Since 1998, Steven Gifford, LICDC, LPC, has worked in the Licking Memorial Hospital — Shepherd Hill treatment center located in Newark, Ohio, and currently serves as Senior Counselor at The Ridge, a residential treatment center in Ohio. Mr. Gifford’s areas of competence include individual counseling, assessments, group counseling, diagnosis and treatment, children and adolescents, marriage and family therapy, addictions and smoking cessation. He is a member of the Ohio Counseling Association and is a LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), LICDC (Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor), CTTS (Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist) and has a Masters Degree in Education in Community Counseling.