Disruptive Professionals
For Distressed or Disruptive Professionals – P.O.W.E.R
P.O.W.E.R. (Personal and occupational wellness, efficacy and rejuvenation) consists of a seven- to nine-day treatment track for disruptive professionals and/or a three-day CME course that focuses on disruptive behavior, boundaries and anger management in the workplace.
UF physicians and Shands licensed clinical social workers and therapists offer a full continuum of services that are individualized to meet the professional’s needs including evaluations (outpatient, two-day consultations and policy development.)
Why choose P.O.W.E.R.?
The P.O.W.E.R. program provides referral sources and participants with unique resources to help maximize behavior change including:
- Intensive, time-limited intervention that minimizes participant life disruption while maximizing treatment outcome
- University of Florida faculty with a century of combined experience in evaluating and treating impaired professionals
- Extensive experience in working with employers, licensing boards and professional organizations
- Extensive, individualized monitoring to ensure compliance and quick identification and remediation of any relapse behaviors
- Convenient, web-based individual and group aftercare that provides support and intervention at a minimal cost
POWER Track Overview
The complexities of modern society create unique stressors for professionals that can lead to dysfunctional behavior and disruption in the workplace that interferes with the health and mission of both the professional and the organization.
The P.O.W.E.R. track at the Florida Recovery Center is specifically designed for physicians, executives, professionals and other business leaders who exhibit negative stress reaction, communication problems, dysfunctional interpersonal relationships or behaviors leading to a disruptive work environment.
Our goal is to help professionals develop more effective coping through a brief, intensive, holistic program that utilizes didactics, therapy, anger management treatment and experiential learning.
The P.O.W.E.R. track is not simply a remedy for disruptive behavior, but rather a transformational experience that will enhance the quality of life for the participants, their families, coworkers and their organization.
Who We Are
Martha E. Brown, M.D. is an associate professor with the University of Florida Department of Psychiatry. She is also the associate medical director for the Florida Physician Health Program (PRN). Dr. Brown is a national expert on impaired and disruptive physicians and an active member of the Federation of State Physician Health Programs (FSPHP). Her clinical research and practice occurs through the Florida Recovery Center, evaluations of impaired professionals, consultations with Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Football League (NFL) and continuing medical education (CME) courses for prescribers and disruptive physicians.
Michael Herkov, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida. He is also the program director for P.O.W.E.R. Herkov is an expert in the areas of psychological and neuropsychological assessment and fitness-for-duty evaluation for professionals including physicians, nurses, attorneys and judges. He has been involved in the assessment and treatment of impaired and disruptive professionals for nearly 20 years and has testified before various healthcare and legal licensing boards. He currently serves as a consultant to the Florida Professionals Resource Network and the Florida Board of Bar Examiners.
John Harden, M.S.W., M.P.H., L.C.S.W. is the executive director for the Florida Recovery Center, and he is also on faculty with the University of Florida Department of Psychiatry in the division of addiction medicine. With 25 years of clinical experience in addiction and related disorders, Mr. Harden remains active in clinical practice utilizing a systems approach to affect change and recovery. He has evaluated and successfully treated more than 1,000 physicians and other health-care professionals, earning his reputation as a top expert in the field.
For more information about the recovery track for disruptive professionals, please call 352.265.4FRC(4372).