Alison is the Clinical Supervisor at Caron Renaissance, a treatment facility for substance misuse and mental health disorders treatment. In this episode, Alison shares her personal experience as a victim or human trafficking and her extensive volunteer work with the FBI and the Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force in Philadelphia, where she participated in a national initiative to raise awareness about addiction and human sex trafficking in 2018. Alison was keynote speaker at the Buck’s Coalition Against Trafficking conference in PA in 2018. She was also featured in an FBI public education video production wherein she shares her personal ordeal as a survivor of human trafficking. The audio is depicted in this episode. This original FBI video can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm2QnPSiVpg

The Good Counsel Podcast is an exploration into the world of helping professionals from various disciplines and walks of life. The goal of the podcast is to discover the motivations and methodologies of these unique individuals in order to satisfy and arouse curiosity among members of the public who have an interest in this area of discussion. 

The intention of the Podcast is to incorporate a definition of ‘helping professional’ that is diverse. Good Counsel Podcast interviewees will include Psychotherapists, Medical Professionals, Life Coaches, Interventionists, Spiritual Healers, Substance Use Disorder Treatment Professionals and Educators amongst others, in order to capture a broad range of disciplines.

My hope is to increase awareness and reduce stigma among the general public around mental health issues, substance use disorders and related problems while exposing people to the abundance and variety of help that is available to them. © Copyright 2023, Produced by Eric Bricker; Theme music composed and performed by Eric Bricker.