Patricia Noll is a licensed mental health counselor, certified addictions professional, and acupuncture physician. Founder of Focus One, a state-licensed outpatient substance abuse program, Noll has specialized in addressing self-esteem as the root of all addiction since 1989. She has appeared on television as an addictions expert, and her addiction treatment manual has received endorsements from Deepak Chopra, Larry Dossey, Jack Kornfield, and Jacquelyn Small.