Rebecca Williams, PhD is an award-winning author, consultant, and clinical psychologist specializing in healthy recovery from mental illness and addiction. Her work focuses on building resilience and embracing well-being. She is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and a program director at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. Along with Julie Kraft, she is coauthor of The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress, and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors and their latest book, The Gift of Recovery: 52 Mindful Ways to Live Joyfully Beyond Addiction.