About Jean

Jean prides herself with providing an eclectic array of services, which are provided in a personalized and culturally competent manner.

The services provided by Believing in Self are a culmination of Ms. Williams’ personal and professional experiences. She grew up in San Francisco, where she attended Lowell High School and San Francisco City College. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from San Jose State University in San Jose, California and a Master’s Degree from Columbia University’s School of Social Work, in New York City. Jean was trained by the founders of the Empowerment Institute as an Empowerment Life Coach.

With over twenty (25) years as a professional in the field of human services, Jean stands at the pinnacle of her career – as many baby boomers are – and has decided to change directions. Jean has created a practice without walls where individuals can help themselves by becoming aware of their potential, dare dream of a different life; and learn techniques to manifest their vision. By starting her own self-help business, Jean is able to devote time to her life’s passion of helping others.

Ms. Williams was one of the experts on the 2005 Task Force, which made a Report and Recommendations on the Status and Future of Minority-Governed, Community-Based Welfare Agencies to New York City’s ACS [Administration of Children’s Services]. She was also one of the delegates of the 2006 National Association of Social Workers delegation to Beijing, China.

In 2006, Jean Williams decided to combine her clinical, coaching and administrative skills to open a professional self-help business. She created the practice without walls, Believing in Self, in response to the impasse she found so many of her clients, (colleagues and other organizations with whom she worked), were experiencing. After completing her assessment of her hunch, she concluded that there was a need for a practice that focused on helping individuals get “unstuck” and move on to create the life they desire.

Jean shifted her practice mindset from healing problems to focusing on helping clients heal as well as create what they want for their lives – and providing tools on how to achieve their goals. The workshop curriculum is based on the Empowerment Institute’s empowerment approach. Built on Jean’s years of clinical, coaching and administrative experience, Believing in Self has the capability to deliver personalized services to meet the client at his/her “growing edge”.

Jean's personal journey has taken her through challenges that have required her to find the strength to believe that change is possible. Thus enhancing her qualifications for this phase of her Personal Journey to help others.

The combination of her personal and professional credentials have been utilized to develop an array of quality services for a culture of busy and driven individuals, who often neglect to take the time to reflect and decide what it is they want out of life. Believing in Self provides Jean with the full time opportunity of teaching, coaching and guiding others through the healing process through a number of methods: life coaching; empowerment workshops; and professional supervision for the master level social worker.