About Dr. Flores
Philip J. Flores, PhD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA., is a clinical psychologist who has worked extensively for the past thirty years in the area of addictive disorders and group psychotherapy. He is a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and holds a Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders issued by the American Psychological Association. Dr. Flores is adjunct Faculty at Georgia State University and the Georgia School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University and is supervisor of group psychotherapy at Emory University. In addition to two books, Group Psychotherapy With Addiction Populations by Haworth Press, and Addiction as an Attachment Disorder by Jason Aronson Press, he has published numerous articles and chapters on addiction and group psychotherapy. Dr. Flores' latest book, Addiction as an Attachment Disorder was the 2005 Gradiva Award Winner issued by The National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. He has also presented numerous workshops nationally and internationally on these two subjects. Dr. Flores and his wife, Lisa Mahon, Ph.D., continue to run several outpatient psychotherapy groups a week in their private practice in Atlanta, Georgia.