Hope Payson, LCSW, LADC is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Alcohol and Drug Counselor and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant who specializes in the treatment of addiction and trauma. She has over 30 years of experience working in a variety of community mental health and addiction treatment settings and has presented in a wide range of conferences within the US and Internationally. She currently coordinates a group private practice and provides training and consultation services to clinicians working in private and community settings. Hope is actively involved in helping addiction focused treatment programs integrate EMDR therapy throughout all phases of their programing. She is also the Producer of the documentary “Uprooting Addiction: Healing From the Ground Up”.