Angie found We The Village in 2019, as a client in search of skills to help a loved one struggling with addiction. Inspired by the positive impact CRAFT had in her own family and driven by the need for greater access to these services, Angie became a Certified CRAFT Clinician in 2021. Since then, she has guided hundreds of people through individual and group coaching with We The Village, helping them to better support their loved ones.
In 2024, Angie joined the We The Village team full-time, became certified as a CRAFT supervisor and continues to provide CRAFT coaching to families while supporting efforts to train professionals in CRAFT.
Angie is also a trainer for Youth Mental Health First Aid, trained in facilitating SMART Friends and Family Groups, and a practitioner of the Trauma Conscious Yoga Method. Angie holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.
Erica has been a coach at We The Village since 2018. A native New Yorker, Erica is a Nationally Board Certified Mental Health Counselor and Certified CRAFT Clinician.
Erica has an extensive background working with the substance use population as well as their families and also brings with her a depth of lived experience having worked through substance use disorder in her own family.
"Helping individuals learn, heal, and grow is a deeply fulfilling experience for both myself, and the client. Off the bat I share my sense of humor, which helps foster a great therapeutic alliance from the start.
I work with my clients in a non-judgmental, creative and collaborative environment that encourages change."
Jane holds a Masters in Mental Health Counseling, a BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Yale University and is Certified CRAFT Clinician and Supervisor.
She participated in the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs in 2016, was strategy lead in the global Support Don't Punish campaign, was recognized as a real leader by Real Leaders Magazine in their 2019 Fall edition and received the Caron Unsung hero award in 2022.
After an early career in digital strategy for Fortune 500 companies—and years of firsthand experience supporting a loved one through substance use disorder—Jane turned her focus in 2017 to solving a problem dear to her heart - making a leading evidence-based therapy available to the 46% of Americans who could help a loved one recover from a substance use disorder (SUD) with proven, positive behavioral change skills that help families recover better, together.
She partnered with Dr. Robert J. Meyers, the creator of CRAFT, to produce the first and only online CRAFT program for families that has demonstrated efficacy in full-scale clinical trials and through We The Village has already helped more than 1,000 families navigate recovery together.
With our online training programs, you can confidently offer CRAFT to your clients and achieve reliable family recovery results.
With our online training program, confidently offer CRAFT to your clients and achieve reliable family recovery results.
CRAFT is proven to be the leading therapeutic approach for the almost half (46%) of Americans who are impacted by a loved one’s substance use or recovery today. It has been studied in at least 10 well controlled clinical trials and achieves reliable results.
Thanks to support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), We The Village can now offer you the only clinically validated online CRAFT training program. Our program is designed and proven to equip you with everything you need to implement CRAFT in client sessions while maintaining fidelity to the CRAFT model.
Now with our online training, in this exclusive collaboration with Dr. Robert J. Meyers, it’s never been easier to:
"This program is a wonderful blueprint for clients navigating the difficult journey of the impact of another's addiction. It provides the steps needed to guide a loved one to recovery or treatment. Every loved one of someone struggling with addiction needs CRAFT!"
"All content and delivery of the materials and concepts were provided and performed with the highest professionalism. I noticed large improvements in my knowledge of CRAFT, and the handouts were of great benefit, contributing to my increased abilities and competence as a counselor utilizing CRAFT in my work with concerned others who are supporting those living with addictions."
"I felt the training was invaluable, I just received a referral for CRAFT, I feel so good knowing I can help!!!"
"As a nurse working with opioid use disorder, I interact with families every day. We are considered on the front lines of the opiate epidemic, but it is really families who are the frontline defense. I completed the Self-Guided CRAFT training program and found the training I received to provide great value. In addition to pursuing further learning with We The Village myself, I intend to also pursue purchasing their digital training for three additional members of my nursing team who I work with so that they also gain the skills to support families, and ultimately patient recovery from opioid use disorder."
"I am so excited to finally be a certified CRAFT clinician! With CRAFT I'm experiencing such an extraordinary impact on the families I work with, and CRAFT has been met with great curiosity by colleagues who want to know my "secret sauce". I'm obviously very enthusiastic about CRAFT!"
"As a student that plans on entering the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counseling space within the next few years, this training was incredibly helpful for me. Since completing this training, I have begun an externship with an outpatient substance use clinic in Manhattan, and have been able to apply the CRAFT skills I learned with my clients there. Not only that, but taking this course definitely boosted my confidence in a therapeutic setting."
Asynchronous learning with self-paced micro-learning modules is easy to complete and apply. Trainees receive the complete introduction to CRAFT, with step-by-step guides to confidently begin using protocols in client sessions, right away.
Trainees receive the perfect balance of continued access to all online training materials coupled with dedicated live group sessions with an expert trainer to discuss and practice CRAFT.
Pursue CRAFT certification using the exact process designed by Dr. Meyers, and join an elite group
of professionals ensuring high fidelity CRAFT services and increased rates of positive client outcomes.
Pursue CRAFT certification using the exact process designed by Dr. Meyers, and join an elite group
of professionals ensuring high fidelity CRAFT services and increased rates of positive client outcomes.
Learn directly from Dr. R.J. Meyers, the creator of CRAFT, and depending on your desired practice approach, get access to the world-leading expert trainers in CRAFT.