The convergence of people, passion and purpose.
Equinox Counseling and Wellness Center has held true to something very important—the team that serves your child and family. Intensive outpatient work is not just for anyone; it takes a special kind of commitment combined with finely tuned clinical skills. Because of this, we have assembled the very best mental health treatment staff for you and your child—a team that is the foundation of our unparalleled treatment program. Treatment teams are comprised of licensed therapists, master level therapeutic care specialists, wilderness therapy specialists, parent coaches, and a clinical administrator. Teams work collaboratively with your child’s psychiatrist and school support team.
As the founder and CEO of Equinox, Mary brings extensive insight, knowledge and experience with each of the various levels of treatment care available to parents seeking help for the complex mental health challenges their children are facing. More than 30 years of experience in the mental health field has led her to examine the treatment path that not only separates youth from their parents and family system but is also so readily recommended by many mental health professionals. Mary cares deeply about young people and their families facing complex mental health challenges and has dedicated herself to ensuring youth in need of intensive treatment experience safety, kindness, and compassion by a clinical team and system of care that delivers results.
Mary has become a prominent voice within the professional treatment community on the importance of parent and family involvement in the treatment process. Her work centers on helping parents achieve a deep understanding that families that grow, learn and change together, heal together. As a result, she has ensured that youth and their parents have another option; no longer do families have to move from provider to provider, be separated by treatment in wilderness or residential settings, or be in and out of psychiatric hospital settings to get the help they are seeking. In 2009, after 22 years in the mental health networks of Colorado, Nevada, and North Carolina, Mary developed an out-patient intensive level of care that combines the best of residential treatment, wilderness therapy and hospital settings to help keep youth and families together on the path towards healing.
Additionally, Mary is the co-founder of the Parent Leadership Academy which is an integrated component of the Equinox program. The Parent Leadership Academy has helped thousands of parents learn to parent with confidence, love, warmth, and compassion, while at the same time holding important boundaries necessary to improve their child’s functioning. The Parent Leadership Academy teaches parents that alignment with family values and parenting a child with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health issues no longer are mutually exclusive of one another.
Mary received her bachelor’s degree in business management and therapeutic recreation from Mesa State College and attended the University of Northern Colorado and Lesley College for master’s coursework in clinical psychology. She has over 30 years of experience in developing and delivering programs to youth and families struggling with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges. With skillful expertise, Mary has developed specialized programming for youth who often present with combined complexities of anxiety, depression, OCD, mood disorders, ADHD, and executive functioning disorder. This programming deals with the reality that these complexities create significant difficulty across a broad spectrum in their lives, parent relationships and overall functioning. Utilizing her extensive background in developing and running residential treatment and wilderness therapy programs, she has successfully implemented intensive programming that allows these youth to remain in their home environment.
Mary is a national trainer, speaker and clinical program evaluator. She speaks and trains on topics that include the following: Sexual Safety for Children; Developing Competent, Confident Children; How to Raise Responsible Teens; The Dangers of Using Rewards and Consequence Behavior Modification Systems. Additionally, Mary has been featured on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and ABC’s Nightline for her work with military youth and families experiencing significant challenges as a result of their parent’s multiple military deployments
As managing partner and Chief Clinical Officer, Eileen provides oversight of all clinical/program services and processes, ensuring the highest standard of care is utilized to attain sustainable client outcomes. She believes that each family comes to Equinox with their own story to tell, unique strengths and complex challenges, that deserve a compassionate and skilled approach to their clinical care. As CCO, Eileen oversees a system of care focused on integrating all aspects of Equinox therapeutic programming into the client's home, community, and day-to-day relationships. Most importantly, each professional interaction, clinical intervention, and treatment decision occurs with integrity and from evidence-based practice.
Eileen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She then received a Master of Arts degree in clinical psychology, with specialization in marriage, family, and child counseling from Pepperdine University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the states of Colorado and California, and has provided therapeutic services to individuals, couples, families, high-risk adolescents, and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder for the past 30 years.
Eileen worked as a family therapist with family systems impacted by trauma, behavioral disorders, mental health issues, and chronic stressors that significantly disrupted family relationships. As a Parent Coach with Equinox, Eileen utilizes her skills and knowledge of complex family systems to work closely with parents who have faced unpredictable and difficult challenges raising adolescents and helping their young adults launch into independence. Eileen teaches parents that they are an essential catalyst for the change they are wanting to see in their family, and even more importantly she provides the necessary guidance to get there. Parent Leadership Principles integrated within the Equinox System of Care is a sequenced learning method that develops skills for effective parent leadership while enhancing the connection between the parent(s)/child that is commonly disrupted as a result of the chronic distress.
Eileen’s expertise includes guiding parents of young adults to effectively support the transition to independent living despite existing challenges that contribute to a failure to launch. She understands the unique dynamics that exist in this stage of development within the parent/child relationship and common barriers that impact our young adults in this process. She enjoys both the individual coaching process and the weekly parent group that combines psycho-education and therapeutic support.
Eileen loves traveling with her husband and teenage son, has three beloved dogs, and relaxes through gardening, time outdoors, and cooking.
Tim is a Partner and the System of Care Officer at Equinox. Working in this role is a natural fit for Tim after spending 25 years working in a variety of environments with an array of populations and families. He is passionate about the seamless integration of clinical, milieu, community, wilderness and parent coaching to produce the results families need and deserve.
Tim grew up in Western New York and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Niagara University. His passion for the outdoors brought him to Colorado in 1996 and he’s been combining the outdoors and behavioral healthcare ever since. He began his work with at-risk-teens in residential treatment and leading wilderness therapy trips as a field guide for 6-years before bridging experiential modalities with therapeutic milieu and community-based treatment in 2002.
Since the inception of Equinox in 2009, Tim has developed a passion for, as well as an intimate understanding of, the unique system of care that exists at Equinox. His primary role is to ensure that the Equinox treatment teams have the skills, knowledge and operational understanding of how to effectively deliver services under our distinctive system of care. Tim’s expertise in milieu management, combined with his experience guiding the efforts of multi-disciplinary and clinical teams, make him a uniquely qualified leader, mentor and trainer at Equinox.
Tim is also a valued member of the parent coaching team. He has a particular interest in, and talent for, helping parents emerge as nurturing leaders in their family while assisting them in bridging the gaps that often exist in the parent–child relationship. Tim takes a principally based approach to leading his weekly parent coaching workshops as well as providing individual coaching. It’s no surprise that Tim has created Equinox’s “In Home Family Retreats” where he draws heavily from his experiential roots to facilitate a 3-day experience focused heavily on parent leadership in the home.
Tim also overseas all of the adventure and wilderness programming at Equinox and enjoys the training and mentoring aspects of his job. While Tim is growing up a new generation of outdoor behavioral health professionals at Equinox, he still loves his time in the field. Team spends countless hours in the field with his guides and when time allows, he still loves leading groups and families on therapeutic adventures. Tim enjoys the continuing education and maintains professional certifications including American Mountain Guide Association–Certified Single-Pitch Instructor, Association for Challenge Course Technology–Level II facilitator, The Climbing Wall Association-Lead Climbing Wall Instructor, American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education–Pro-1; and Wilderness Medicine Institute–Wilderness First Responder.
