The Health Education and Training Institute

25 Middle Street, Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 773-3275

Health Education and Training Institute

OmiSade Ali, MA, LADC, CCS

Sadé Ali, MA, CAC, CCS, is the Deputy Director of Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral
Health and Mental Retardation Services. She is a credentialed Alcohol and Drug Counselor
and a Certified Clinical Supervisor. She consults with SAMHSA as one of the reader/authors
for the new curriculum being published soon on Person-directed Care and has created a
clinical instrument that will be published in that curriculum. The instrument focuses not on
areas of disease and dysfunction but on strengths-based aspects related to culture and
capacity. Ms. Ali has traveled the US and Canada extensively providing culturally-appropriate
recovery management training. For the past fourteen years, Ms. Ali has been on the faculty of
the New England Institute of Addiction Studies. She is also a member of the faculty of Brown
University's Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC-NE) where she provides education
on Culturally-appropriate Recovery Planning and Working with Indigenous Healers in some
African-origin, Native American and Latino Communities. Ms. Ali has been a member of the
faculty of the Rutgers Summer School of Addiction Studies and the Austin, Texas (TCADA)
Summer Institute. She has published her thesis and other scholarly articles on culturally
appropriate recovery services and their efficacy in the field. Ms. Ali has planned and
developed peer services that have drawn national recognition and she has been in the field
of Behavioral Health Services for over 38 years. Ms. Ali holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Counseling Psychology and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with a concentration on
the African schools of thought and will be returning to her work in a doctoral program for a
PhD in Health Psychology. Additionally, she holds a certificate of Clinical Pastoral
Counseling and is a Chaplain.