Facilitated Growth: Experiential Activities for Recovery and Wellness

Michelle Cummings MS is the Big Wheel and founder of Training Wheels, a known leader in the Team Development industry. She is also the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer for Personify Leadership, a Leadership Development organization. Michelle is an accomplished author and a dynamic, sought-after speaker in the areas of leadership, team building, and experiential learning. Michelle has created a wide variety of facilitation, debriefing, and team- building activities that have collectively changed the way trainers and educators work.
Michelle speaks at more than fifteen local, national, and international conferences each year and authors a weekly team-building newsletter called The Spokesperson that has over 15,000 subscribers in sixty-five countries.
Michelle Cummings has authored five books:
1.    A Teachable Moment: A Facilitator’s Guide to Activities for Processing, Debriefing, Reviewing, and Reflection
2.    Bouldering Games for Kids: An Educational Guide for Traverse Walls
3.    Playing With a Full Deck: 52 Team Activities Using a Deck of Cards
4.    Setting the Conflict Compass: Activities for Conflict Resolution and Prevention
5.    Facilitated Growth: Experiential Activities for Recovery and Wellness
Michelle holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Kansas State University and a Master’s degree in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University at Mankato. She grew up on a farm in Norton, Kansas, and currently lives in Littleton, Colorado.
 

Since 2004 Marc Pimsler has worked in a variety of counseling and consulting capacities. Marc is as passionate about doing clinical work as he is counselor education and supervision. Marc maintains a private practice where he serves individuals and families in need, specializing in addressing addiction, shame, and trauma. Marc was the 2010 Georgia new counselor of the year for the Georgia Addiction Counselor Association and has been recently inducted into the 2017 National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program—focused in Addictions. Marc is proud to serve the field as the ethics committee chair for the Georgia Addiction Counselor Association. He is certified as a national addictions counselor, certified clinical supervisor, certified yoga and meditation teacher, and is also a certified practitioner with the Institute for Rapid Resolution Therapy. Marc has been intensely trained in experiential therapy as well as psychodrama. Marc is currently working on his Doctoral degree focused on counselor education and supervision. Marc is passionate about recovery, both his own as well as his clients’, believing that sometimes all we need is a helping hand and a fresh perspective. Grounded in the belief system that everyone has the capacity to recover, Marc brings humor, spirituality, and creativity to everything he is involved in. 

Dr. Diane Sherman, PhD, a substance abuse professional since 1975, began her career while serving in the U.S. Army in the capacity of Behavioral Science Specialist. She holds the national advanced credential of Master Addiction Counselor, Certified Clinical Supervisor, and Certified Addiction Counselor-II. Dr. Sherman earned her Doctorate in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology from Capella University in 2007. Since 2008 she has taught and supervised students who are in pursuit of the certified addiction counselor credential. She is a national, regional, and state presenter offering topics relevant to addiction professional, clinical, and ethical practices and clinical supervision. Dr. Sherman is the past President of the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association and recipient of the GACA President’s Award, and Bernard Carter Humanitarian Award. She also served on the board of the Georgia School of Addiction Studies, and in 2015 was honored to receive the Bruce Hoopes Pioneer Award in Addiction Treatment, a personally meaningful award, for excellence in the addiction profession