When not working, Tim enjoys rock and ice climbing, skiing, fly fishing, mountain biking and traveling adventures with his wife, Tanya, in their little camper.
Follow your PASSION, It knows where you should go.
Nathan, who has 20 years’ experience in operations and sales, has worked in varied organizations from start-up level to Fortune 500 corporations in retail, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, healthcare and early childhood education. His experience has provided him immense perspective and leadership skills which allow him to refine operational capabilities and create high-performing teams. He is always working on finding new and creative ways to make the world a better place, and his passion for business and self-growth is a great addition to the Equinox family.
Nathan holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Virginia Military Institute as well as an Executive Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University. He continues to pursue higher education and is currently working on an additional master’s degree in Financial Management from Boston University.
Nathan, who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, spent the majority of his youth camping and teaching at summer camps where he gained a passion for the outdoors. He combines his love of wilderness and spending time outside, with his professional and personal experiences to advance the life-changing work Equinox Counseling and Wellness Center does for youth, young adults, their families and their communities.
Nathan has lived in Colorado since 2007 and enjoys all that it has to offer. When he is not helping to further the mission of Equinox, he can be found spending time with his wife and four children, finding new craft brews, and training for triathlons.
Jennifer has been with Equinox since it was founded in 2009. She began working in a part-time capacity in accounts receivable and as the company grew, took on more and more responsibilities to include all of HR, AR and AP. Jennifer takes great pride in caring for our staff, and minding the “business of the business” so that our outstanding treatment teams can focus on providing excellent care to our families. She believes supporting the life-changing work Equinox Counseling and Wellness Center provides for youth, young adults, and their families is truly an honor.
Prior to coming to Equinox, Jennifer worked in brain injury rehabilitation and coached softball at the private, high school, and collegiate levels. Jennifer continues to coach part-time giving private pitching lessons to Denver area girls ages 9-22. Her mission to build confidence is always at the heart of her work.
When not working, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, working on projects around the house, playing guitar and singing, and relaxing in the Colorado mountains or anywhere there is a beach.
Kristy is the Clinical Director at Equinox and has been a valuable team member for over 5 years. Previously, she has held positions within Equinox including, Therapeutic Care Specialist, Clinician, Assistant Clinical Director, and Program Director. This experience gives Kristy unique perspective, exceptional knowledge, and clinical skill to lead our team working within the Equinox system of care. Kristy has a wealth of knowledge and love of the outdoors, with a variety of experiences in community mental health and residential treatment. Kristy holds a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Harding University and also brings five years of experience with rock climbing, yoga, somatic experiences, and facilitation of experience-based therapy.
Having experienced the power of rock climbing for her own personal growth, Kristy continues to seek opportunities to share this therapy with youth and families at Equinox. Kristy brings her passion of rock climbing into the Strong Confident Girls Group which focuses on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills in a local Denver indoor rock-climbing gym. Through this program, Kristy has seen rock climbing transform and guide teen girls in managing their emotions, increasing their distress tolerance, and working together with peers in the group to set and accomplish goals.
Kristy and her husband can be found in the mountains hiking, rock climbing, and camping in their pop-up camper on the weekends. Together they also enjoy kayaking in lakes and rivers in the summer seasons. Kristy is a work-out enthusiast and practices her own daily and weekly routines of exercise and yoga.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"I've loved where I've been, but is my heart's where I'm going."- Anberlin
Eve’s variety of experience ranges from working for Tony Robbins in San Diego to managing marketing initiatives for Elements Massage and OrangeTheory Fitness. Eve is grateful and passionate about bringing awareness to Equinox’s family-level of care and healing to the community. She especially loves Equinox’s model of incorporating adventure, wilderness, and art and experiential therapy into programming. Experiential and art therapy played an integral part in her own personal healing process, and her main goal is to be a psychodrama therapist helping people through past traumas with expressive art therapy.
Having lost 150 pounds and maintaining her journey for more than 10 years, she has been featured in Shape magazine, Huffington Post, Huffpost Live, PETA, Mind Body Green and was on the show The Doctors. She has been published in three books including “Organized Obstacles: A Collection of Weight Loss Stories From Those Who Laughed In Impossible’s Face.” Her biggest passion revolves around mental health and the emotional resilience it takes to transform your life. Eve is currently finishing her undergrad at MSU Denver studying Psychology and Theatre.
When Eve is not studying or reading a textbook, she loves to work out, sing, write, dress up in costumes, and paddleboard with her fiancé Chris. When they are not on the water, you can find them playing “Top Chef” in the kitchen, singing karaoke, or relaxing with their beloved dog, Chef. (Yes, he has his own Instagram page.)
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"All change is hard at first, messy in the middles, and gorgeous at the end."-Robin Sharma
An East Coast native, Martha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Human Services from Old Dominion University and a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in Virginia. She has experience working in psychiatric in-patient hospitals, private practice, and summer programs for neurodiverse youth.
As a mental health professional, Martha has extensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and a background integrating art, music, and nature into a therapeutic setting. Martha deeply believes that every person deserves to know, tell, and understand their story, and believes that this can best happen in a holistic treatment environment like the one at Equinox Counseling & Wellness Center.
When not working, Martha, her husband, and their goldendoodle puppy enjoy all that Colorado has to offer by way of camping, hiking, playing tennis, and rock climbing.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable."- Mary Oliver
Alexander brings a unique combination of outdoor adventure experiences and an education in Holistic Counseling Psychology. His primary focus and passion are the healing and learning available—and inherent—in experiential wilderness immersions. Alexander holds a Master of Arts in Holistic Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University, combining all of the foundations of traditional psychology, with authentic transformative spiritual practice, mindfulness, Jungian depth psychology, indigenous wilderness vision-quests, trauma-focused psychotherapy, and somatic practices.
Alexander’s attraction to Equinox’s overarching mission, is its underlying focus on experiential adventures in natural wilderness settings. His primary avenues for wellness and healing is a culmination of over 25 years of skiing, eight years of traditional rock climbing, 20 years of mountain biking, and a lifetime of swimming, camping, and hiking in the natural settings including: New England, the Swiss Alps, the Sierra Nevada, and now in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Alexander recently completed the American Mountain Guide Association’s Single Pitch Instructor Course in Colorado’s South Platte wilderness and continues to be an amateur student of fitness, physical therapy, and yogic practices.
Outside of wilderness adventures and his clinical work, Alexander can be found attending jazz, funk, and world music concerts with his fiancée, enjoying stand-up comedy, and practicing improvisational electric guitar at home with his two cats.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."- Joseph Campbell
Julianna brings to Equinox more than 10 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in an education setting and mental health capacity. Julianna believes that all people deserve safety, happiness, and positive development. She is committed to working in service of others and measures her successes by the positive impact she has on them.
