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Online counseling services are not intended to take the place of traditional face-to-face therapy, treatment, or help persons in crisis. See cautionary information.
If you are in crisis call 911, or 1-800-SUICIDE, or go to the Emergency Room of a hospital, or seeking other immediate help.
All services provided by Jan Williams, a licensed addictions counselor and member of the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland.
About JAN EDWARD WILLIAMS, MS, JD, CCDC, LCADC
I have personal and professional experience as a licensed certified addictions counselor (licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor) in helping persons with alcohol and other drug problems. In addition to being an addictions counselor, I am in long term recovery myself with 32 years of continuous abstinence and sobriety. I have been working as an addictions counselor for 30 years. I have been Director of Treatment at two residential treatment programs and was the Chief Substance Abuse Counselor and Program Coordinator of the Chemical Dependency Unit at the Sheppard Pratt Health Systems in Baltimore Maryland for four years.
I consider addictive disease to be a three-fold illnes: physical, emotional/mental, and spiritual. For most individuals, the strength to overcome the power of addiction cannot be found in one's own will power alone, but through help from others, including a spiritual source of strength. A few words about spirituality. I myself am a Christian, a Roman Catholic with strong faith in Jesus Christ. However, the spiritual strength needed to recover from addictive disease can be sought and found in many ways. I will help any individual seek and find his or her own path to a source of spiritual strength.
I have been Director of Loyola University in Maryland's Alcohol and Drug Education and Support Services for the past 20 years, providing education and treatment services as an addictions counselor to students. I am also an affiliate professor in the Psychology Department of Loyola College, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in drug and alcohol addictions. I also have a private practice as an addictions counselor in addition to my online addictions counseling services.
In addition to my law degree from the George Washington University Law school in Washington, D.C., I have a Master of Science degree in Pastoral Counseling, and am a CCDC, or Maryland Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor, and an LCADC, or Maryland Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
I am a member of the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland. Click here and look for my name under Find a Therapist.
Explanation of my licenses can be found here. For the CCDC, look under "Maryland Addictions Professional Certification Board" and click on "Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor". For the LCADC, look under "Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists" and click on "Certified Professional Counselor-Alcohol Drug".
To confirm my credentials as an LCADC, the equivalent to a Licensed Addictions Counselor (LCPC), with expertise in addictions,in Maryland, check the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland web site.
I will send you a copy of my resume if you wish. jwilliams@alcoholdrugsos.com.