Clinical Architect
Claudia Black Young Adult Center The Meadows
Claudia Black, PhD, is the clinical architect of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center. She serves as a Senior Fellow and has been a clinical consultant to Meadows Behavioral Healthcare since 1998.
Internationally recognized for her pioneering and cutting-edge work with family systems and addictive disorders, Dr. Black's work with children impacted by drug and alcohol addiction in the late 1970s fueled the advancement of the codependency and developmental trauma fields.
She was the first to name and coin the dysfunctional family rules, Don't Talk, Don't Trust, Don't Feel. She broke the barrier and openly discussed physical and sexual abuse in the context of addictive families. She utilized art therapy in the context of group work with young children, which offered a model for children's programs for the past four decades. She described the phenomena of delayed stress, emotional trauma, the child's denial process, the phenomena of looking good' kids as they relate to growing up with addiction, and hence the meaning and phraseology of "Adult Children of Addiction." Her writings and teachings have become a standard in the field of addictions.
Claudia holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Social Psychology from Columbia Pacific University, and a Master's Degree in Social Work and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Welfare from the University of Washington.
Monday, May 19, 2025
9:30am – 10:30am