Julianna completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Binghamton University before working as an educator with Teach for America. During her tenure, Julianna led her students to achieving the highest standardized test scores in aptitude and growth margins in her school. This feat was a demonstration of expertise in supporting neurodiverse youth with executive functioning skills to aid in academic and individual success. While teaching, Julianna worked as a Program Manager for an educational non-profit music program where students learned music theory and how to play different instruments to express themselves and learn together in a safe space. Through these experiences, she realized that mental health support and psychoeducation had to come first for students to achieve their goals and reach their potential. Thus, Julianna is currently pursuing a Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree at St. Bonaventure University.
When not at work, Julianna enjoys cooking, painting, kickboxing, hiking, kayaking, and many more activities that allow her to express herself mentally and physically.
My favorite thing about working at Equinox is the sense of community. We are super collaborative and always trying to improve our communication and systems to impact our clients as positively as possible.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The most fulfilling part of my work is seeing the progress in our clients and being able to support them through their journey. They're all incredible and deserving of the utmost safety and happiness.
Advice for kids?
Slow down, take a deep breath, and try trust. We are here for you.
Advice for parents?
Lead your family with a heart of peace and remember your support system here is always bigger than you think.
Personal Quote
"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching." - John Wooden
Alessandra first visited Colorado in 2017 then later made the decision to permanently reside in Colorado after completing undergraduate studies in 2018. She holds a BS in Finance and Economics from the University of the West Indies, Mona and is currently pursuing her MBA at the University of Colorado, Denver. Alessandra has several years of administrative experience in a variety of industries including hospitality, accounting, and property management.
In her free time, Alessandra primarily enjoys reading, creative writing and binge-watching historical dramas. Alessandra has a passion for travel and a loaded vision board of places to visit. She believes experiences gained from traveling are invaluable and enjoys a good solo travel trip when the opportunity arises. Alessandra grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and it will probably always be her favorite place to travel to.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I appreciate working in an environment where everyone holds a similar value system where holistic health and wellness are concerned.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The opportunity to leave a mark whether directly or indirectly on someone’s day.
Advice for kids:
Learning and growth are lifelong processes. Just keep trying to be a better you than you were the day before.
Advice for parents:
Foster an environment of open and honest communication. Listen to your children. Their future selves will thank you for the transparency.
Personal Quote:
“Be intentional. Live with purpose.”
Belle began her career in mental health as a recovery coach in an adolescent residential eating disorder facility. Working in a milieu environment learning the benefits of a multifaceted therapeutic environment. Most recently she has a behavioral therapist with children who have different developmental delays. Belle is excited to continue her journey in mental health as a neurofeedback technician and therapeutic care specialist at Equinox.
Belle was raised in Washington before moving to Oregon for school where she graduated from the University of Portland with a Bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in sociology.
In her free time, she can be found watching the Portland Trailblazers play basketball, painting, playing board and card games, and listening to live music. Belle also enjoys spending time with her kitten and her bearded dragon.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
What I love most about working at Equinox is the sense of community and collaboration. It is an honor to be a part of a team that is so dedicated to helping our clients grow.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The most fulfilling aspect is seeing the connections the clients make with each other. Watching them use these connections to engage more deeply with their peers and their therapeutic activities makes my work deeply meaningful.
Advice for kids?
Give things time and trust the process. We are all here to support you on your personal journeys.
Advice for parents?
Take a deep breath. You are doing what you can to support your child right now and that is enough.
Personal quote
When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you.- Patrick Stump
With a background in tourism and hospitality, Alana brings years of diverse marketing experience to the Equinox team. Alana passionately stands behind our values and mission here at Equinox. With our focus on family-level healing, she finds our program's progress and achievable success incredibly encouraging and inspirational.
Alana received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Art History and History from the University of Colorado. With a deep passion for arts & culture, she is fascinated by holism in anthropology and the creative, expressive ways individuals work through external factors' impact on their lives and communities. Furthermore, as a seasoned Colorado resident of 25+ years, she's passionate about aligning herself with local institutions - like the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) organizations, that actively seek to improve the lives of their communities, patrons, and team members.
Outside of work, Alana finds inspiration by spending time at any one of Denver's phenomenal cultural hubs - including the Denver Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Museum of Nature and Science, or the Botanic Gardens, to name a few! When in need of recharging or a refreshed perspective, you'll find her out in nature, enjoying Colorado's extensive year-round offerings of outdoor adventure to be had. In addition to her deep love for nature and exploring our majestic mountains, Alana is an avid gardener with years spent cultivating both cutting (flower) and vegetable gardens.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
What I love most about working at Equinox is the shared passion and dedication of our talented EQ team members. This - paired with the truly unique, specialized Equinox program, creates a palpable feeling of optimism around our center.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The most fulfilling aspect is seeing the sense of hope and community we provide for children and their families in need. Witnessing the powerful growth and improvement our families experience with Equinox after years of struggling and exhaustive efforts.
Advice for kids?
Know that you are never alone.
Learn to celebrate your differences and never stop exploring what makes you happy!
Personal quote
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bobby comes to Equinox with several years of experience working with people in the human services industry. He has spent several years working with diverse populations whose difficulties range from behavioral struggles, mental health challenges, developmental disorders, and most recently traumatic brain injuries. No matter the setting, he meets these populations with empathy and compassion, and recognizes the importance of how genuine human interaction can positively affect the lives around him.
Bobby is from Illinois and attended the University of Iowa for his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies with a Minor in Human Relations. Currently, he is enrolled in Regis University as he is pursuing his Master’s Degree in Counseling. Through his life experience and studies, Bobby firmly believes that the right kind of support can be what people need to experience meaningful change, and he intends to be that person.
In his free time, Bobby loves listening to music, drawing mandalas or other creative images, and watching Basketball. He played the drums when he was younger and incorporates drumming into his life still to this day. He has a cat named Mr. Big who means the world to him and is a lover of all animals. Getting outside for walks in nature rejuvenates him, and he does his best to balance work, school, and personal time.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I find it heartwarming to see people form stronger connections with themselves and others. Seeing positive growth in such a fun environment makes working at Equinox feel both meaningful and enjoyable.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The support of the team and the dedication everyone has to help make a positive impact on all the clients we work with. Experiencing these clients’ lives and making a change for the better is all I need to remind me I am working at the right place.
Advice for kids?
You do not have to be alone in the difficulties you go through, and you never are. Support is out there if you look for it.
Advice for parents?
Meet your child with empathy and understanding. Listen to them and recognize the power of language and how what is said may impact your child’s perception of themselves and others.
Personal quote
"You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success—none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here." -Ram Dass
Holleigh brings to Equinox an attachment-based lens for addressing various levels of trauma and neurodiversity and has worked with children, adolescents, and young adults utilizing experiential and adventure models, cognitive behavioral therapy, and the mind-body connection.
