Next Meeting is Thursday, Jan 26th at 10:30 A.M.
Due to internal and facility scheduling conflicts, we are not having our previously scheduled SOAP Meeting on November 30th.
We are especially disappointed to miss out hearing from Dr. Stephanie Herring, whom we hope will be a featured guest in our 2023 schedule.
2023 meetings will be return to the “last Thursday” of the month, and most likely will be ‘in-person’ at the La Jolla Village Square Room (but keep an eye on your emails and the SOAP site for confirmation).
Meet Dr. Stephanie Herring, a clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience working in the mental health and substance abuse field.
After working in acute psychiatric hospitals, for the County of Orange, and in private practice, Dr. Herring worked at the Betty Ford Center in the ‘90’s and was supervised by world-renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Pursch. She worked at Cornerstone of Southern California for over 18 years and now practices at Nsight Psychology and Addiction in Newport Beach, CA.
Over the last 8 years, Dr. Herring has been working in the role of “Director of Alternative Sentencing” and has made a name for herself within the judicial system, acquiring the utmost respect, trust and rapport from judicial officers, district attorneys, the probation department and criminal defense attorneys. Her primary goal has been to advocate for clients that have chemical dependency and mental health issues to receive alternative sentencing in the means of treatment in lieu of incarceration.
Dr. Herring has worked with thousands of clients, in conjunction with their attorney’s, wherein she provides pertinent bio-psycho-social information about her clients to judges, district attorney’s and probation officers, to explain how treatment can be a better alternative to incarceration, as many of these clients have never received treatment to address their underlying addiction and psychiatric ailments and if left untreated, may likely lead to ongoing illegal activity and hence, re-offend. She provides ongoing support to her clients and their families, through all aspects of their criminal proceedings.