Eric C. Arauz BA, MLER

Dr. Arauz is Considered one of the best pure orators in the United States, Eric Arauz is lead trainer and international keynote speaker through his consulting firm, A.I.E., specializing in living with trauma/PTSD, suicide-related issues, child abuse, veterans issues, and addiction. Having suffered extensive child abuse at the hands of a father with mental illness, and his own institutionalization in 1995, Eric speaks openly about his personal “triumph over the demons of substance abuse, child abuse, psychosis, and post-traumatic stress disorder” and how the mental health community can better serve their patients.

Eric holds a BA in American Studies from Rutgers University with High Honors and a Masters Degree from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management of Labor Relations. He is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, a Special State Officer on the New Jersey Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, a 2009 SAMHSA/US Dept. of Health and Human Services "Voice Award" recipient, and New York Times contributor. In 2012, Eric published his first book, An American’s Resurrection.