Jeremy Eberle, MA, LIMHP, CDGC, LADC

Jeremy Eberle, of Lincoln Nebraska, is a licensed therapist who has been providing services in the form of individuals, groups, couples, and families since 2010. Jeremy has focused primarily on treatment for substance use disorders as well as gambling disorders. In 2017, Jeremy was the lead researcher in a study connecting prevalence among Nebraska college students and daily fantasy sports. These findings were presented at the National Gambling Conference in Portland, Oregon in July 2017 as well as at other conferences throughout the country. In July of 2020 Jeremy and his business partner Janet Johnson successfully established Alternative Avenues in Lincoln Nebraska. Jeremy began working with clients who struggle with Video Game Use Disorders in 2017 and continues to work with this emerging population. Jeremy is currently the president of the Nebraska Counseling Association and was elected to be the Chair-Elect of the Midwest Region of the American Counseling Association, where his term will begin in July of 2023.

Janet L. Johnson MA, LIMHP, CDGC, LADC, LPC

Since 2006, Mrs. Johnson has been providing therapy utilizing a unique combination of Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy with solution focused results. Janet is dually licensed allowing her to address both mental health and substance use disorders encompassing the wide complexity of hurdles that often manifest somewhere in-between. Over the past 16 years, Janet has provided therapy in the form of individual, families, youth, and adults. Janet specializes in helping couples and family members affected by mental health and addition problems. Janet is also certified as a gambling disorder counselor and utilizes her treatment approaches to help youth and adults redefine their unhealthy relationships with gaming, internet, and social media use. Janet has been the recipient of “Counselor of the Year” by the Nebraska Counseling Association (NCA) in both 2019 and 2022. Janet currently holds the position of Membership Chair with the NCA and encourages professional development within her practice.