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Episode 58: Rachel Rollins, Therapist at Juniper Canyon

2019/11/30
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Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors

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Rachel 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 world but felt unsatisfied until she returned to the wilderness field. She shares her fascinating journey from being a student to a field guide to a clinician. Rachel shares why she loves the wilderness therapy field.