2004 OWC Forum Luncheon Speaker:  Lee Nutter, Ph.D

Lee Nutter, Ph.D. is a national consultant, trainer and conference presenter who has presented in seventeen states to professionals and other individuals involved in social services, mental health, medicine, law enforcement, judiciary, ministry, academia and military. His dissertation topic at Case Western Reserve University was “The effects of substance abuse and violence in the family of origin on dating experiences of college students”. His curriculum on “ Intervening in substance abusing and violent families” is currently used by the State of Arizona to train all new Children Services Social Workers. He has research, clinical and academic experience related to family trauma and its effects on intimacy and the intergenerational transmission of violence, substance abuse and other addictive/compulsive behaviors. Dr. Nutter has recently opened Spirit Fire, Inc., The Helping and Healing Center, a retreat center whose purpose is to aid individuals, families and organizations to grow spiritually and to function in peaceful, nonviolent ways. He has a dynamic, uplifting presentation style that often includes his sharing of his personal recovery from many of the problems and issues that he seeks to educate others about.