Ted Perkins

Recovery Movie Meet-Ups

Founder & President

SESSION DETAILS

PATHWAY:

MOVIE MEET-UPS

SESSION TITLE:

How to Use Films About Addiction & Recovery in Group Sessions to Generate Powerful, Transformative Moments That Can Lead to Lasting Change

SESSION DESCRIPTION:

Perkins will describe a new alternative approach to traditional addiction treatment, specifically how to leverage the power of films to help people heal.

BIOGRAPHY:

Ted Perkins is a former Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Studio executive, university lecturer, public speaker, Hollywood producer, virtual reality entrepreneur, and successful working film and TV series screenwriter. He volunteers his time as an addiction and recovery YouTube personality, sobriety mentor, and has helped thousands of people on their recovery journey through his essays, videos and weekly SMART Recovery meetings. He is the author of ADDICTED in FILM: Movies We Love About the Habits We Hate and Founder/CEO of the new mutual support meeting format Recovery Movie Meet-Ups. Perkins has lived and worked in over 50 countries, and now resides in Los Angeles.