Dr. Nicholas Crapser is currently the Director of Behavioral Health and Recovery Services at 4D Recovery.  Dr. Crapser is a State Licensed and Nationally Board-Certified Mental Health Counselor, state and nationally certified substance use disorder counselor and clinical supervisor.  His education is in chemical dependency studies, developmental psychology, and counseling with doctoral and post-doctoral education in counselor education and supervision, forensic psychology, and positive psychology.  He has specializations in neurofeedback and dialectic behavioral therapy and has received advanced training from the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute – School of Criminal Justice.  He has worked in each modality of drug treatment and mental health from medically managed care/withdrawal management to aftercare services.  He spent six years as the Deputy Director of Sponsors, Inc. in Lane County bringing mental health treatment to the organization and helping to greatly enhance existing programs and housing to individuals released from incarceration.  Before 4D Recovery, Dr. Crapser worked for the Oregon Department of Corrections as the Behavioral Health Services Institution Manager overseeing mental health treatment delivered both to inpatient and outpatient housing at three of Oregon’s Correctional Institutions.  While at the Penitentiary, Nick started a Peer Recovery Mentor program, licensing adults in custody as Certified Recovery Mentors (CRM) and as Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC) starting a Diversion Program based on a Drug Court Model allowing adults in custody the chance to choose diversion as opposed to punitive measures for failing drug tests.  In addition to working in the field, Nick is also an adjunct professor teaching on the subjects of addiction, mental health, justice involved populations (both youth and adults), involuntary commitment, and reentry.  He has been an associate and adjunct professor at Oregon State University, Rutgers University, Lower Columbia College, and Lane Community College and has been invited as a guest lecturer at numerous other universities.  Nick’s passions are helping youth, those justice involved, formerly incarcerated, and those suffering from mental health and substance use disorders – subjects that he has spoken on from coast-to-coast including TEDx Humboldt State University, Rutgers University, Columbia University, Arizona State University, and speaking events in Washington, D.C., Boston, Florida, and California.  He is on the board of the Lane County Public Defenders Office and has spent years on the Lane Community College Board and steering committee.  He is the immediate past Vice President (Northwest Region) of NAADAC, the National Association of Addiction Professionals.  In 2019 he was awarded the Community Leadership Award from Serenity Lane and in 2022 the Innovator of the Year Award from ORAAP.  In 2023, he was awarded the “Excellence in Addiction Medicine” award from the Oregon Society of Addiction Medicine.

Outside of work, Nick enjoys time with his family, working on the families Christmas Tree Farm, and restoring old cars.