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Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors

Aug 30, 2019

Karen 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 admissions at Second Nature. ...


Aug 27, 2019

Dr. 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 SUWS field guides would go...


Aug 13, 2019

Anngela 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 worked at Expedition Outreach...


Aug 4, 2019

Tracey 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 young people interested...