She has been an educator of addiction counselors in many schools including the University of California at Davis in the Addiction Studies Program, and the University of Nevada/Bureau of Alcohol and Drug summer school for Employee Assistance Professionals for 15 years. Dr. Willis has studied and presented at national conferences on multi-generational trauma and addiction.”
We are pleased that Dr. Willis took the time to share her insights on the importance of trauma informed care:
We have become aware of various miscommunications about InnerChange over the last eight days. This press release seeks to clear up some of those misunderstandings.
InnerChange has a management services product which has been designed to support residential programs and therapeutic boarding schools. Management contracts of this kind involve sharing InnerChange’s human resource systems, marketing tools, accounting services and residential staff training, in an effort to supplement and strengthen client programs. InnerChange currently provides these services only to its owned programs, but plans to offer these services more broadly.
InnerChange is interested in rational, sustainable growth. InnerChange programs have grown organically, and growth opportunities may also involve the purchase of other entities, but only if those entities fit with InnerChange’s Mission, Vision and Values. We are wise enough to understand that the leaders in any successful organization we might purchase are to be respected and honored for the sacrifices they make to build and operate a good program.
InnerChange and its key leaders have always been collaborative and generous in the sharing of “proprietary” policies, programming and ideas. We currently share our expertise with others – even our competitors – free of charge. We have been criticized of late for doing this, but conjecture and gossip will not hinder us from keeping our focus on facilitating positive change in the lives of young women.
InnerChange programs – New Haven, Sunrise and Fulshear Ranch Academy – are all Joint Commission accredited and are led by experienced, practicing clinicians. We are known for having extremely high standards and for providing the highest quality education and treatment available. For example, we are unaware of any parent choice program that engages in the depth and duration of clinical research we apply in our work with young women.
We welcome our colleagues and critics alike to visit us and our programs. Please contact Dustin Tibbitts, LMFT or Kimball DeLaMare, LCSW with questions or comments.
