Self-injury / Self-mutilation
Janice D. Styer
Janice D. Styer, MSW, CAC Diplomate, CCDP Diplomate,
Clinical Coordinator of Caron Adolescent Treament & Addictions Counselor
Ms. Styer is the Clinical Coordinator for Caron’s Adolescent Treatment Center. She provides counseling to adolescents and their families and also trains and supervises the clinical staff. Ms. Styer helped develop gender-specific programming at the center with a focus on co-occurring issues such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self-injurious behavior and anger management.
Ms. Styer has more than 27 years of experience with women’s issues and more than 14 years of experience with adolescent development, addiction and the impact of the disease on the family. She is a frequent resource for media and other public avenues.
Ms. Styer has a Masters Degree in Social Work from Marywood University in Pennsylvania and is a board-certified addiction’s counselor. She is also board-certified to work with patients suffering from co-occurring disorders.
Paul Leslie Hokemeyer
Paul Leslie Hokemeyer, JD, PhD, LMFT
Caron New York staff member
Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based at Caron Treatment Center’s New York City Office. In addition to holding a PhD in Psychology, Dr. Hokemeyer holds a doctorate in the law. As a family therapist, Dr. Hokemeyer takes a relational approach to the treatment of addictive disorders. This approach places the client in a contextual framework that includes the person's family, friends, intimate relationships, professional relationships, the built environment and the social and cultural milieu in which they live.
A nationally-recognized expert on family dynamics and addictions, Dr. Hokemeyer is on the panel of experts for The Dr. Oz Show where he writes a bi-monthly blog. He also regularly contributes to CNN Headline News, Good Morning America, The Today Show, truTV and Oprah Radio. He authors a bi-weekly column for Telluride Inside Out titled "Shrink Wrap" and is a national spokesperson for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
For three seasons, Dr. Hokemeyer hosted a television show on Plum TV: "Biography of a Hamptons House." Through this program, he explored the emotional connection we have to our homes and the ways we are impacted by the natural and built world around us. Dr. Hokemeyer currently hosts and produces a series of author interviews for Open Road Integrated Media dealing with the intersection of Eastern philosophies and psychology.
Dr. Hokemeyer serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Division of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and Aevidum, a student run suicide prevention program.
