2010 Confirmed Speaker – Steve Orenstein, LMFT

Steven Orenstein served as Director of Addiction Medicine Services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles CA., where he developed effective and cutting edge dual diagnosis and chemical dependency treatment programs. He has over 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist, interventionist, and administrator, specializing in the treatment of co-occurring disorders. He has successfully operated large facilities that provide programming for treatment-resistant adults and adolescents. Steven Orenstein has been affiliated with numerous hospitals, residential care facilities, and psychiatric medical service organizations; is a licensed clinician over 27 years; and has designed chemical dependency treatment programs that have become a model of quality care for the Southern California managed care marketplace. Steven Orenstein was also co-creator of Behavioral Health Resources, a national management and consulting company devoted exclusively to behavioral healthcare operations. Steven Orenstein has spent a considerable amount of time developing neuro-cognitive rehabilitation programs targeting the addiction population.Utilizing the latest evidence-based science available and FDA approved tools; Steven Orenstein utilizes technology (“brain-mapping”) that assesses over 293 dimensions of brain activity and cognitive abilities relating to learning, concentration, major depression, anxiety disorders, emotional trauma and memory . Steven Orenstein is the co-founder of the Brain Enhancement Institute, Playa Del Rey, CA. specializing in neuro-cognitive rehabilitation.