Who is This For?
Our free community presentations are open to parents, grandparents, teachers, guidance counselors, school administrators, coaches, therapists, physicians, youth leaders, and anyone else who works with or supports adolescents and young adults.
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These presentations offer the same high-level clinical education provided to healthcare professionals, and are offered to the community at no cost.
Your Presenters
Brandy Price Klingman
LCSW, BACS
St Christopher's House
Magnoila Belle
Kevin Bandy
CAP, ICDAC
Voyage Recovery Center
When Help Harms:
The Hidden Complexity of Trauma-Related Treatment
Presented to
Attendees of the Adolescent and Youth Advocacy Collective
On June 10th, 2026 in Malibu, CA
Who is This For?
For therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, interventionists, education consultants, and marketers in the adolescent treatment industry who want to learn more about the history of adolescent treatment, and how to protect young people in this system in the present and future.
Your Presenters
Dr Stella B Keitel
PSYD
Breaktide
Kevin Bandy
CAP, ICDAC
Voyage Recovery Center
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Appelbaum, P. S. (1998). Assessing patients’ capacities to consent to treatment. New England Journal of Medicine, 357(18), 1834–1840.
Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational interviewing: Helping people change (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.
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Herman, J. L. (1992). Trauma and recovery. Basic Books.
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van der Kolk, B. A. (2014). The body keeps the score. Viking.