Bob Faghan, MLADC

Bob Faghan, MLADC, is the founder and Program Director of Live Free Adolescent Recovery and the developer of the Live Free Adolescent Recovery School Based Peer Recovery Model™, an innovative approach that positions trusted peer relationships as an important part of early intervention and student support. He is also the author of Where Students Turn First: Rethinking Peer Influence, Early Intervention, and the Architecture of School Support.

A Master Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in New Hampshire and Maine, Bob brings 27 years of clinical experience working with adolescents, families, and communities. For the past 14 years, he has worked as a school-based clinician in New Hampshire, where his work has focused on helping schools recognize and respond to student distress before it escalates into crisis. His experience has given him a unique perspective on the space between when a student first begins to struggle, when a peer recognizes that something is wrong, and when adults and school systems are able to respond.

Bob has trained students, educators, school leaders, and other professionals to better understand peer influence, early intervention, recovery, and safe pathways for connecting students to adult support. His work challenges schools to move beyond viewing peer relationships primarily as a risk and instead consider how those relationships can become a carefully structured component of a school’s SEL and MTSS infrastructure.

He has presented his work at regional and national conferences and will be a presenter at the 2026 New Hampshire Behavioral Health Summit. Bob holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Clinical Psychology from Bridgewater State University.