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Jose T. Ramirez LMSW, LCDC, SAP

Jose T. Ramirez LMSW, LCDC, SAP has been serving the mental health and substance abuse population since 2002. He has been fortunate to work in detox, residential, inpatient, and outpatient settings. Jose has worked with a variety of different populations and ages throughout his career. He has experience with treating individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety, substance use, addictions outside substances, grief, trauma, and relationships. He is known for a direct approach to complex cases. Jose caters to the client’s needs and empowers them to communicate these needs with those closest to them.

Jose is certified as a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) which serves substance abuse services for United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and non-DOT employees. Jose conducts initial evaluations, formulates a treatment plan, and a follow-up evaluation with the employee before the individual returns to duty.

Jose has a strong relationship with the network of people that serve the Coastal Bend and stretches beyond the Texas state border. Jose has conducted workshops about synthetic marijuana, alcohol, illicit drug use, the treatment of drugs and alcohol, and mental health. Mr. Ramirez conducts motivational speeches about his personal experiences with social service agencies, law enforcement, and government officials across the state.

Jose conducts evaluations for individuals who have committed crimes that need legal assistance with determining the severity of their drug use. Jose has educated the public about addiction, assisted in Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trainings, and educated the judicial systems to secure the fidelity of the law.

Jose studied at the nationally recognized Center for the Study of Addiction, now known as the Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities at Texas Tech University. He received his bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Substance Abuse in 2003. He received his master’s degree in social work from Our Lady of the Lake University in 2015.

Jose is currently seeing clients at Yellow Arrow Consulting. His mission is empowering people for the journey to take back their lives.

Services to the Community

Topic Archives

• “El Camino to Self-Care” for Social Work Conference in March 2017

• “Path to Serenity” in December 2017 for NAMI

• “Up in Smoke: The Effects of Synthetic Marijuana” in August & October 2017

• “Synthetics in the Coast Bend” on July 19, 2017

• “Pharmacological, Long Term, and Short Term Effects of Marijuana” for the Cannabis Education Summit in November 2016

• “The Real Deal About Addiction” conducted in January 2013.

• “The Effects of Substance Use on Adolescents” November 2012

• “Impact of workers in the helping profession” at the F.A.C.E. Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas in 2010.

• “Hate the disease, not the person,” for Workforce Solutions in 2010.

• “Living to die, now dying to live” for Workforce Solutions in 2009 in San Antonio.

• “The impact of drugs and families” in 2009.

Guest lecturer for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Nursing Program every semester on addiction

Presentation for Corpus Christi ISD and Gregory-Portland ISD about the theories of addiction

Speaker at Aransas County for dispatchers

Presentation for Aransas County Police Crisis Intervention Training

Speaker for Nueces County Police Crisis Intervention Training

Speaker at the Board of Trustees for Our Lady of the Lake’s online program January 28, 2016

Presentation for Rockport ISD bringing awareness about substance awarenss

Media Links

KIII news- August 2016-Synthetic Marijuana

https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/conference-held-to-discuss-synthetic-marijuana-problem/309556507

Caller Times newspaper article- August 2016-Synthetic Marijuana http://archive.caller.com/news/local/therapist-urges-schools-to-warn-students-about-synthetic-marijuana-3afe7982-621b-2881-e053-0100007fb-391438781.html/

KIII news- November 2018-Judge Prosecuted for Alcohol Abuse

https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/judge-guy-williams-arrested-overnight-on-dwi-charge/503-612971132

Univision- September 2019-Suicide Awareness Week

Caller Times newspaper article- December 2015

KIII news- 2015-Wax

San Antonio Chapter of the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals (TAAP) in 2014

National Association of for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)

Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work and the Delta Delta Chapter for Social Work

Member of the Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC)

National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) member of the Greater Corpus Christi Chapter

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Nominated Employee of the Year for HCA’s Corpus Christi Medical Center in 2014.

Most Outstanding Student in Fieldwork for Our Lady of the Lake University 2014.

Community Service Award from the Palmer Drug Abuse Program in 2014.

US DOT SAP EVALUATIONS

Jose is a Qualified Substance Abuse Professionals (SAP) committed to the mandate of protecting public safety by returning safe employees to the workplace following a thorough evaluation and appropriate treatment. Employees can expect timely service at a reasonable cost. Employers can expect employees who are unlikely to have subsequent violations. The public can expect reliable safe work from employees in safety-sensitive positions.