Holleigh began her work with youth as a middle and high school teacher after graduating from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in Secondary Education and English in 2012. Not long after, she discovered her passion laid outside the classroom, centered on supporting the mental health and well-being of her students in one-on-one and small groups environments. Holleigh has observed the healing power of nature in a variety of treatment environments, including wilderness therapy and alternative schooling, and believes the outdoors provides boundless opportunities for growth and change for both youth and adults.
Holleigh received her Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan in 2023 and is excited to have finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of living in Colorado, with access to pristine nature in every direction.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I love that Equinox provides wraparound support for families and clients that is specifically tailored to their interests and strengths.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
I am fulfilled by the way our clients light up in moments of reflection where they realize how far they have come, how much growth they have embodied, and how their hard work has been paying off.
Advice for kids?
Always act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. You do.
Advice for parents?
We do our best with what we know. When we know better, we do better!
Personal quote
"The wound is where the light enters you." - Rumi
Lowry comes to Equinox with a lifelong dedication to interpersonal growth, and a deep passion for psychodynamic and experiential therapies. Lowry has worked in Applied Behavior Analysis as a behavioral therapist with teenagers with developmental disorders, and equine-assisted psychodynamic therapy with veterans. She is driven by creativity in her work, and enjoys finding individualized plans to best suit every client. She firmly believes in helping clients develop their greatest sense of self and express vulnerability.
An east coast native, Lowry studied outdoor education at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina and moved out west to pursue her Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology at Montana State University in Bozeman. She intends to obtain her Master’s in Clinical Counseling at the University of Colorado.
Outside of work, Lowry enjoys hiking, rock climbing, reading, gardening and training young horses. Her greatest joy is being outside.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
Our community of holistic and relational support for every client, and the deep connections we create with both clients and families within our program.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Meeting clients exactly where they are at, and being able to witness their incredible physical, emotional, and interpersonal growth.
Advice for kids?
One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things.
Advice for parents?
The smallest improvements are sometimes the biggest.
Personal quote
“Nothing beats kindness. It sits quietly beyond all things”. - Charlie Mackesy
De’ja has experience working with a variety of clients, from youth and adolescents with mild to severe behavioral, developmental, and mental health conditions to youth and collegiate athletes and performers working to achieve performance excellence and personal development. She believes that it is important to meet the clients where they are and guide them to where they want to be through equity-centered holistic interventions, programming, and treatment plans. De’ja has a passion to create spaces that are calm and supportive to encourage and facilitate the opportunity for growth and learning.
De’ja is an Arkansas native and graduated from Oklahoma State University with her BS in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. Immediately after completing her BS, she moved to Denver and received her Master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology. Later she hopes to obtain her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology specializing in Black Youth depression and anxiety.
Outside of work, De’ja loves traveling with family and friends, watching collegiate and professional sports, and trying new restaurants around Colorado.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
Working collaboratively with all members of the Equinox treatment team, it offers diverse perspectives to produce individualized care for each client.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Building a strong relationship with my client that they feel valued and psychologically safe.
Advice for kids?
Change and development has no finish line, you must learn to enjoy the process.
Advice for parents?
Be flexible, relentlessly taking in new understandings and experiences to help your child achieve their full potential.
Personal Quote
"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are." -Brene Brown
Ruth has a background of working with youth and young adults in various environments from education to community-based behavioral health programs. She has spent the last two years helping individuals of all ages with varying degrees of mental health struggles in crisis. She strives to continue being a support for others from their lowest moments to becoming their best selves. Ruth values the gift of self-compassion along with taking care of an individual’s whole person. She appreciates Equinox’s holistic and integrative approach with everyone and their families.
Ruth is originally from Texas where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Southwestern University. She is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Northern Colorado. Ruth aspires to be a Licensed Professional Counselor and continue helping individuals reach their fullest potential.
Since moving she has really enjoyed adventuring out and travelling to the mountains to see wildlife. She is thankful for the many people in her life who have supported her along the journey, and she values the power of great friendships. She believes having meaningful relationships is one of the best ways to heal.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I really appreciate the integrative aspect we use to help families apply all their hard work to continue their progress in their home. You can feel the community that staff and individuals have created to foster growth.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Helping our clients thrive as individuals to use the skills they learn to reach their best selves and help those around them as well. Nothing is more fulfilling than when someone can reach their own goals with a little support.
Advice for kids?
Falling down is part of learning how to get back up.
Advice for parents?
Some of the greatest gifts you can give your child is the ability to love and to be loved.
Personal Quote
"When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers."
Julia comes to Equinox with a background in teaching at the elementary and middle school levels. In addition, she has recently worked in trauma informed care for both individuals and families while also incorporating Animal Assisted work.
Julia grew up in NY and received her Master’s in Teaching before moving to Colorado. She soon realized that Social Work would be a better career path for her, and went to University of Denver where she received her MSW, concentrating in Family Systems, as well as a certificate in Animal Assisted Social Work. Julia believes strongly in the power of animals to heal, and benefit our mental health.
Outside of work, Julia spends a lot of time with her Great Dane, Ruby, a certified Therapy Dog. Additionally, Julia is enthusiastic about so many of the activities that Colorado has to offer, including snowboarding, camping, volleyball, spectator sports, hiking, concerts, live comedy, travel, and of course, anything dog friendly!
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I love the variety of activities and therapies for the clients. Every day is interesting and productive.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Witnessing a client have a “light bulb moment”.
Advice for kids?
Keep an open mind and an open heart. Give yourself room to make mistakes, it means you are learning and growing.
Advice for parents?
Show your children unconditional love and support; allow them to be who they are and they‘ll grow into their best self.
Personal Quote
"Grow through what you go through. "
Aidan comes to Equinox Counseling & Wellness Center with a background of group management experience, specifically working with youth, corporate, and athletic groups through various teambuilding exercises, high and low ropes courses, and reflective debriefs.
As a Colorado native, Aidan is pursuing a BA in Music Technology from the University of Colorado Boulder and looks forward to bringing his musical knowledge into the milieu. He plans on attaining his master’s in counseling psychology.
Outside of work, Aidan loves to play and compose music at the piano, go on outdoor adventures with friends, and play basketball.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I love the sense of community that has been built here. When you walk into EQ you can tell that staff are excited to be here and are passionate about the work we do.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Helping clients support each other and build friendships within the milieu and seeing them learn to manage their emotions in healthy ways.
Advice for kids?
Keep an open mind, and trust that we are here to support you in every way that we can.
Advice for parents?
Manage your expectations. Healthy, sustainable change takes time but will happen through consistent application of all there is to learn at Equinox.
Personal Quote
“It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.”
As the founder and CEO of Equinox, Mary brings extensive insight, knowledge and experience with each of the various levels of treatment care available to parents seeking help for the complex mental health challenges their children are facing. More than 30 years of experience in the mental health field has led her to examine the treatment path that not only separates youth from their parents and family system but is also so readily recommended by many mental health professionals. Mary cares deeply about young people and their families facing complex mental health challenges and has dedicated herself to ensuring youth in need of intensive treatment experience safety, kindness, and compassion by a clinical team and system of care that delivers results.
