Dr. Patricia O’Gorman, Ph.D

Dr. Patricia O’Gorman, Ph.D is an internationally-recognized public speaker known for her warm, funny, and inspiring presentations, coach, psychologist, and a consultant to Lifescape Solutions in Delray Beach, Florida. She is noted for her work on women, children of alcoholics, and trauma, in the child welfare, mental health, and substance abuse systems. She has private practice offices in: Saranac Lake, NY 12983 at 118 Main St., and Albany, New York 12208 at 233 New Scotland Ave.

She was one of the first researchers in children of alcoholics in the early 1970’s, documenting the impact of alcoholism and sobriety on adolescent development, and went on in 1974 to create the Department of Prevention and Education for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD). She has served as an international consultant to organizations in preventative and clinical strategic planning.

Dr. O’Gorman is a co-founder of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, where she serves on the Advisory Board, and has held positions ranging from Clinical Director of a child welfare agency, Executive Director of an agency serving mostly female survivors of crime and abuse, to Director of the Division of Prevention for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). She is currently Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Horses Healing Hearts (HHH), Inc. a nationally recognized equine therapy program for children of alcoholics located in Delray Beach, Florida.

She is a veteran of numerous television appearances, including Good Morning America, Today, and AM Sunday and the author of numerous articles in magazines including Addiction Today, Counselor, and Recovery.

Her newest book, her second on women and resilience, is The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power. Through the development of the concept of girly thoughts, Dr. O’Gorman brings to the topic of women and how they build resilience in the face of hardship, the same type of seminal thinking that she used to help create the Children of Alcoholics Movement. Her first book on women and resilience is Dancing Backwards in High Heels: How Women Master the Art of Resilience.

With Phil Diaz, she is the co-author of:

The Lowdown on Families Who Get High
12 Steps to Self-Parenting for Adult Children & 12 Steps to Self-Parenting Workbook
Breaking the Cycle of Addiction
Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting: The Codependency Connection, due to be published April 2012 by HCI of Deerfield Beach, Florida,

With Peter Finn, She is the co-author of:

Teaching about Alcohol

Their newest book is Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting: The Codependency Connection. Dr. O’Gorman brings to the topic of Trauma and Co-Dependency, the same type of seminal thinking that she used to help create the Children of Alcoholics Movement.

Patricia’s PR One Sheet is available here.

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For more information about Patricia, please go to: www.patriciaogorman.com

Testimonials

Being a fireman was all I ever wanted. But after the fire that took two of my buddies, I lost the desire to be a firefighter. It was all mixed up for me with what happened and all the bad memories. Your book helped me to learn how to heal myself and gave me back my life.
[John, age 41 ]
Trauma is more complex than I ever thought. When I think about it now, after reading your book, I finally understand what effect the rape had on me.
[April, age 42 ]
Awesome. This inner quest I’m on in really turning around my life.
[Codi, age 25 ]
Nowadays, as a dyed-in-the-wool codependent, I understand that this is not all bad. I have great empathy, drive, which I use at work as a public defender, and with your guidance I’m using all this to finally help myself heal. Pretty good.
[Margaret, age 54 ]
At this point I see things differently. I understand that my identity as an ACOA is more of an umbrella concept. I realize that what has been under that umbrella is trauma, lots of it. Your Self-Parenting approach to trauma and codependency has made a dramatic change in my life. I now know what I am healing from.
[Cillia, age 32 ]
I now feel I have a roadmap to deal with my trauma from my childhood, trauma re-awakened during my deployment. Not a surprise, it resulted in my taking care of everyone but myself. This I now understand was my codependent reaction. Thank you!
[Tim, age 40 ]
I never knew that my codependency was really a strength; I always thought it was a problem. After having read Healing Trauma through Self-Parenting, I have come to understand that I am stronger than I thought.

[Jeanne, age 31 ]

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