Magnolia New Beginnings
Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
Maureen Cavanagh, M.Ed; M.P.A is the President of Magnolia New Beginnings, a national nonprofit and peer support group with over 25,000 members, and Magnolia Recovery and Consulting Services, both founded in 2012. She holds a Master’s degree in Education and a Master’s degree in Public Administration. She is a certified trainer for CCAR’s Recovery Coach Academy and Parent Recovery Basics, an interventionist trained in the CFI Method and Arise Method of Intervention as well as trained in CRA/CRAFT Family Therapy and other behavioral approaches. Maureen is a national public speaker on the parent perspective of addiction and the author of “If You Love Me: A Mother’s Journey Through Her Daughter’s Addiction and Recovery” published by Henry Holt/Macmillan in 2018 and favorably reviewed by the New York Times. Maureen is the creator the NAADAC approved Family Focused Addiction Support Training (FAST) Program and consults to various healthcare organizations, substance use disorder treatment programs, and corporations on the creation and improvement of family wellness programs for those supporting a person with a substance use disorder. Maureen holds the core belief that addiction is a family disease, and therefore the key to improved care and sustained recovery is supporting and educating the entire family system.