Mary has become a prominent voice within the professional treatment community on the importance of parent and family involvement in the treatment process. Her work centers on helping parents achieve a deep understanding that families that grow, learn and change together, heal together. As a result, she has ensured that youth and their parents have another option; no longer do families have to move from provider to provider, be separated by treatment in wilderness or residential settings, or be in and out of psychiatric hospital settings to get the help they are seeking. In 2009, after 22 years in the mental health networks of Colorado, Nevada, and North Carolina, Mary developed an out-patient intensive level of care that combines the best of residential treatment, wilderness therapy and hospital settings to help keep youth and families together on the path towards healing.
Additionally, Mary is the co-founder of the Parent Leadership Academy which is an integrated component of the Equinox program. The Parent Leadership Academy has helped thousands of parents learn to parent with confidence, love, warmth, and compassion, while at the same time holding important boundaries necessary to improve their child’s functioning. The Parent Leadership Academy teaches parents that alignment with family values and parenting a child with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health issues no longer are mutually exclusive of one another.
Mary received her bachelor’s degree in business management and therapeutic recreation from Mesa State College and attended the University of Northern Colorado and Lesley College for master’s coursework in clinical psychology. She has over 30 years of experience in developing and delivering programs to youth and families struggling with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges. With skillful expertise, Mary has developed specialized programming for youth who often present with combined complexities of anxiety, depression, OCD, mood disorders, ADHD, and executive functioning disorder. This programming deals with the reality that these complexities create significant difficulty across a broad spectrum in their lives, parent relationships and overall functioning. Utilizing her extensive background in developing and running residential treatment and wilderness therapy programs, she has successfully implemented intensive programming that allows these youth to remain in their home environment.
Mary is a national trainer, speaker and clinical program evaluator. She speaks and trains on topics that include the following: Sexual Safety for Children; Developing Competent, Confident Children; How to Raise Responsible Teens; The Dangers of Using Rewards and Consequence Behavior Modification Systems. Additionally, Mary has been featured on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and ABC’s Nightline for her work with military youth and families experiencing significant challenges as a result of their parent’s multiple military deployments
“If you are at sea, and you’re in a raft, and the swells of the sea are huge, when you are lifted to the top of the wave, you can see for an eternity. When you come down into the belly of the wave, you cannot see anything. Gratitude is not about denying the fact that you are in the belly of the wave and that wave may crash on you, but to never lose site of the horizon even though in this moment you are not seeing it.”-unknown
As managing partner and Chief Clinical Officer, Eileen provides oversight of all clinical/program services and processes, ensuring the highest standard of care is utilized to attain sustainable client outcomes. She believes that each family comes to Equinox with their own story to tell, unique strengths and complex challenges, that deserve a compassionate and skilled approach to their clinical care. As CCO, Eileen oversees a system of care focused on integrating all aspects of Equinox therapeutic programming into the client's home, community, and day-to-day relationships. Most importantly, each professional interaction, clinical intervention, and treatment decision occurs with integrity and from evidence-based practice.
Eileen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She then received a Master of Arts degree in clinical psychology, with specialization in marriage, family, and child counseling from Pepperdine University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the states of Colorado and California, and has provided therapeutic services to individuals, couples, families, high-risk adolescents, and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder for the past 30 years.
Eileen worked as a family therapist with family systems impacted by trauma, behavioral disorders, mental health issues, and chronic stressors that significantly disrupted family relationships. As a Parent Coach with Equinox, Eileen utilizes her skills and knowledge of complex family systems to work closely with parents who have faced unpredictable and difficult challenges raising adolescents and helping their young adults launch into independence. Eileen teaches parents that they are an essential catalyst for the change they are wanting to see in their family, and even more importantly she provides the necessary guidance to get there. Parent Leadership Principles integrated within the Equinox System of Care is a sequenced learning method that develops skills for effective parent leadership while enhancing the connection between the parent(s)/child that is commonly disrupted as a result of the chronic distress.
Eileen’s expertise includes guiding parents of young adults to effectively support the transition to independent living despite existing challenges that contribute to a failure to launch. She understands the unique dynamics that exist in this stage of development within the parent/child relationship and common barriers that impact our young adults in this process. She enjoys both the individual coaching process and the weekly parent group that combines psycho-education and therapeutic support.
Eileen loves traveling with her husband and teenage son, has three beloved dogs, and relaxes through gardening, time outdoors, and cooking.
“You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”
Oprah Winfrey
Tim is a Partner and the System of Care Officer at Equinox. Working in this role is a natural fit for Tim after spending 25 years working in a variety of environments with an array of populations and families. He is passionate about the seamless integration of clinical, milieu, community, wilderness and parent coaching to produce the results families need and deserve.
Tim grew up in Western New York and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Niagara University. His passion for the outdoors brought him to Colorado in 1996 and he’s been combining the outdoors and behavioral healthcare ever since. He began his work with at-risk-teens in residential treatment and leading wilderness therapy trips as a field guide for 6-years before bridging experiential modalities with therapeutic milieu and community-based treatment in 2002.
Since the inception of Equinox in 2009, Tim has developed a passion for, as well as an intimate understanding of, the unique system of care that exists at Equinox. His primary role is to ensure that the Equinox treatment teams have the skills, knowledge and operational understanding of how to effectively deliver services under our distinctive system of care. Tim’s expertise in milieu management, combined with his experience guiding the efforts of multi-disciplinary and clinical teams, make him a uniquely qualified leader, mentor and trainer at Equinox.
Tim is also a valued member of the parent coaching team. He has a particular interest in, and talent for, helping parents emerge as nurturing leaders in their family while assisting them in bridging the gaps that often exist in the parent–child relationship. Tim takes a principally based approach to leading his weekly parent coaching workshops as well as providing individual coaching. It’s no surprise that Tim has created Equinox’s “In Home Family Retreats” where he draws heavily from his experiential roots to facilitate a 3-day experience focused heavily on parent leadership in the home.
Tim also overseas all of the adventure and wilderness programming at Equinox and enjoys the training and mentoring aspects of his job. While Tim is growing up a new generation of outdoor behavioral health professionals at Equinox, he still loves his time in the field. Team spends countless hours in the field with his guides and when time allows, he still loves leading groups and families on therapeutic adventures. Tim enjoys the continuing education and maintains professional certifications including American Mountain Guide Association–Certified Single-Pitch Instructor, Association for Challenge Course Technology–Level II facilitator, The Climbing Wall Association-Lead Climbing Wall Instructor, American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education–Pro-1; and Wilderness Medicine Institute–Wilderness First Responder.
When not working, Tim enjoys rock and ice climbing, skiing, fly fishing, mountain biking and traveling adventures with his wife, Tanya, in their little camper.
"Follow your PASSION, It knows where you should go."
Nathan, who has 20 years’ experience in operations and sales, has worked in varied organizations from start-up level to Fortune 500 corporations in retail, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, healthcare and early childhood education. His experience has provided him immense perspective and leadership skills which allow him to refine operational capabilities and create high-performing teams. He is always working on finding new and creative ways to make the world a better place, and his passion for business and self-growth is a great addition to the Equinox family.
