Contributors

Adrienne Webster is an Addiction Counselor Licensure Candidate (ACLC) in Bozeman, Montana. After completing her B.A. in Media Arts from Montana State University, she worked for many years as a freelance writer and photographer. Her curiosity about people and their stories and her desire to be a source of compassion and support to others eventually […]

Amanda Lautieri is a Senior Content Editor at American Addiction Centers with more than 10 years of professional editing experience.

Amelia Sharp is a content specialist at American Addiction Centers (AAC). She has worked in the mental health field for over five years and focuses on creating helpful and informative content for large-scale companies. To expand her reach to companies across the nation, Amelia founded Optics Content Strategy, LLC. With an expansive background in ghost […]

Amy Brown received her Masters in Social Work from the University of South Florida. Through her clinical practice providing counseling to combat veterans and their families, Ms. Brown has gained experience addressing challenges relating to mental health and substance abuse, including co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Ms. Brown has also engaged in research […]

Anna Spooner has been a content and copywriter since 2011. She strives to make all of her writing approachable, easy to understand, and fun to read. After graduating college, Anna worked at an insurance company for 11 years. She maintained an insurance license, answered customer questions about insurance in dozens of states, and managed to […]

Brittany Tackett is a psychotherapist, life coach, writer, yoga teacher, and founder of Heartful Recovery, a recovery support program that helps people create transformational change in their lives.

Camille Zalar earned her master’s in health administration from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and her nursing degrees from Kent State University in Ashtabula, Ohio. She is a Certified Addictions Registered Nurse (CARN) with over 20 years of experience working in behavioral, mental health, and addiction care. She’s an advocate for patients and families seeking […]

Carrie Hauck is a Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor (LCAC). She has worked in the field of mental health for 10 years and has a specialty in addiction treatment.

Charity Anderson is a prevention specialist and freelance writer with over ten years of experience supporting vulnerable communities. After spending several years working in education and mental health, and seeing the gaps in services continue to widen, Charity realized that more efforts were needed in promoting primary prevention. She decided to pursue her post-graduate work […]