Latest Behavioralhealthcare Podcast Episodes
Episode 60: Doug Dobkowski, Team Leader at Summit Achievement
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - December 16, 2019 15:52 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDoug Dobkowski is a Team Leader at Summit Achievement. Doug grew up in New Jersey and went on to get a teaching degree in college. Doug worked as a middle school teacher for eight years in Newark. He shares his story of how he began an Outing Club at the middle school, which inspired him to bec...
Episode 59: Zhenda Glover, Field Guide at Evoke Cascades
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - December 10, 2019 11:39 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsZhenda Glover is a field guide at Evoke Cascades located in Oregon. She was born and raised in Bulgaria and had never heard the two words "wilderness' and "therapy" put together until she moved to Oregon. Zhenda became enamored with wilderness therapy after attending a field guide orientation ...
Episode 58: Rachel Rollins, Therapist at Juniper Canyon
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - November 30, 2019 22:13 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsRachel Rollins is a therapist at Juniper Canyon Recovery Center in Utah. She first learned about wilderness therapy when she was enrolled in a program as a teen which is where she first learned to "love self and wilderness." After graduating from the University of Vermont, Rachel traveled the wo...
Episode 57: L. Jay Mitchell, Co-founder of SUWS, Founder of Alldredge Academy and Greenbrier Academy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - November 25, 2019 16:14 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsL. Jay Mitchell is one of the elders in the field of wilderness therapy as he co-founded the School of Urban and Wilderness Survival (SUWS) in Idaho and Alldredge Academy in West Virginia. SUWS was the first for-profit, private pay primitive skills wilderness therapy program in the U.S. and help...
Episode 56: John Conway, Director of Business Development- Edge Learning and Wellness Community
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - November 18, 2019 23:36 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsJohn Conway was the chair of the Outdoor Behavioral Council during a time of rapid growth. He grew up in Illinois and wanted to work in wilderness therapy but thought he would have to move away from Chicago to get a job in the field. John tells the story of how his first job offer after getting...
Episode 55: Emily (Jonesie) Jones, Senior Field Guide at Open Sky Wilderness
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - November 11, 2019 19:14 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsEmily (Jonesie) Jones spent every summer of her childhood living at a summer camp that her parents worked at. After college, she worked at a farm and traveled all over, including South America. Jonesie shares the fascinating story of being in Peru and participating in a ceremony that changed th...
Episode 54: Meaghan Farrell, Field Guide at Elements Traverse
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - October 29, 2019 03:47 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsMeaghan Farrell is a field guide at Elements Traverse in Utah. Meaghan shares her journey into the wilderness therapy field and how she worked all over the country in different outdoor education programs until she found Elements Traverse. Meaghan has been a field guide for two years and talks ab...
Episode 53: Phil Bryan, Clinical Assistant at Evoke Entrada
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - October 24, 2019 17:10 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsPhil Bryan is a clinical assistant at Evoke Entrada. Phil shares his story of working as a field guide for almost 20 years in various programs, including Aspen Achievement Academy, Summit Achievement, Outward Bound Voyager, Elements Wilderness Therapy, and Outback. Phil shares his experiences o...
Episode 52: Jory Hanselman, Director of BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - October 21, 2019 13:57 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsJory Hanselman is the director of BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy, located in Colorado. BaMidbar is the first Jewish wilderness therapy program in the United States. Jory shares her inspiring journey from her teenage years when she asked her parents to send her to a wilderness therapy program to be...
Episode 51: Chris Luchesi, Field Guide at Legacy Outdoor Adventures
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - October 15, 2019 00:09 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsChris Luchesi is a field guide at Legacy Outdoor Adventures. Chris grew up outside of Boston but had not even heard of wilderness therapy until he was in his 30's. Chris was on a career track working for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in Boston when he "heard the call" of worki...
Episode 50: Guy Dumas, Founder of Guy Dumas Coaching
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - October 07, 2019 22:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsGuy Dumas is a coach of graduates of wilderness programs (guydumas.com). Guy joined the wilderness therapy field in 1996 direct from the Army where he was a graduate of West Point and the Army’s Ranger School. He began working at Aspen Achievement Academy and found a new mission. Over 1000 day...
Episode 49: Dr. Christine Norton, Associate Professor of Social Work at Texas State University
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - October 01, 2019 13:23 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDr. Christine Norton is a leading researcher, practitioner, and teacher in the field of wilderness therapy. She is an associate professor of social work at Texas State University, a researcher at the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Center, and was field staff at Outward Bound and the Dallas Sales...
Episode 48: Shannon Palentchar, Director of Admissions at Summit Achievement
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - September 23, 2019 14:07 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsShannon Palentchar is the Director of Admission of Summit Achievement in Maine. Shannon grew up in North Carolina and went on an Outward Bound course right after high school and it changed the direction of her life. She became a river guide which helped her to pay her way through college. Sha...
Episode 47: Emily Fernandes, Co-founder and Executive Director at Open Sky Wilderness
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - September 17, 2019 21:02 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsEmily Fernandes is co-founder and executive director at Open Sky Wilderness Therapy. Emily grew up in Vermont and went to college in Maine. Emily started working in the field in 1995 at The Wilderness School in Connecticut and went onto work at Aspen Achievement Academy in Utah. She co-founded O...
Episode 46: Hilary Moses, Co-owner of Solutions Parenting Support
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - September 10, 2019 00:24 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsHilary Moses, Co-Owner of Solutions Parenting Support, has worked in the wilderness field since 2001. She has been a field guide and a therapist at SUWS of Idaho as well as therapist and clinical director at Pacific Quest. Hilary journey into the field began as a young person when traveling to ...
