3rd International Conference on
Addiction and Rehabilitation

Sam Vaknin is Visiting Professor of Psychology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia and Professor of Finance and Psychology in CIAPS (Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies). Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited and other books about personality disorders. His work is cited in hundreds of books and dozens of academic papers. He spent the past 6 years developing Cold Therapy: a treatment modality for Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Over the years, with dozens of volunteers, he found that it was effective with clients suffering from a major depressive episode as well.

Dr. Paulo Eduardo Benzoni - Psychologist (USP) - Specialist in Business Administration from FEA “ USP. - Master's degree in Health Promotion (UNIFRAN) - Doctorate in Psychology working with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PUC-Camp). - Expert in the study of mechanisms of psychological stress, occupational stress, and sick leave stress. - Coordinator of Professional Master Degree in Psychology, full professor and researcher at Universidade Paulista UNIP/Brazil - Leader of Research Group of Mental Health in Institutional Contexts. - Participant in Individual Research Program for Professors of Vice-Rectory of Research and Postgraduation at Universidade Paulista-UNIP. - Collaborator in research in the "Centre D´Etude et de Recherche en Santé Mentale et Travail" of Canada and Universidade Autônoma de Lisboa. - Visiting Professor at Zagreb School of Business “ Croatia “ (Eramus+) - With a lot of articles, tools, books, and chapters about stress and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy published.

Judith Miller, PhD, CAC III, Registered Psychotherapist, LENS Adv. Certified, QMAP, EMDR CEO, founder of Soaring Hope Recovery Center in Monument, Colorado. She received her Doctorate in Human Developmental and Family Relations and has decades of experience in Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with a focus on addictions. Her last ten years’ experience is in the area of neuroscience. She provides science-based addiction recovery opportunities to those afflicted with the brain disease of addiction. This state-of-the-science recovery regime includes “Using the brain for a change”, i.e., neurotransmitter rebalancing, brain imaging, and neurofeedback to treat addiction, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, trauma, PTSD, PMS and other afflictions controlled by the brain

Prof. Dr. C.P Abdolrasoul Aleezaadeh completed his Post Doctorate in (Psychology) at Approach of Applied Clinical Cognitive Neuropsychology from the USA.