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Meet Our Instructors
Meet Lisa
My passion is to inspire people to live with purpose and connection and to thrive in life. A Purpose 4 Life, LLC (AP4L) is a woman-owned, small business dedicated to educating and training helping professionals in all fields. All trainings incorporate evidence-based and evidence-informed practices such as trauma-responsive (trauma informed) and motivational interviewing.
Motivational Interviewing promotes increasing skills in reflective/active listening, engagement, and partnership with individuals desiring to make difficult changes. Using Motivational Interviewing, we train individuals how to partner with others in their own change process using compassion and building confidence and proficiency in Motivational Interviewing with the helping professional. We provide a variety of quality professional development trainings on topics such as Motivational Interviewing (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Skills Practice Groups and MI for Groups), Trauma Responsiveness, Cultural Competence, Nurtured Heart Approach®, Nurturing Parenting, Circle of Security Parenting®, Grief and Loss, Medication Supported Recovery (MSR/MAT), Substance Use Disorder topics, Group Skills, Human Trafficking 101, DBT Foundational Skills, Professional Wellness, Workforce Resiliency, Embracing Families in Recovery and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). The goal is provide pertinent, practical and tailored trainings for professionals while developing overall workforce resilience and wellness for team members and supervisors.
We have the pleasure of working with aspiring business owners and entrepreneurs from all over the world. Lisa is a Certified Motivational Interviewing Network Trainer (MINT) and member of the MINT. She has a Master’s degree in Adult Learning. Lisa is a Master Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) and Certified Addiction Recovery Coach (CARC). Lisa is a Mental Health First Responder and Hope, Life and Relationship Coach. Lisa has decades of experience working in healthcare, behavioral health, substance use disorder and crisis intervention. She is passionate about supporting and providing resources to families impacted by substance use and has been a Celebrating Families lead coordinator and facilitator for over a decade.
See the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) website for more information.
Sandy has decades of clinical experience in substance use disorder, sexual abuse, and trauma.
As a clinician, she noticed that evidence-based practices rooted in practical, person-centered approaches led to the best client outcomes. She further noted that these same skills led to lower rates of burnout among her colleagues.
When she noticed a deficit in workforce education focused on these skills, she pursued a master’s degree in adult education, and she founded Authentic Trainings to fill that void.
Sandy holds various certifications, including Trauma Debriefing, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma Champion, and Advanced Motivational Interviewing Trainer. She’s a member of the NYCB Trainer Registry.
Sandy develops customized training solutions to meet the growing needs of professionals in the fields mental health, criminal justice, substance use disorder, and more to increase client engagement and retention.