Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Swarbrick, OTR, FAOTA, is the Associate Director
of the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies and a Research
Professor in the Applied Department of GSAPP. Over her career, she has
made significant contributions to the body of literature in occupational
therapy, nursing, and community behavioral health care practice,
focused on topics such as the 8 dimensions of wellness, wellness
coaching, peer support, health disparities and social determinants of
health, financial wellness, employment, trauma, and self-care. She
developed a strength based 8-dimensional wellness model to promote
recovery from mental health and substance use. Dr Swarbrick is known for
bringing the voices and needs of people to the table by collaborating
with the peer community and family groups to identify and address social
determinants that are barriers to recovery and wellness. She has
created self-care wellness programs for people in recovery, caregivers,
families, youth, and professionals. She worked for many years at the Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Wellness Institute.
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