This Research-Based Presentation was for the International Association of Trauma and Resilience Counseling Chapter of the ACA in November 2025

Understanding the profound connections between intergenerational trauma, neurobiological adaptation, and substance use disorders opens new pathways for comprehensive treatment and prevention strategies.

Learning Objectives: Different evidence based treatment approaches for alcohol use disorder in abstinence vs harm reduction services, developmental trauma in the context of addiction across the lifecycle, epigenetic research, definitions of shame and trauma, neurobiology of addiction and trauma.