We are thrilled to announce an upcoming free workshop with Dr. Gabor Maté!

Snohomish County Human Services - Behavioral Health invites you to join us for three hours of learning and discussion with Dr. Maté. Dr. Maté will focus his discussion on The Hungry Ghost: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Addiction, from Heroin to Workaholism.

Dr. Maté is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. To learn more about him go to www.https://drgabormate.com/.

Hope you join us!

Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am - Welcome

9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Dr. Gabor Maté

We will be providing 3 Hours:

CEU Credits to Mental Health and Social Work Professionals

CEU Credits to Substance Abuse Professionals

Clock Hours to Educational Professionals

Speaker

Dr. Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté (pronunciation: GAH-bor MAH-tay) is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in twenty-five languages, Dr. Gabor Mate' is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection; Scattered: How ADD Originates and What You Can Do About It; and (with Gordon Neufeld) Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. To learn more, join his e-news list at www.drgabormate.com.