Carmichael Finn | Executive Director | MA, LMFT, LADC, AADCR-MNBrittany Herrington didn’t lose years with her son because she refused help—she lost them because the system refused effective treatment. Kentucky’s Family Preservation and Accountability Act recognizes a hard truth we’ve ignored for too long: punishing parents for addiction often punishes children most.
Carmichael Finn | Executive Director | MA, LMFT, LADC, AADCR-MNRemoving the message “never use alone” does not reduce drug use. It increases isolation, secrecy, and stigma. Those conditions do not prevent overdoses. They turn overdoses into deaths.
Carmichael Finn | Executive Director | MA, LMFT, LADC, AADCR-MNOver the last decade, we've watched fentanyl reshape the landscape of substance use in America. Overdoses changed. Risk patterns changed. Treatment changed. And now, something even more potent is entering the supply, quietly and quickly.
Carmichael Finn | Executive Director | MA, LMFT, LADC, AADCR-MNBoundaries and compassion are not opposites, and neither are boundaries and authenticity. Supervision that lacks compassion becomes dehumanizing, while supervision that lacks boundaries becomes unsafe. Leadership is not choosing one over the other. Leadership is holding both, especially when power is involved.
