Harm Reduction Therapy Center
2001-2002 Advisory Council

Daniel Abrahamson
Director of Legal Affairs
Drug Policy Alliance (Lindesmith Center)
Michael Aldrich, PhD
Executive Director
Californians Helping to Alleviate Medical Problems
Jashua Bamberger, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Housing and Urban Health
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Dan Bigg, CRADC
Director of Clinical Services and Research
Chicago Recovery Alliance
Pat Christen, CRADC
Executive Director
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Nannette Finley-Hancock, PhD, MFT
Psychotherapist, Consultant, Director of Mental Health Services
AIDS Minority Health Initiatives, Bay Area Black Consortium for Quality Healthcare, Inc.
Barbara A. Garcia, DMH
Assistant Director
Instituto Familiar de la Raza
Community Programs
Alice A. Gleghorn, PhD
Director of Research, Epidemiology and Grants
S.F. Department of Public Health
Community Substance Abuse Services
Davis Y. Ja, PhD
President
Davis Y. Ja and Associates, Inc.
Scott Madover, PhD
Psychologist, Consultant
Telecare Corporation
G. Alan Marlatt, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Addictive Behaviors Research Center
University of Washington
Sheigla Murphy, PhD
Director, Center for Substance Abuse Studies
Institute for Scientific Analysis
John D. Preston, PsyD, ABPP
Psychologist & Author of Psychopharmacology
Alliant International University
Andre Robertson
Director of Prevention
Black Coalition on AIDS, Inc.
Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD
Director
Drug Policy Alliance West
Maureen E. Rule, MA, LPC
Clinical Advisor/Team Leader
Health Care for the Homeless, Albuquerque
Harm Reduction Outreach Program
Lonny Shavelson, MD
Physician and Author of "Hooked"
Michael D. Siever, PhD
Project Director
UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry at SF General Hospital
The Stonewall Project and S. T. 0. P. (Div. Of Substance Abuse and Addiction Medicine)
James Sorenson, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry
San Francisco Treatment Research Center, University of California, San Francisco
Gary Spicer
Coordinator of Evaluations and Decision Support
Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare
Edith Springer, ACSW
Harm Reduction Trainer, Consultant
Edith Springer Associates
Andrew Tartarsky, PhD
Co-Director
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Training Associates
John Taylor
Psychologist
Smithers Institute

HRTC has a training program for therapists, chemical dependency staff, and mental health staff interested in an alternative and integrated approach to treating drug and alcohol use problems. This service is currently offered through its founder's program – Addiction Treatment Alternatives.
Although located in the San Francisco Bay Area, HRTC can provide referrals and links to alternative treatment resources nationwide.  HRTC is governed by a Board of Directors and guided by an Advisory Council of local and national experts in substance abuse and mental health treatment and research.  If you would like more information about HRTC, please  eMail us.
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