About the Instructor

Michele Packard is the Executive Director of Sage Training & Consulting, with headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Packard is a licensed psychologist and certified addictions counselor with over 20 years in the mental health field. She is co-author of a chapter titled Innovations in the Treatment of Dual Disorders in the 2nd edition of Motivational Interviewing, as well as author of a number of articles including Coping with bipolar disorder: Advice for family members; Assessment of the problem drinker and Offender Risk-Modification Training. She is currently working on a book on Treatment Planning with the Personality Disorder Client in Brief and Longer-Term Settings.  

Dr. Packard has been a national trainer since 1990 for American Counseling Association, National Association of Drug Abuse Counselors and US Journal Training, to name a few. She travels extensively in the United States and Canada as a trainer for mental health professionals and for corporate speaking engagements.  

She served as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Colorado from 1980 -1988. Since 1993 she has served as a policy consultant to American Psychological Association, the Alberta Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and many agencies providing mental health and substance abuse treatment.  

In 1993 she was voted Best Trainer by Colorado addictions program directors. In 1997 she was a recipient of the Best Practices Award by Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Interest Group. Dr. Packard is an invited track speaker for the July, 2004 AMHCA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Most recently she has presented at the Milton Erikson Brief Therapy Conference and at the Betty Ford Center.