Author of “Stories from the Field: A History of Wilderness Therapy”, and host of the weekly podcast, Stories from the Field: Demystifying Wilderness Therapy. He is a teaching lecturer at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and co-founder of Summit Achievement.
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