When identifying factors for success for people seeking to achieve and maintain long term recovery from substance use disorder one item that stands out is the need for individualized program management. During this presentation we will outline several strategies that we have found successful in our efforts to provide individualized recovery planning in a transitional living environment. Among those strategies are, empowering people to take control of their recovery, motivation through personal goal setting, and holding people accountable to their own recovery plan. We believe these methods are effective, and we are excited to share them!
Tammie Dusoe, LASUDC
Tammie was born and raised in Salt Lake City. She is the 7th of 9 children and the only one in her family to graduate with a college degree. Graduated from the University of Phoenix in 2007.
Tammie has been working in the field of substance abuse for the past 27 years. It began in 1987 while working as the continued care director for Pioneer Healthcare for 11 years. She then went on to write an outpatient program for the Utah Alcoholism Foundation. From there she and her husband decided to make a go on their own.
A/D began their journey in 1998 and built one of the first privately owned outpatient treatment centers in Sandy, Utah.
Tammie continued to work as the outpatient director. She went on to become certified in trauma informed yoga and yoga for addition in 2013. She believes in working with movement and breathe to help clients with addictive disorders.
Tammie and her husband Michael have 3 children and live in Sandy Utah.
Michael Dusoe, LCSW
For over 35 years, Mike Dusoe, PhD, LCSW has been a noteworthy leader in the addiction treatment arena. Beginning in 1985 Mike was involved in recovery as the Aftercare Director at Highland Ridge Hospital in Salt Lake City Hospital. Eventually, Mike was offered the position of Vice President of the Utah Alcoholism Foundation in Salt Lake where he held that position before developing a private practice.Prior to all of that, he was a Massachusetts State Trooper until he was injured on the job and was honorably discharged following a job-related injury.
Mike’s favorite job historically was as a Lifeguard on an East Coast Surf Beach for 5 years. Mike frequently can be heard longing for another stint at that beach.
Some of you may also know him from his work as the Owner/Founder of A/D Psychotherapy and Clinical Consulting Inc. in Sandy, Utah which he founded in 1986. Mike has been honored as the Treatment Professional of The Year 2020 for his contributions to addicted individuals in the Salt Lake area of Utah. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Massachusetts, as well as a master's degree and a Doctorate in Social Work from the University of Utah. Mike also was admitted to and attended the University of Ulster in Londonderry, Northern Ireland for an optional 16 week practicum experience during “The Troubles” in that area. Mike in the recent past taught in the Social Work SUDC program at the University of Utah Graduate School of Social Work.
Mike and his wife Tammie reside in Sandy Utah where they have fathered three children together one of whom Dylan is presently preparing for graduate school in pursuit of an MSW Degree. Together they enjoy traveling whenever they can together.
Dylan Dusoe, LSUDC
Dylan Dusoe is a second-generation behavioral health provider. Both of Dylan’s parents, Mike, and Tammie Dusoe, have been pillars of the behavioral health community for the past 35 years. Dylan is in long-term recovery and has been sober since 2012. Dylan knows firsthand the struggles mental health and substance use disorders can bring to someone’s life. Dylan is currently the CEO of A/D Psychotherapy and Clinical Consulting and has been with the company for over 8 years. Dylan also owns and operates a transitional living since 2017, Vitality Living. Seeing a need for more structure in a transitional living environment, he has offered a bridge to the gap between residential treatment and outpatient care. Dylan is a licensed substance use disorder counselor and is currently pursuing his master’s in social work at Arizona State University.
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