Patricia O'Gorman
Dr. Patricia O'Gorman

Patricia O'Gorman, Ph.D., is noted for her work in the Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Fields, where she has held national and statewide positions. She has previously held the position of Director of the Division of Prevention of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Founding Director, National Council on Alcoholism's Department of Prevention and Education, and a co-founder of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. Currently she is the Chief Psychologist at Berkshire Farm Center, a licensed psychologist in East Chatham, N.Y., and a noted national and international lecturer and consultant, known for her warm, funny and information-packed seminars.

Her seminars include:

  • Integrating Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Services
  • Working with Adolescents Impacted by Addiction Within the Child Welfare System
  • Working with Challenging Families Addiction: A Family Systems Perspective
  • Strength-based Approaches for Working with High Risk Adolescents
  • Adoption: A Personal Perspective — A Workshop for Parents
  • Women and the 2 R's: Resiliency and Recovery
  • Women Leadership
  • The Feminine Face of Diversity
  • Self-Parenting for Helping Professionals
  • Dancing Backwards in High Heels: Mastering the Art of Resilience
  • Helpful Conversations with Your Children
  • Helpful Conversations with Your Co-workers
  • Helpful Conversations with Your Loved One

She has lectured both nationally and internationally from corporate seminars, and university settings around the United States, to events in South Korea, Israel, the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, and the retreat centers of Escalen and Omega. Her expertise in strength-based approaches has been used with a number of groups that include women, executives, families, delinquent adolescents, children of alcoholic parents, and adoptive children and families.

She is the author of 7 best-selling books. Click on the links below for more information about featured titles:

She is a veteran of numerous TV appearances including Good Morning America, The Today Show, and AM Sunday. She work is extensively quoted in the print media. She is the mother of adopted twin boys and lives in a two-hundred-year-old house in New York's Berkshires foothills.

For information on resilience and how you can identify and develop your resilience, read Dancing Backwards in High Heels and attend one of my seminars. Or better yet, arrange for a seminar. Specialized seminars are available. I look forward to seeing you there.


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