Nathan holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Virginia Military Institute as well as an Executive Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University. He continues to pursue higher education and is currently working on an additional master’s degree in Financial Management from Boston University.
Nathan, who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, spent the majority of his youth camping and teaching at summer camps where he gained a passion for the outdoors. He combines his love of wilderness and spending time outside, with his professional and personal experiences to advance the life-changing work Equinox Counseling and Wellness Center does for youth, young adults, their families and their communities.
Nathan has lived in Colorado since 2007 and enjoys all that it has to offer. When he is not helping to further the mission of Equinox, he can be found spending time with his wife and four children, finding new craft brews, and training for triathlons.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
Seeing families grow and overcome the obstacles in their relationships. When you can see the relief in a parents eyes when their kid has been transformed, there is nothing like that.
Enjoy the moment, do not worry about the future or the past. If you focus on what’s in front of you, the future will take care of itself.
Jennifer has been with Equinox since it was founded in 2009. She began working in a part-time capacity in accounts receivable and as the company grew, took on more and more responsibilities to include all of HR, AR and AP. Jennifer takes great pride in caring for our staff, and minding the “business of the business” so that our outstanding treatment teams can focus on providing excellent care to our families. She believes supporting the life-changing work Equinox Counseling and Wellness Center provides for youth, young adults, and their families is truly an honor.
Prior to coming to Equinox, Jennifer worked in brain injury rehabilitation and coached softball at the private, high school, and collegiate levels. Jennifer continues to coach part-time giving private pitching lessons to Denver area girls ages 9-22. Her mission to build confidence is always at the heart of her work.
When not working, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, working on projects around the house, playing guitar and singing, and relaxing in the Colorado mountains or anywhere there is a beach.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
Walking into our milieu and seeing kids laughing, connecting, learning and changing. Knowing that most of our patients have struggled to find and keep friends makes Equinox's milieu such a desperately needed place for these kiddos.
Personal Quote- "You always pass failure on your way to success." - Micky Rooney
Alessandra first visited Colorado in 2017 then later made the decision to permanently reside in Colorado after completing undergraduate studies in 2018. She holds a BS in Finance and Economics from the University of the West Indies, Mona and is currently pursuing her MBA at the University of Colorado, Denver. Alessandra has several years of administrative experience in a variety of industries including hospitality, accounting, and property management.
In her free time, Alessandra primarily enjoys reading, creative writing and binge-watching historical dramas. Alessandra has a passion for travel and a loaded vision board of places to visit. She believes experiences gained from traveling are invaluable and enjoys a good solo travel trip when the opportunity arises. Alessandra grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and it will probably always be her favorite place to travel to.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I appreciate working in an environment where everyone holds a similar value system where holistic health and wellness are concerned.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The opportunity to leave a mark whether directly or indirectly on someone’s day.
Advice for kids:
Learning and growth are lifelong processes. Just keep trying to be a better you than you were the day before.
Advice for parents:
Foster an environment of open and honest communication. Listen to your children. Their future selves will thank you for the transparency.
Personal Quote:
“Be intentional. Live with purpose.”
Eve’s variety of experience ranges from working for Tony Robbins in San Diego to managing marketing initiatives for Elements Massage and OrangeTheory Fitness. Eve is grateful and passionate about bringing awareness to Equinox’s family-level of care and healing to the community. She especially loves Equinox’s model of incorporating adventure, wilderness, and art and experiential therapy into programming. Experiential and art therapy played an integral part in her own personal healing process, and her main goal is to be a psychodrama therapist helping people through past traumas with expressive art therapy.
Having lost 150 pounds and maintaining her journey for more than 10 years, she has been featured in Shape magazine, Huffington Post, Huffpost Live, PETA, Mind Body Green and was on the show The Doctors. She has been published in three books including “Organized Obstacles: A Collection of Weight Loss Stories From Those Who Laughed In Impossible’s Face.” Her biggest passion revolves around mental health and the emotional resilience it takes to transform your life. Eve is currently finishing her undergrad at MSU Denver studying Psychology and Theatre.
When Eve is not studying or reading a textbook, she loves to work out, sing, write, dress up in costumes, and paddleboard with her fiancé Chris. When they are not on the water, you can find them playing “Top Chef” in the kitchen, singing karaoke, or relaxing with their beloved dog, Chef. (Yes, he has his own Instagram page.)
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"All change is hard at first, messy in the middles, and gorgeous at the end."-Robin Sharma
As the founder and CEO of Equinox, Mary brings extensive insight, knowledge and experience with each of the various levels of treatment care available to parents seeking help for the complex mental health challenges their children are facing. More than 30 years of experience in the mental health field has led her to examine the treatment path that not only separates youth from their parents and family system but is also so readily recommended by many mental health professionals. Mary cares deeply about young people and their families facing complex mental health challenges and has dedicated herself to ensuring youth in need of intensive treatment experience safety, kindness, and compassion by a clinical team and system of care that delivers results.
Mary has become a prominent voice within the professional treatment community on the importance of parent and family involvement in the treatment process. Her work centers on helping parents achieve a deep understanding that families that grow, learn and change together, heal together. As a result, she has ensured that youth and their parents have another option; no longer do families have to move from provider to provider, be separated by treatment in wilderness or residential settings, or be in and out of psychiatric hospital settings to get the help they are seeking. In 2009, after 22 years in the mental health networks of Colorado, Nevada, and North Carolina, Mary developed an out-patient intensive level of care that combines the best of residential treatment, wilderness therapy and hospital settings to help keep youth and families together on the path towards healing.
Additionally, Mary is the co-founder of the Parent Leadership Academy which is an integrated component of the Equinox program. The Parent Leadership Academy has helped thousands of parents learn to parent with confidence, love, warmth, and compassion, while at the same time holding important boundaries necessary to improve their child’s functioning. The Parent Leadership Academy teaches parents that alignment with family values and parenting a child with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health issues no longer are mutually exclusive of one another.
Mary received her bachelor’s degree in business management and therapeutic recreation from Mesa State College and attended the University of Northern Colorado and Lesley College for master’s coursework in clinical psychology. She has over 30 years of experience in developing and delivering programs to youth and families struggling with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges. With skillful expertise, Mary has developed specialized programming for youth who often present with combined complexities of anxiety, depression, OCD, mood disorders, ADHD, and executive functioning disorder. This programming deals with the reality that these complexities create significant difficulty across a broad spectrum in their lives, parent relationships and overall functioning. Utilizing her extensive background in developing and running residential treatment and wilderness therapy programs, she has successfully implemented intensive programming that allows these youth to remain in their home environment.
Mary is a national trainer, speaker and clinical program evaluator. She speaks and trains on topics that include the following: Sexual Safety for Children; Developing Competent, Confident Children; How to Raise Responsible Teens; The Dangers of Using Rewards and Consequence Behavior Modification Systems. Additionally, Mary has been featured on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and ABC’s Nightline for her work with military youth and families experiencing significant challenges as a result of their parent’s multiple military deployments.
