"People told me, when I was coming through the ranks, that a mark of a great actor is one who deals with the period of unemployment as well as they deal with the period of employment." -- Claudia Black
Claudia Black, M.S.W., Ph.D. [1] is a renowned author and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. Since the 1970’s Dr. Black’s work has encompassed the impact of addiction on young and adult children. She offers models of intervention and treatment related to family violence, multi-addictions, relapse, anger, depression and women’s issues. Dr. Black designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in the field of family service, mental health, addiction and correctional services and speaks to thousands of people every year.
She is Senior Clinical and Family Services Advisor for Las Vegas Recovery Center[2]; Senior Editorial Advisor for Central Recovery Press [3]; she serves on the Advisory Board for the National Association of Children of Alcoholics,[4] and the Advisory Council of the Moyer Foundation[5].
Dr. Black is the recipient of numerous national awards including the 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Washington School of Social Work.
Dr. Black has been a keynote speaker on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. and on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. Her workshops have been presented to an extraordinarily wide array of audiences including military academies, prison systems, medical schools, and extensive mental health and addiction programs. Claudia has extensive multi-cultural experiences working with agencies and audiences in Japan, Brazil, Australia, Scotland, Iceland, Germany, England and Canada.
"I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay.""My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all.""One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work.""The crew are the faces you see every morning and last at night before you go home. I spend more time with those people than I do with my friends and family, so they're forever a part of you and who you become as an actor so I hope I see them again.""Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe."
It Will Never Happen To Me , Changing Course, My Dad Loves Me My Dad Has A Disease, Repeat After Me,It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy Childhood, Relapse Toolkit, A Hole in the Sidewalk, Depression Strategies, Straight Talk, The Stamp Game, Family Strategies,Anger Strategies, and her newest book -Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies and Secrets.
Dr. Black has produced several audio CDs and over twenty DVDs. Many of her books and videos have been translated and published abroad.
Claudia resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two westies.