Dr. Bryant has been a mental healthcare provider, trainer, program developer and educator for over 30 years. He is licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services as a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT-S), Professional Counselor (LPC-S) and Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC-CCS). He also holds Approved Supervisor status on all three of those professional license boards. Dr. Bryant earned his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology (1988), Master of Arts (MA) in Marriage and Family Therapy (1991) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology and Christian Counseling (2000). His career has included three decades of clinical service, clinical education and executive management experience in large corporate healthcare settings, substance use disorder treatment centers, a large military hospital, clinical pastoral care and as a professor in higher education. Dr. Bryant is Clinical Consultant to Adaego Recovery Center. His role as Clinical Consultant has been to develop a clinical treatment program utilizing evidenced based best practices in the treatment of substance use disorder. Dr. Bryant has been on the frontline of the “opioid epidemic” helping persons with substance use disorder find support and recovery by engaging in effective substance use disorder treatment to achieve long term recovery and overall wellness in life. The clinical program that Dr. Bryant has developed for Adaego Recovery will lead the client through three phases of treatment. Phase one is the “Getting Sober” phase where the client learns how to establish initial sobriety and abstinence from intoxicants. Phase two is the “Staying Sober” phase where the client learns how to reorganize their thoughts, behaviors and attitudes to achieve a recovery lifestyle. Phase three is “The Awakening” where the client applies their recovery lifestyle to all areas of their life in pursuit of wellness.