Jan Hughes is a clinical social with over twenty-five years experience in community mental health. Jan provides individual, family, and marital counseling, including services for children age four and older. She learned Twelve-Step recovery in 1989 as a member of Codependents Anonymous for Helping Professionals. Her specialties include treatment of child sexual abuse and applications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. She has great respect for the Enneagram, which she studied for nine years before beginning to use it with clients in 1996. With her husband, Paul Warren, she facilitates drum circles according to the HeathRhythms protocol and finds their drums and backyard labyrinth important expressions of her spirituality.

Jan was graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington (Bachelor in Sociology) and the University of Texas at Austin (Master of Science in Social Work). Born and raised in Fort Worth, she has a native's understanding of Texas.

Jan's voicemail message (option 2 on the office phone) makes her laugh: "I say, 'This is Jan Hughes, also known as Sharon Jan Hughes.' It sounds like I have an alias!" She puts the "Sharon" in for the insurance companies, who use her social work license to list her. Don't let it confuse you!

Jan has multiple roles at Courage2Change. Besides providing therapy, she maintains the website and keeps the books. Take your kudos and complaints to Jan!