About Dr. John Newport
Author: The Wellness-Recovery Connection
"Dr. John" Newport is uniquely qualified as an authority on the wellness - recovery connection. He holds combined doctorates in psychology and public health, and has served as an enthusiastic advocate for wellness throughout his career in the wellness, health services and addictions fields, spanning over 30 years.
Highlights include positions as:
- A wellness coordinator for a major California HMO
- A chemical dependency program coordinator and marketing specialist for a major psychiatric chain
- Designer of one of California's first HMO-based benefits packages focusing on substance abuse rehabilitation.
His doctoral dissertation in public health at UCLA focused on evolving holistic orientations to health care treatment, and his recently completed doctoral dissertation in psychology represents the first systematic, across the board investigation of the powerful connection between a wellness-oriented lifestyle and successfulness of recovery from chemical dependency. He has published over 100 articles about addictions, health care issues and the mind/body connection in health and healing, and authors a monthly column on wellness and recovery for Steps for Recovery (circulation 35,000). He is a featured contributor to Counselor:The Magazine for Addiction Professionals, The California Therapist, EAP Digest, Health Care Business, Leadership Initiative, the Journal of Holistic Medicine and Public Health Reports.
Dr. Newport currently lives in Port Townsend, Washington with his wife, Ann, and his hobbies include creative writing, hiking in the mountains and desert, and listening to straight-ahead jazz.
"Dr. Newport's enthusiasm for wellness and recovery is highly infectious."
Terence T. Gorski, leading authority on relapse prevention
"Dr. John Newport is a strong writer, who is passionate about both his topic and his craft."
Penelope Love, Editor, Counselor: The Magazine for Addiction Professionals