Latest Behavioralhealthcare Podcast Episodes
Episode 89: Emma Stein, Undergraduate Student at University of New Hampshire and Former Wilderness Therapy Student
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - July 28, 2020 14:14 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsEmma Stein is an undergraduate student in Outdoor Education at the University of New Hampshire. When Emma was young she suffered a great deal of loss as her father died when she was 9 and her mother died when she was 16. Emma shares the story of challenges related to the pain she was suffering ...
Episode 88: Kaiumati Roche, Co-owner of Sojourn Consulting and former wilderness therapy student
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - July 21, 2020 18:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsKaiumati Roche is co-founder of Sojourn Consulting which supports and consults companies and individuals in Experiential Education and Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare. Kai shares his story of struggling in college and going to a wilderness therapy program in Utah which changed the course of his l...
Episode 87: Tom Whalen, Undergraduate student at Plymouth State University and former wilderness therapy student
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - July 14, 2020 15:57 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsTom Whalen is an undergraduate student at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H. Tom grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut, and really struggled high school. Tom shares how outpatient and inpatients interventions did not help him. While in a residential treatment center a clinician recommende...
Episode 86: Sarah Stusek: Filmmaker, Author and Former Wilderness Therapy Student
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - July 07, 2020 14:05 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsSarah Stusek of Stusek Studios has worked in the film and television industry since childhood. When she was 17 years old she was brought to a wilderness therapy program in Montana called Three Rivers. The transporter told her, "You should write a book about this" and now, 13 years later, she has...
Episode 85: Bryce Bauer, Relationship Coach and Former Wilderness Therapy Student
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 30, 2020 15:38 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsBryce Bauer is a relationship coach in Utah. Bryce shares his story of mental health and substance abuse challenges as a teen and young adult which eventually led to a traumatic car accident. After a family intervention, he reluctantly enrolled in a wilderness therapy program. He shares how his ...
Episode 84: Judith Sadora, Therapist at Evoke Cascades
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 23, 2020 10:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsJudith Sadora, Therapist at Evoke Cascades. Judith shares her story of being the first black woman therapist in a program that is part of the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Council, and perhaps, the first-ever black woman therapist in wilderness therapy. She shares her challenges in the field and...
Episode 83: Wilderness Therapy and the Five Pandemics
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 18, 2020 21:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThis episode will delve into the history of wilderness therapy and how the field responded to five pandemics (crisis) during its long evolution. Will White will share the story of how different national and global calamities were catalysts for the evolution of wilderness therapy including a vira...
Episode 82: Alex White, Adventure Therapy Outpatient Clinician
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 09, 2020 14:32 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAlex White is an adventure therapy outpatient clinician. His journey into the field began as a child as his parents were mental health professionals. In college, he led outdoor orientation trips for incoming students and fell in love with the work. He went onto be a field guide at Red Top Meadow...
Episode 81: Alex White, Adventure Therapy Outpatient Clinician
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 09, 2020 14:32 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAlex White is an adventure therapy outpatient clinician. His journey into the field began as a child as his parents were mental health professionals. In college, he led outdoor orientation trips for incoming students and fell in love with the work. He went onto be a field guide at Red Top Meadow...
Episode 81: Katie Asmus, Founder of the Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - May 31, 2020 23:34 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsKatie Asmus is the founder of the Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Katie shares her journey into the field which began when she learned about outdoor education and committed to pursuing a path of growth. Katie is an inspiring therapist, coach, guide, teacher, mentor, an...
Episode 80: Nick Magle-Haberek, Clinical Director of BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - May 26, 2020 13:45 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsNick Magle-Haberek is the clinical director of BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy and co-founder of Adventure-Therapist.com. Nick shares his story of experiences from working as a field guide at Second Nature to being the first student in the dual master's program in Social Work and Outdoor Education a...
Episode 79: Lorri Hanna, Co-founder of Soltreks
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - May 19, 2020 13:27 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsLorri Hanna is co-founder of Soltreks. Lorri has had a long career in the field from being a field guide, program director, clinician and owner of a program. Her passion for wilderness therapy began in 1980 when she hitchhiked across the country and fell in love with the outdoors. She shares her...
Episode 78: Dr. Scott Bandoroff, Peak Experience Training
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - May 05, 2020 18:49 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDr. Scott Bandoroff is the founder of Peak Experience Training, which provides the Clinical First Responder Certification for those working in the field. Scott has worked in the field since the 1980s. Scott was a field guide at SUWS, where he researched family dynamics while working on his doc...
Episode 77: COVID-19 and Wilderness Therapy Programs April 2020
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - April 24, 2020 21:13 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsWhat is going on in the field, and where is it going? Wilderness therapy is an essential service in every state in the nation, and most programs are operating during this early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Will White shares a summary of research as to how wilderness therapy is adapting and c...
Episode 76: David Wieder, Therapist at Legacy Outdoor Adventures
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - April 14, 2020 16:15 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDavid Wieder is a therapist at Legacy Outdoor Adventures. He grew up in New Mexico and ended up, after traveling through Asia, going to Prescott College. He got his first job in wilderness in 2003 as a guide at Second Nature. David shares why he was drawn to high-risk adventures like paragliding...
Episode 75: Jacob Thomason, Parent and Family Specialist at Trails Carolina
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - April 07, 2020 13:21 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsJacob Thomason is a Parent and Family Specialist at Trails Carolina. Jacob's journey into wilderness therapy began in his last semester in graduate school when he saw a help wanted flyer at an outdoor store. He went home and applied to every wilderness therapy job he could find as he was just ...
