Anneshia Freeman

Anneshia Freeman, MBA, MSW, CADC, CPRM, CCS-DP is a highly rated motivational speaker and trainer for various sectors of the human service industry. She is also a member of the recovery community and is often asked to speak at local, regional, and national recovery-based conventions. Anneshia is the creator and Director of a copyrighted, trademarked, cognitive restructuring and resocialization program entitled The Lies That Bind – The Legacy of the Locks® also known as The Lies That Bind®. The program is based on the work of several experts in the fields of neuroscience and psychology as well as the results of a 15-year participant/observation, exploratory, ethnographic research project of several inner-city subcultures. Anneshia was employed at Arbor Circle Corporation from 2005 to 2012 where she trained nine MSW therapists in her program methodology. The methodology was piloted within the Mission Inn program for five years. The Mission Inn program assists women with children under the age of five in stopping the generational cycles of drug addiction and poverty in their families. Anneshia Freeman provided cognitive restructuring and resocialization program services for Drug Court and Sobriety Court clients from December 2003 – February of 2015. The Lies That Bind® is currently being utilized by 61st District Court programs facilitated by a counselor trained and certified to use the model. Anneshia developed an adolescent version of The Lies That Bind® Program that has been utilized by Central City Weed and Seed, The Hispanic Center, Urban Family Ministries, Kent County Juvenile Detention Center, Arbor Circle’s Homeless Youth program, Habitat’s YouthBuild program, Youth Opportunity Program in Toledo, Ohio, and Michigan Youth Challenge Academy. Ms. Freeman is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC), a Certified Peer Recovery Mentor (CPRM), and holds an MBA and a MSW. She completed her MSW on the King, Chavez, Park’s Future Faculty Fellowship. Anneshia Freeman is a published author, a former columnist for The Grand Rapids Times, and in 2012 established her own consulting firm known as, “Anneshia Freeman and Associates Consulting Services, LLC.” In addition to being the CEO of her own company, Ms. Freeman is currently employed by Odyssey House Corporation as the Therapist at their Flint and Saginaw locations. Ms. Freeman is known for her ability to articulate complex concepts in an easy to understand manner.