“If you are at sea, and you’re in a raft, and the swells of the sea are huge, when you are lifted to the top of the wave, you can see for an eternity. When you come down into the belly of the wave, you cannot see anything. Gratitude is not about denying the fact that you are in the belly of the wave and that wave may crash on you, but to never lose site of the horizon even though in this moment you are not seeing it.”-unknown
Nathan, who has 20 years’ experience in operations and sales, has worked in varied organizations from start-up level to Fortune 500 corporations in retail, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, healthcare and early childhood education. His experience has provided him immense perspective and leadership skills which allow him to refine operational capabilities and create high-performing teams. He is always working on finding new and creative ways to make the world a better place, and his passion for business and self-growth is a great addition to the Equinox family.
Nathan holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Virginia Military Institute as well as an Executive Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University. He continues to pursue higher education and is currently working on an additional master’s degree in Financial Management from Boston University.
Nathan, who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, spent the majority of his youth camping and teaching at summer camps where he gained a passion for the outdoors. He combines his love of wilderness and spending time outside, with his professional and personal experiences to advance the life-changing work Equinox Counseling and Wellness Center does for youth, young adults, their families and their communities.
Nathan has lived in Colorado since 2007 and enjoys all that it has to offer. When he is not helping to further the mission of Equinox, he can be found spending time with his wife and four children, finding new craft brews, and training for triathlons.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
Seeing families grow and overcome the obstacles in their relationships. When you can see the relief in a parents eyes when their kid has been transformed, there is nothing like that.
Enjoy the moment, do not worry about the future or the past. If you focus on what’s in front of you, the future will take care of itself.
As managing partner and Chief Clinical Officer, Eileen provides oversight of all clinical/program services and processes, ensuring the highest standard of care is utilized to attain sustainable client outcomes. She believes that each family comes to Equinox with their own story to tell, unique strengths and complex challenges, that deserve a compassionate and skilled approach to their clinical care. As CCO, Eileen oversees a system of care focused on integrating all aspects of Equinox therapeutic programming into the client's home, community, and day-to-day relationships. Most importantly, each professional interaction, clinical intervention, and treatment decision occurs with integrity and from evidence-based practice.
Eileen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She then received a Master of Arts degree in clinical psychology, with specialization in marriage, family, and child counseling from Pepperdine University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the states of Colorado and California, and has provided therapeutic services to individuals, couples, families, high-risk adolescents, and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder for the past 30 years.
Eileen worked as a family therapist with family systems impacted by trauma, behavioral disorders, mental health issues, and chronic stressors that significantly disrupted family relationships. As a Parent Coach with Equinox, Eileen utilizes her skills and knowledge of complex family systems to work closely with parents who have faced unpredictable and difficult challenges raising adolescents and helping their young adults launch into independence. Eileen teaches parents that they are an essential catalyst for the change they are wanting to see in their family, and even more importantly she provides the necessary guidance to get there. Parent Leadership Principles integrated within the Equinox System of Care is a sequenced learning method that develops skills for effective parent leadership while enhancing the connection between the parent(s)/child that is commonly disrupted as a result of the chronic distress.
Eileen’s expertise includes guiding parents of young adults to effectively support the transition to independent living despite existing challenges that contribute to a failure to launch. She understands the unique dynamics that exist in this stage of development within the parent/child relationship and common barriers that impact our young adults in this process. She enjoys both the individual coaching process and the weekly parent group that combines psycho-education and therapeutic support.
Eileen loves traveling with her husband and teenage son, has three beloved dogs, and relaxes through gardening, time outdoors, and cooking.
“You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”
Oprah Winfrey
Tim is a Partner and the System of Care Officer at Equinox. Working in this role is a natural fit for Tim after spending 25 years working in a variety of environments with an array of populations and families. He is passionate about the seamless integration of clinical, milieu, community, wilderness and parent coaching to produce the results families need and deserve.
Tim grew up in Western New York and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Niagara University. His passion for the outdoors brought him to Colorado in 1996 and he’s been combining the outdoors and behavioral healthcare ever since. He began his work with at-risk-teens in residential treatment and leading wilderness therapy trips as a field guide for 6-years before bridging experiential modalities with therapeutic milieu and community-based treatment in 2002.
Since the inception of Equinox in 2009, Tim has developed a passion for, as well as an intimate understanding of, the unique system of care that exists at Equinox. His primary role is to ensure that the Equinox treatment teams have the skills, knowledge and operational understanding of how to effectively deliver services under our distinctive system of care. Tim’s expertise in milieu management, combined with his experience guiding the efforts of multi-disciplinary and clinical teams, make him a uniquely qualified leader, mentor and trainer at Equinox.
Tim is also a valued member of the parent coaching team. He has a particular interest in, and talent for, helping parents emerge as nurturing leaders in their family while assisting them in bridging the gaps that often exist in the parent–child relationship. Tim takes a principally based approach to leading his weekly parent coaching workshops as well as providing individual coaching. It’s no surprise that Tim has created Equinox’s “In Home Family Retreats” where he draws heavily from his experiential roots to facilitate a 3-day experience focused heavily on parent leadership in the home.
Tim also overseas all of the adventure and wilderness programming at Equinox and enjoys the training and mentoring aspects of his job. While Tim is growing up a new generation of outdoor behavioral health professionals at Equinox, he still loves his time in the field. Team spends countless hours in the field with his guides and when time allows, he still loves leading groups and families on therapeutic adventures. Tim enjoys the continuing education and maintains professional certifications including American Mountain Guide Association–Certified Single-Pitch Instructor, Association for Challenge Course Technology–Level II facilitator, The Climbing Wall Association-Lead Climbing Wall Instructor, American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education–Pro-1; and Wilderness Medicine Institute–Wilderness First Responder.
When not working, Tim enjoys rock and ice climbing, skiing, fly fishing, mountain biking and traveling adventures with his wife, Tanya, in their little camper.
Follow your PASSION, It knows where you should go.
Jennifer has been with Equinox since it was founded in 2009. She began working in a part-time capacity in accounts receivable and as the company grew, took on more and more responsibilities to include all of HR, AR and AP. Jennifer takes great pride in caring for our staff, and minding the “business of the business” so that our outstanding treatment teams can focus on providing excellent care to our families. She believes supporting the life-changing work Equinox Counseling and Wellness Center provides for youth, young adults, and their families is truly an honor.
Prior to coming to Equinox, Jennifer worked in brain injury rehabilitation and coached softball at the private, high school, and collegiate levels. Jennifer continues to coach part-time giving private pitching lessons to Denver area girls ages 9-22. Her mission to build confidence is always at the heart of her work.
When not working, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, working on projects around the house, playing guitar and singing, and relaxing in the Colorado mountains or anywhere there is a beach.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
Walking into our milieu and seeing kids laughing, connecting, learning and changing. Knowing that most of our patients have struggled to find and keep friends makes Equinox's milieu such a desperately needed place for these kiddos.
