Weekend Schedule

2026 CAPTASA Conference Weekend Schedule

 

Thursday, January 29

8:00-9:00 p.m.     Open 12-Step Meeting

 

Friday, January 30

7:00-8:15 a.m.            Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15-8:30 a.m.            Welcome and Announcements-Brian Fingerson, BS Pharm, RPh, FAPHA
8:30-9:20 a.m.            Spirituality in Recovery – Scott Teitelbaum, MD, FAAP, FASAM
9:30-10:20 a.m.           Love and Sex Addiction in Recovering Populations: Relationship Compulsivity in Early Recovery, Dating Apps, and Traumatic Bonding – Mike Eiden, PhD, LCSW, LCADC, CSAT
10:20-10:30 a.m.        10-minute Break
10:30-11:20                Treating Dissociative Clients in SUD Treatment: Assessment, Integrating Parts Work, and Enhancing Integrative Capacity – Mike Eiden, PhD, LCSW, LCADC, CSAT
11:20-11:35 a.m.        Q&A
11:35-1:00 p.m.           Lunch
1:00-2:50 p.m.              Community Driven Pathway to Sustainable Recovery – Corrie Vilasaint,
2:50-3:10 p.m.              Break
3:10-4:00 p.m.              Medical  Marijuana. Versus Recreational marijuana – Geoff Wilson LCSW, LCADC
4:10-5:00 p.m.              Physical Activity in SUD Treatment – Amanda Janner, PhD
5:00-6:45 p.m.              Break
6:45-7:45 p.m.              Conference Banquet
8:00 p.m.                        Kasey B.
9:10 p.m.                          Open AA and Al-Anon Meeting

Saturday, January 31

6:30-7:30 a.m.              Closed AA Meeting
7:30-8:15 a.m.             Continental Breakfast
8:15-9:05 a.m.             Rewiring Reward: Can GLP-1R Agonists Curb Addictions – Steven Klein, MD, PhD
9:15-10:05 a.m.           Who helps the Helpers? Monitoring Agencies for Professionals With SUD – Brian Fingerson, BS Pharm, RPh, FAPHA; Anna Marling, RN; Tina Simpson, MD: Yvette Hourigan, JD
10:05-10:30 a.m.        Break
10:30-11:20 a.m.        The Unbearable Patient: Ethics, Empathy, and Professional Responsibility or the Patient You Just Cannot Stand-and What They Teach You About Yourself- Rob Campbell, M D
11:20-11:30 a.m.        Break
11:30-12:20 p.m.        Impact of Cannabis use by Healthcare Workers, J. William Claytor, Jr, DDS, MAGD
12:20-12:30 p.m.        Q&A
12:30-12:35 p.m.        Drawing for Door Prizes (must be present to win)
12:35-1:40 p.m.           Lunch
1:40-2:30 p.m.              Clinical Approach to Working With Teens – Kryia Lendzion, LCMHC, LCAS, CPS
2:40-3:20 p.m.              What About the Children? Caregiver SUD as an Adverse Childhood Experience –  Melissa Currie, MD
3:20 p.m.                          End of Program