Therapy Department

Family-centered therapy is a vital aspect of the Epworth Village, Inc. program. The therapy department consists of nine therapists, one of whom specializes in sexual abuse issues. All therapists are Masters Level and either provisionally licensed or fully licensed. A therapist maintains their licensure with continuing education credits. Overall, the department provides individual and family therapy for 77 clients. Each therapist also provides group therapy for all five residential units and three day treatment groups.

The goal of the Epworth Village, Inc. therapy department is to help youth and their families find solutions for their problems and help them deal with a myriad of issues they may be struggling with.

• Therapists use home visits and family therapy to prepare the child and their family for the child’s reintegration into the home.
  
• Therapists participate in the treatment planning process which includes other departments of Epworth Village, Inc., as well as outside agencies involved in the child’s life.
  
• Therapists help transition the client and family to another therapist when they leave the Epworth Village, Inc. treatment program.

Eunice Williams M.Ed.
Director of Therapeutic Services

For more than 20 years, Eunice Williams has dedicated her therapeutic expertise to Epworth Village, Inc. Here is a portion of the story behind the caring heart that has served children for two decades. “I grew up about five miles outside of Henderson, Nebraska on the farm and went to country school. It was a one-room school in District 73 West. There were probably about 13 to 16 students,” she said. After graduating from high school, Williams got her B.A. degree in Sacred Music from Grace University in Omaha, Ne. and a B.A. in Social Work from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. During this time, she met her husband. When children began to arrive, Williams said she valued her years as a stay-at-home mother more than anything. More...