Jim Hoffman Biography

I am a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. I have worked in addiction recovery since 1975.

• From 1975 to 1979 I worked at Today Inc. as a Night Counselor and Senior Night Counsel.

• For a year and a half, from 1979 to 1980, I worked as a Detox Counselor at Livengrin Foundation.

• From 1980 to 1982 I studied Registered Nursing and became a Registered Nurse.

• From 1982 to 1984 I worked as a Registered Nurse in Reykjavik Iceland and lived in Copenhagen Denmark.

• I returned to the Philadelphia area and worked in Behavioral Health until 1986 when I started work at Seabrook House as an Inpatient Therapist.

• For a year, 1988 to 1989, I worked as an Administrator and Director of Nursing at Maryville Inpatient Rehab.

I founded Crystal Associates in 1989. Crystal Associates has provided Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient Treatment Services, Intoxicated Driver Resources, Consulting Services to Healthcare Facilities and Industry, Co-Occurring Services, Mental Health Services, Adjudicated Services, Consulting Services to the State of New Jersey and Training Programs for Addiction Professionals. I have a special interest in working with Compulsive Gamblers. For a decade I served as a Board Member of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey and on the Board of the American Compulsive Gambling Council Certification Board. I am a member of the Association of Professionals Treating Problem Gambling. In addition to my Counseling, at times I have worked on a part time, or per diem basis, as a Registered Nurse in Behavioral Health, Homecare and Hospice.

I am now focusing and offering consulting services to agencies with an emphasis on staff development and training.

CRYSTAL ASSOCIATES

FOUNDED 1989

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND COMPULSIVE GAMBLING

RECOVERY SERVICES

CONSULTING

STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

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JIM HOFFMAN R.N., L.C.A.D.C.

DIRECTOR