field of recovery, her theories on the effects of childhood trauma became the foundation for The Meadows’ programs and are one of the major reasons for their success.

Pia is widely known as one of the preeminent authorities in the fields of addiction

John Bradshaw is a world-famous educator, counselor, motivational speaker, author and one of the leading figures in the fields of addiction, recovery, family systems and the concept of toxic shame.

Selected by his peers as one of the 100 most influential writers on emotional health in the 20th Century, Mr. Bradshaw has literally changed the lives of millions of people around the globe through

Dr. Bessel  van der Kolk, clinical consultant for The Meadows and Mellody House, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on post-traumatic stress and related phenomena. His research has included the psychobiology of trauma, traumatic memory, the effectiveness of EMDR and the effects of trauma on human development. He is professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and medical director of the Trauma

Peter A. Levine, clinical consultant for The Meadows, Mellody House, and Dakota, is the developer of “Somatic Experiencing,” a short-term naturalistic approach to the resolution and healing of trauma. Dr. Levine leads trainings in this approach throughout the world.

Dr. Levine was a stress consultant for NASA in the development of the space shuttle and is the author of the best-selling book,”Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma,” as

Jerry Boriskin is an author, lecturer, and clinician with expertise in trauma, PTSD, and addictive disorders. He began his career in 1979 when PTSD emerged as a diagnosis. In the mid-1980s, he began working with sexual abuse survivors and addicts.

Dr. Boriskin is a pioneer in extending the continuum of care and developed two extended residential treatment programs for co-occurring disorders. A passionate advocate for integrated treatment,

Shelley Uram, M.D. is a Harvard trained, triple board-certified psychiatrist who speaks nationally and internationally on how the human brain’s survival “wiring” impacts and often interfere’s with our thriving in our lives. She is best known for taking very complex information and turning it into “easy to understand”, fascinating, and helpful presentations. Dr Uram conducts lectures, workshops, and seminars to audiences across the United States,