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Nikki Giveans is the esteemed Clinical Director at The Recovery Village Palmer Lake. Her interest in behavioral health care and addiction treatment began as a volunteer at a crisis call center during her undergraduate years. She went on to pursue two master’s degrees in clinical counseling and in substance abuse counseling. Nikki specializes in military and trauma counseling and became a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a National Board Certified Counselor (NCC). She has an additional postgraduate certification in forensic rehabilitation through Auburn University and is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC).
Giveans’ work with the military community began in North Carolina where she worked at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. Following that position, she has worked in Colorado Springs in a psychiatric hospital and her own private practice, in a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane, and supervising a mobile crisis response team. She has also lived and worked overseas as a victim advocate on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
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