Episode 45: Joanna Lilley, Founder of Lilley Consulting
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - September 04, 2019 13:48 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsJoanna Lilley is the founder of Lilley Consulting, which is a therapeutic consulting practice that specializes in helping young adults (ages 17 plus) and their families. Joanna's journey into the field started as a young person when she would accompany her father to his work at a group home for ...
Episode 44: Karen Scrafford, Co-founder of Elements Wilderness Therapy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - August 30, 2019 11:51 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsKaren Scrafford is co-founder and program director of Elements Wilderness Therapy located in Utah. Her journey into the field began when she went to school at Indiana University. After graduation, she headed to Utah and began to work first as a field guide, assistant field guide, then admissio...
Episode 43: Dr. Justine O'Donnell, O'Donnell Psychological Testing
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - August 27, 2019 00:40 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDr. Justine O'Donnell is a psychologist who specializes in performing neuropsychological evaluations for young people while they are enrolled in wilderness therapy programs. Justine started her journey into the wilderness therapy field as a field guide at SUWS of Idaho. When she started at SUW...
Episode 42: Anngela Wells Starnes, Director of Admissions for Q and A Associates
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - August 13, 2019 13:31 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAnngela Wells Starnes is the Director of Admissions and Marketing for Q and A Associates in West Virginia. Anngela's entry into the wilderness therapy field started as a child for her father, Larry Wells, was one of the pioneers in the primitive skills model of wilderness therapy. Angela worke...
Episode 41: Tracey Bachrach, Director of Business Development at Point School Puerto Rico
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - August 04, 2019 17:11 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsTracey Bachrach is the Director of Business Development at Point School, Puerto Rico. Tracey entry into the wilderness field started when she as a field guide at SUWS of the Carolina's. She worked at SUWS for over four years, which translates into two years living in the outdoors. She encourages...
Episode 40: Margie Lannon, Co-founder of Onward Transitions
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - July 23, 2019 11:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsMargie Lannon is Co-Founder of Onward Transitions a young adult transition program located in Portland, Maine. Margie had worked for 26 years in the wilderness field. She started as field staff on wagon trains that crossed the country and transitioned to being a program director on tall-ships th...
Episode 39: Lily Wilkinson, Outreach Director at Aim House
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - July 15, 2019 14:44 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsLily Wilkinson is the Outreach Director of Aim House in Boulder, CO. Lily's entry into the wilderness field occurred when she was eighteen years old and enrolled in a wilderness therapy program which she says, "saved my life." Lily describes her journey of growing up in a supportive family yet ...
Episode 38: Audrey Peavey, Outreach Director at Potomac Pathways.
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - July 04, 2019 15:40 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAudrey Peavey is Outreach Director at Potomac Program. Audrey's entry into the field occurred in 2001 when a friend of hers asked her to be the admissions director of New Horizons for Young Women. New Horizons for Young Women was a wilderness program located in Maine that worked exclusively with...
Episode 37: Angie Shockley, Founder Q & A Associates
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 30, 2019 19:37 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAngie Shockley is the founder of Q & A Associates, located in Davis, West Virginia. Q & A Associates has three different programs that help young adults who have struggled to sustain a productive and positive transition into adulthood. Angie began working in the field in the mid-1990s at an ad...
Episode 36: Mary Hickey, Parent Coach at Parent Coaching Professionals
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 24, 2019 14:42 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsMary Hickey is a parent coach at Parent Coaching Professionals and Second Nature Wilderness. Her journey into the field started as a child at summer camp and progressed at Prescott College in the 1990s, where she first learned about wilderness therapy. Mary began working in the field in 1997 at...
Episode 35: Sarah Mack, Director of Parent Coaching at Second Nature
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 18, 2019 14:14 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsSarah Mack is Director of Parent Coaching at Second Nature Wilderness Therapy. She has been a leader in the field for over 25 years. For the majority of her career in wilderness therapy, she worked at Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy, which she joined in 1994. Sarah recounts the history of C...
Episode 34: Heidi Strand, Executive Director at Lake House Academy
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 10, 2019 14:26 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsHeidi Strand is Executive Director at Lake House Academy in North Carolina. Heidi worked for more than 20 years as a professional in organized camping including Girl Scout camps as well as being the director of several summer camps. She found her first job in the field as the Executive Director ...
Episode 33: Patricia Ruggles, Therapeutic Consultant, Mason and Associates
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - June 04, 2019 18:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsPatricia Ruggles, LCPC, is a Therapeutic Consultant at Mason and Associates. Trish has been working in the wilderness therapy field for over 15 years in a variety of positions including field staff, team leader, and therapist. She has worked all over the country, including Oregon, New York, and...
Episode 32: Mike Petree, Founder Petree Consulting
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - May 28, 2019 21:29 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsMike Petree, Founder of Petree Consulting, which helps wilderness therapy programs do evidenced-based research by teaching effective ways to collect data and review outcomes. Mike shares his story on how in 1999 he and his wife, Bekkah, who both had high paying jobs decided to respond to a...
Episode 31: Bryan Delaney, Program Director SUWS of the Carolinas
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors - April 30, 2019 17:22 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsBryan Delaney, Program director at SUWS of the Carolinas, has been working in the outdoors with adolescents since he was a young man. Much of his early outdoor training was in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and he would go onto become an Eagle Scout as a teen. In college he worked for several ...
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