Judy has 2 decades of experience working in both residential and out-patient settings and in 2003 she brought her years of specialized training and her distinctive insights treating trauma and addiction to creating The Refuge-A Healing Place. The Refuge has grown to become one of the foremost leaders in treating Addiction, Trauma/PTSD under her leadership.

She earned her B.A. from Rutgers, an M.A. from New York Institute of Technology and is a Certified Addictions Professional in Florida, a certified hypnotist, EMDR and a specialist for healing sexual trauma and PTSD. Judy Crane’s presentations and seminars on PTSD and sexual trauma resolution are known throughout the country.

The Refuge-A Healing Place was founded to begin where many other treatment modalities end: rebuilding emotional trust and regaining one’s resiliency takes time, encouragement and vigilant therapeutic support for each client. The Refuge philosophy and practice has been to establish a protected environment and safe milieu in order to allow the client to explore the intensity of their fear and the strength of their resources. Specifically focused on trauma resolution, Judy’s perception of healing comes from the client being able to re-establish a profound trust between the client and the healing process.

The Refuge has grown from an adult residential facility to a full continuum of care center that can assist our clients from detox through to sober living.

Judy Crane has been able to put into practice this successful healing technique for the past decade. The conception that persistent addiction and chronic relapse is often the result of unresolved trauma is not unique to Judy Crane, yet she was able to found a treatment program in the tranquil setting of Ocklawaha, Florida in the midst of the Ocala National Forest allowing the surroundings to help in the treatment process.