Episode 74: Dr. Steven DeMille, Executive Director, RedCliff Ascent
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - March 30, 2020 15:42 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDr. Steve DeMille, Executive Director, RedCliff Ascent. He grew up outside of Las Vegas and was encouraged to work at a wilderness program by his sister after he was laid off from a job. He was hired by RedCliff and then had an experience with a student, which inspired him to make wilderness the...
Episode 73: Anne Wilzbacher, Primary Therapist at Blue Ridge Wilderness Therapy's Emerald Arrow
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - March 17, 2020 11:02 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAnne Wilzbacher is a therapist at Blue Ridge Wilderness Therapy's Emerald Arrow. Her journey into the field began as a child growing up in a state park as her father was a park manager. She worked at Eckerd Youth Alternatives as field staff for three years and then onto Naropa University for her...
Episode 72: Josh White, Co-founder and Executive Director of Red Mountain Sedona
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - March 10, 2020 10:42 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsJosh White is the Executive Director/Co-founder of Red Mountain Sedona. Josh's journey into the wilderness therapy field began while he was at Naropa University, where he first heard about the field. Josh would meet his future wife, Maureen, at Naropa, and they would both, later on, co-found Red...
Episode 71: Steve Sawyer, Co-Founder/Chief Clinical Consultant of New Visions Wilderness
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - February 29, 2020 23:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsSteve Swayer is Co-Founder/Chief Clinical Consultant of New Visions Wilderness. Steve's journey into the wilderness field began after he had spent many years practicing as a licensed psychotherapist and was a director of a large outpatient mental practice in Wisconsin. His focus was on trauma-in...
Episode 70: Dr. Brad Reedy, Clinical Director and Co-Owner of Evoke Therapy Programs
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - February 25, 2020 01:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDr. Brad Reedy is the Clinical Director/Co-Owner of Evoke Therapy Programs. Brad discusses his long career as a wilderness clinician as well as his newest book, "The Audacity to be You." He shares his remarkable journey from being a high school drop out in California to earning his Ph.D. at Brig...
Episode 69: Kirsten Bolt, Clinical Therapist at Open Sky Wilderness Therapy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - February 18, 2020 12:11 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsKirsten Bolt is a clinical therapist at Open Sky. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and began her journey into the field in 2004 as a field guide at Aspen Achievement Academy (AAA). She shares her story of being a field guide to being a clinician in a wilderness program. Kirsten...
Episode 68: Daniel Fishburn, Executive Director of SUWS of the Carolina's
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - February 11, 2020 00:12 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDaniel Fishburn is the Executive Director of SUWS of the Carolina's. Daniel shares his journey into wilderness therapy, which first began in 1987 when he worked as staff at Wediko, a therapeutic summer camp. After college, he did human rights work in El Salvador and went on to get his M.S.W. Dan...
Episode 67: Madhurii Barefoot, Co-founder and Co-owner of True North Wilderness Therapy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - February 03, 2020 11:21 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsMadhurii Barefoot, Co-founder, and Co-owner of True North Wilderness in Vermont. Mod was born and raised in Vermont and went to boarding school, where she was first exposed to wilderness expeditions. Mod would pursue the path of wilderness via a gap year at NOLS. She shares her story of meeting ...
Episode 66: Thom Pollard, Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Adventurer and Podcast Host
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - January 28, 2020 01:15 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThom Pollard is an Emmy award-winning Director of Photography and Filmmaker who has filmed from Easter Island to the summit of Mount Everest and everything in between. His adventure photographs have appeared in numerous books and publications, including National Geographic. Thom shares his fasc...
Episode 65: Anson McNulty, Operations Director and Co-Owner of Summit Achievement
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - January 20, 2020 19:12 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAnson McNulty is the Operations Director and Co-Owner of Summit Achievement. Anson grew up in New York City, and at a young age, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and sent to boarding school for teens with learning disabilities, where he first experienced the outdoors. Anson shares his unique journ...
Episode 64: Tim McMahon and Jason Cox, Co-Owners of Brightstone Transitions
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - January 13, 2020 15:24 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsTim McMahon and Jason Cox are co-owners of Brightstone Transitions, a Young Adult Transitional Program. They met over a decade ago in Georgia when Tim was directing a state-funded wilderness therapy program, and Jason showed up late for a job interview dressed in a suit and tie. Eventually, they...
Episode 63: Sarah Gallimore, Field Guide at Elements Wilderness Therapy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - January 07, 2020 17:08 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsSarah Gallimore is a field guide at Elements Wilderness Therapy. Sarah grew up in New Hampshire and went to the UNH for college, which is where she learned about wilderness therapy. Sarah shares how helping out with an AEE Accreditation review in Utah was when she realized that she wanted to be...
Episode 62: Samuel Adams, Lead Field Guide at Aspiro Adventures
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - December 31, 2019 12:18 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsSamuel Adams, Lead Field Guide at Aspiro Adventures. Sam grew up in the Adirondacks region of New York with a family who embraced the outdoors. In high school, he became a father and struggled to handle it. He grew through the struggle and became connected with wilderness therapy in college. H...
Episode 61: Norman Elizondo, Family Wellness Counselor at Open Sky Wilderness Therapy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - December 23, 2019 14:56 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsNorman Elizondo is the Family Wellness Counselor at Open Sky. Norman's journey into the wilderness field began when his dying mother encouraged him to leave his finance career and "do something that would really help people." Norman shares his extraordinary journey from being an immigrant from t...
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