Jeff VanVonderen has worked as a counselor in both residential inpatient and out patient treatment settings, as well as in the religious community. He has been an Extended Adjunct Instructor at Bethel College in St. Paul, MN. and a Community Faculty Member for the University of Minnesota’s Program for Individualized Learning. For over 15 years he was part of the Senior Leadership Staff at Church of the Open Door in Minneapolis, in the area of Recovery. During that time the church grew from 350 to 6,000. Jeff co-founded and is the former Director of Passages Counseling Center, a licensed out-patient mental health clinic in Minneapolis. He has served on the advisory boards of the National Association for Christian Recovery and Urban Ventures Foundation, and has memberships in the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselors, the American Association of Christian Counselors, and the Association of Intervention Specialists. Jeff is a Certified Case Manager Interventionist – Masters Level (CCMI-M).
REFERENCES
If you would like to collect additional information about Jeff VanVonderen from people who know him well, please feel free to contact any of the following. Additional references available upon request
Dr. Dale S. Ryan, CEO
Christian Recovery International
dryan@christianrecovery.com
Fred Peterson
Freedom Works Post-Prison Outreach
P.O.Box 22703
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55422
612-278-1758
fpeterson@fwppo.org
Keith Hankinson
Hankinson Intervention
Atlanta Georgia
1-612-382-5051
David Krome, President
TransChem, Incorporated
3785 Via Nona Marie, Suite 300
Carmel, CA 93923
831-626-6140
dkrome@pacbell.net
Phil Box
Box Financial Advisors
701 4th Ave. South, Suite 1710
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-347-8621
Jeff has been a consultant for (partial list):
- Alcohol and Drug Counsel of New Brunswick, Canada
- Beeson Institute on Church Growth, TN
- Charles E. Fuller Institute, CA
- Community Intervention, Inc., MN
- Hazelden Foundation, MN
- North American Baptist Seminary, SD
- State of Tennessee
- Teen Challenge, Australia
- Wisconsin Family Based Services Association
- Youth With A Mission/University of the Nations, Hawaii
- Various Organizations in Europe and Central America
The scope of Jeff’s training includes (partial list):
- Alfred Adler Institute, Mpls. MN — Adlerian Psychology
- Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, MN — BA, MDiv Degrees
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Community Intervention, Inc., Mpls. MN
- A Plan for Community Action of Adolescent Drug Abuse
- Coaches, Kids and Chemicals: Working with Athletes
- Working with Adolescents in the Schools and Community
- Working with Elementary and Middle School Children
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- Family Renewal Center, Mpls. MN — Professional Burnout
- Hazelden Foundation, Center City, MN
- Prevention Strategies for the Classroom
- Understanding Dry Drunk Syndrome
- Health Counseling Services, Mpls. MN — Therapist/Client Sexual Boundaries
- Hennepin County Detoxification Center, Mpls. MN — Medication Administration For Unlicensed Personnel
- Minnesota Human Development Consultants, Mpls. MN — Ritual Abuse and the Treatment of Dissociative Disorders
- Minnesota State Department of Education — Chemical Health and Responsibility
- National Institute on Drug Abuse, Washington, D.C
- State of Minnesota, Criminal Justice/Chemical Dependency Interface
- University of Minnesota, Dept. of Conferences
- An Intensive Workshop on the Dynamics and Treatment of Shame
- Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia and Obesity: Overview and Update
- Assessment of Mental Health Disorders
- Developmental Issues: Their Impact Upon Recovery
- Evaluation and Treatment of Eating Disorders
- Identifying and Treating Co-Dependencies
- University of Minnesota, Education Training Consortium — Family Concepts Series
- University of Utah School on Alcoholism and other Drug Dependencies
- Willoughs Treatment Center, Naples FL — Eating Disorders
