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Peer Recovery Specialist
CDAC Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
Jermaine J. Williams is a nationally recognized peer recovery specialist, filmmaker and mental health professional with more than a decade of lived recovery experience.
He has dedicated his career to advancing compassionate, person-centered approaches to mental health and substance use care, with a strong belief that addiction and mental illness should be treated as public health issues rather than criminal justice problems.
Williams serves as a peer recovery specialist with CDAC Behavioral Healthcare, where he works directly with individuals navigating substance use and mental health challenges. In this role, he provides peer support, recovery planning, crisis de-escalation and advocacy rooted in lived experience and accountability.
He also serves as a Mental Health First Aid Instructor with the Cypress Resilience Project, where he trains and certifies individuals in Mental Health First Aid. Through this work, Williams equips community members, educators, faith leaders, first responders and organizations with the tools to recognize mental health challenges, respond appropriately and connect people to care.
His training emphasizes early intervention, prevention and building resilience across communities. Williams’s approach centers on dignity, systems-level improvement, and strengthening both individuals and the communities that support them.
In addition to his behavioral health work, Williams is an award-winning filmmaker whose projects explore mental health, recovery, faith and social justice. His storytelling has been recognized at national film festivals and used as an educational tool to spark dialogue and reduce stigma.
Williams continues to advocate for accessible care, transparent leadership and recovery-oriented systems that put people first.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM MDT