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Our Staff: the faces of Janus
A Message from Executive Director, Linda Jones
We congratulate you for seeking help to regain your life, and we promise to do our best to help you on the path of recovery.
For more than 30 years, Janus of Santa Cruz has been supporting and guiding people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. We take pride in being part of many thousands of success stories along the way. One essential key to our success is our staff and counselors, who offer compassionate and dedicated support often based on their own experiences of addiction and recovery.
I’ve been Executive Director at Janus since 2007, and have more than 20 years of clinical and management experience in healthcare services and programs.
The best part of my work at Janus? Meeting people who are learning to live their version of meaningful recovery. Hearing success stories. Offering the best place to work for our highly motivated staff members. And providing the very best treatment and services for everyone who comes through our doors.
It is a privilege to witness the healing and transformation that the people we serve experience. I am honored to be a part of this very special organization.
If you or someone you care about is struggling with drug and alcohol dependence, remember: Never give up. Trust that recovery is possible at every moment. Ask for help.
Our family is your family. Welcome.
Linda B. Jones, LICSW
Executive Director, Janus of Santa Cruz
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Dr. Bill Morris, Medical Director
I’ve been with Janus since October of 2003 and am certified to prescribe methadone and buprenorphine. My professional background covers many years of study and experience, including a two-year residency at Johns Hopkins and working in Puerto Rico and Jamaica. The best part of being at Janus is working with the people here and I can attest to the fact that the collaborative approach to providing this treatment really works. I would like any person struggling with the many challenges of drug or alcohol addiction to remember that this is an illness, not a moral weakness. We’re here to treat your illness, just like we would diabetes or cancer.
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Margie Storms, Clinical Director
I have been in the substance abuse field for the past 22 years. I’m a certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Certified Clinical Supervisor, and have a Ph.D. in Holistic Health Sciences with a dissertation on a Holistic Health Approach to Substance Abuse Treatment. The best part of my work at Janus is the staff and the clients, seeing people get free from addiction, and the heart connection that the staff have for helping and healing. I feel honored to watch the process of change that our clients go through – there is no place I would rather be.
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Chris Storms, Intake Manager
I’ve been with Janus since 2006. I have a degree in psychology and a master’s in counseling, as well as 17 years counseling experience, primarily with mental health issues, and four years in substance abuse treatment. In my work here, it is inspiring to see people return to themselves as they embrace a new recovery lifestyle. I enjoy connecting with each person seeking help, and trusting that everyone has their own unique process of recovery for their life. For those people who are looking for help with some hope and readiness to make a change, I celebrate your courage and willingness to step into the unknown.
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Christine Bassi,
Intensive Outpatient Program Counselor
I have been working at Janus of Santa Cruz since July of 2008. My favorite part of my job is that people here really care about each other. It’s like working for a family-owned and family-operated business, where the primary focus is to help others on their journey of recovery. If I could say one thing to potential clients it would be that we’re waiting and when you’re ready, we’re here for you.
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Tony Farrell,
Facilities and Sober Living Environment (SLE) Manager
I began working at Janus in 1995. As a Janus graduate myself, I know that the program works. If a person can take the time and do the things you learn in treatment, you’ll get your life back: your family, your job, the ability to communicate. It really does work. An SLE is a safe environment that allows people to live with the support of others who are in the same situation: it’s almost like a family. I’ve seen so many people get their lives back.
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Timothy Fry, Counselor
I’ve been working at Janus for the last five years. My background also includes work as a substance abuse counselor at the men’s rehabilitation center with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. The best part of my job at Janus has to be seeing hope return to faces that once only held despair. I would like foranyone dealing with drug or alcohol addiction issues to know this: that life can be beautiful again.
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Randi Hardman,
Residential Treatment Program Coordinator
I’ve been working at Janus since October of 2003.
I have 10 years of experience in Chemical Dependency Treatment, and 20 years experience in facilitating healing and positive live change. I particularly value supporting our clients in discovering a better way to live, and witnessing the healing and growth inherent in recovery. It gives me great satisfaction to work with our staff, who are dedicated and passionate about supporting our clients. With the kindness, care and support of others, change IS possible. Treatment is a courageous and amazing first step in reclaiming
your life.
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Cecilia Krebs, Community Clinic Program Director
I’ve been the Program Director of the Janus Community Clinic since 2006, and am a Certified Addictions R.N. and Psychiatric Nurse. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to offer our Clinic patients a possibility of freedom from their addiction, to raise happy and healthy children, go to school, regain dignity, be happy. I see the progress that our patients are able to make due to medication, compassionate support and professional counseling. It takes courage to make the decision to decrease or eliminate the use of a substance that has filled your needs and been a part of your life. We understand that. We’re here to support and encourage, not judge or demand.
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Carol Morgan, Clinical Supervisor
I began working at Janus in July of 2006 because I wanted to be able to serve people through my work as a counselor. I have a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and am also trained to bring healing to my patients as a Reiki Master Therapist and a Certified Massage Therapist. The best part of my work at Janus is the opportunity it brings for me to cross paths with each unique and wonderful patient and co-worker. One thing I’d like to say to people struggling with drug and alcohol issues who are thinking of coming to Janus: recovery is finding the courage to take a deep breath and begin to design the life that you want to live.
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Rebecca Romo, DUI Program Manager
I have been working with Janus since August of 1990. I started as a clerical assistant and became the DUI Program Manager in 1998; I’ve been a Registered Addiction Specialist since 2006. I truly appreciate the staff I work with and the feeling of family at Janus. I want people to know that if you’re enrolling in DUI, it’s not as terrible as you may think. You’ll learn more than you expect. We care, and are here to help youthrough a hard time in your life.
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Joni Stettner, Nursing Services Coordinator
I became a Licensed Vocational Nurse in 1980 and have been the Janus Nursing Services Coordinator since 2007. My personal interest in addiction and recovery has led me to the process of becoming a Registered Addiction Specialist. The patients are what make this work exceptional. This is a group of people who are living with an illness that is consuming them – to watch them feel better and move intorecovery is tremendously rewarding. If you need us, we’re here when you’re ready.
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Jessica Stone, Perinatal Treatment Program Coordinator at the Mondanaro-Baskin Center
After starting as a student intern with Janus’ Perinatal Program in 2006, I became the Program Coordinator in 2008 and have been a Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor since 2009. Working with our clients allows me the amazing experience to watch a mother come into treatment and over time embrace recovery and motherhood. And each member of the team of staff is vital, bringing their own experience, education and wisdom. Potential clients should know it gets easier – there is hope for change, to have the opportunity to live life without the use of substances.
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