Personal Quote- "You always pass failure on your way to success." - Micky Rooney
Kristy is the Clinical Director at Equinox and has been a valuable team member for over 5 years. Previously, she has held positions within Equinox including, Therapeutic Care Specialist, Clinician, Assistant Clinical Director, and Program Director. This experience gives Kristy unique perspective, exceptional knowledge, and clinical skill to lead our team working within the Equinox system of care. Kristy has a wealth of knowledge and love of the outdoors, with a variety of experiences in community mental health and residential treatment. Kristy holds a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Harding University and also brings five years of experience with rock climbing, yoga, somatic experiences, and facilitation of experience-based therapy.
Having experienced the power of rock climbing for her own personal growth, Kristy continues to seek opportunities to share this therapy with youth and families at Equinox. Kristy brings her passion of rock climbing into the Strong Confident Girls Group which focuses on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills in a local Denver indoor rock-climbing gym. Through this program, Kristy has seen rock climbing transform and guide teen girls in managing their emotions, increasing their distress tolerance, and working together with peers in the group to set and accomplish goals.
Kristy and her husband can be found in the mountains hiking, rock climbing, and camping in their pop-up camper on the weekends. Together they also enjoy kayaking in lakes and rivers in the summer seasons. Kristy is a work-out enthusiast and practices her own daily and weekly routines of exercise and yoga.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"I've loved where I've been, but is my heart's where I'm going."- Anberlin
Eve’s variety of experience ranges from working for Tony Robbins in San Diego to managing marketing initiatives for Elements Massage and OrangeTheory Fitness. Eve is grateful and passionate about bringing awareness to Equinox’s family-level of care and healing to the community. She especially loves Equinox’s model of incorporating adventure, wilderness, and art and experiential therapy into programming. Experiential and art therapy played an integral part in her own personal healing process, and her main goal is to be a psychodrama therapist helping people through past traumas with expressive art therapy.
Having lost 150 pounds and maintaining her journey for more than 10 years, she has been featured in Shape magazine, Huffington Post, Huffpost Live, PETA, Mind Body Green and was on the show The Doctors. She has been published in three books including “Organized Obstacles: A Collection of Weight Loss Stories From Those Who Laughed In Impossible’s Face.” Her biggest passion revolves around mental health and the emotional resilience it takes to transform your life. Eve is currently finishing her undergrad at MSU Denver studying Psychology and Theatre.
When Eve is not studying or reading a textbook, she loves to work out, sing, write, dress up in costumes, and paddleboard with her fiancé Chris. When they are not on the water, you can find them playing “Top Chef” in the kitchen, singing karaoke, or relaxing with their beloved dog, Chef. (Yes, he has his own Instagram page.)
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"All change is hard at first, messy in the middles, and gorgeous at the end."-Robin Sharma
An East Coast native, Martha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Human Services from Old Dominion University and a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in Virginia. She has experience working in psychiatric in-patient hospitals, private practice, and summer programs for neurodiverse youth.
As a mental health professional, Martha has extensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and a background integrating art, music, and nature into a therapeutic setting. Martha deeply believes that every person deserves to know, tell, and understand their story, and believes that this can best happen in a holistic treatment environment like the one at Equinox Counseling & Wellness Center.
When not working, Martha, her husband, and their goldendoodle puppy enjoy all that Colorado has to offer by way of camping, hiking, playing tennis, and rock climbing.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable."- Mary Oliver
Julianna brings to Equinox more than 10 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in an education setting and mental health capacity. Julianna believes that all people deserve safety, happiness, and positive development. She is committed to working in service of others and measures her successes by the positive impact she has on them.
Julianna completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Binghamton University before working as an educator with Teach for America. During her tenure, Julianna led her students to achieving the highest standardized test scores in aptitude and growth margins in her school. This feat was a demonstration of expertise in supporting neurodiverse youth with executive functioning skills to aid in academic and individual success. While teaching, Julianna worked as a Program Manager for an educational non-profit music program where students learned music theory and how to play different instruments to express themselves and learn together in a safe space. Through these experiences, she realized that mental health support and psychoeducation had to come first for students to achieve their goals and reach their potential. Thus, Julianna is currently pursuing a Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree at St. Bonaventure University.
When not at work, Julianna enjoys cooking, painting, kickboxing, hiking, kayaking, and many more activities that allow her to express herself mentally and physically.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
My favorite thing about working at Equinox is the sense of community. We are super collaborative and always trying to improve our communication and systems to impact our clients as positively as possible.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The most fulfilling part of my work is seeing the progress in our clients and being able to support them through their journey. They're all incredible and deserving of the utmost safety and happiness.
Advice for kids?
Slow down, take a deep breath, and try trust. We are here for you.
Advice for parents?
Lead your family with a heart of peace and remember your support system here is always bigger than you think.
Personal Quote
"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching." - John Wooden
What do you love about working at Equinox?
What I love most about working at Equinox is the shared passion and dedication of our talented EQ team members. This - paired with the truly unique, specialized Equinox program, creates a palpable feeling of optimism around our center.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The most fulfilling aspect is seeing the sense of hope and community we provide for children and their families in need. Witnessing the powerful growth and improvement our families experience with Equinox after years of struggling and exhaustive efforts.
Advice for kids?
Know that you are never alone.
Learn to celebrate your differences and never stop exploring what makes you happy!
Personal quote
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
As the founder and CEO of Equinox, Mary brings extensive insight, knowledge and experience with each of the various levels of treatment care available to parents seeking help for the complex mental health challenges their children are facing. More than 30 years of experience in the mental health field has led her to examine the treatment path that not only separates youth from their parents and family system but is also so readily recommended by many mental health professionals. Mary cares deeply about young people and their families facing complex mental health challenges and has dedicated herself to ensuring youth in need of intensive treatment experience safety, kindness, and compassion by a clinical team and system of care that delivers results.
Mary has become a prominent voice within the professional treatment community on the importance of parent and family involvement in the treatment process. Her work centers on helping parents achieve a deep understanding that families that grow, learn and change together, heal together. As a result, she has ensured that youth and their parents have another option; no longer do families have to move from provider to provider, be separated by treatment in wilderness or residential settings, or be in and out of psychiatric hospital settings to get the help they are seeking. In 2009, after 22 years in the mental health networks of Colorado, Nevada, and North Carolina, Mary developed an out-patient intensive level of care that combines the best of residential treatment, wilderness therapy and hospital settings to help keep youth and families together on the path towards healing.
Additionally, Mary is the co-founder of the Parent Leadership Academy which is an integrated component of the Equinox program. The Parent Leadership Academy has helped thousands of parents learn to parent with confidence, love, warmth, and compassion, while at the same time holding important boundaries necessary to improve their child’s functioning. The Parent Leadership Academy teaches parents that alignment with family values and parenting a child with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health issues no longer are mutually exclusive of one another.
Mary received her bachelor’s degree in business management and therapeutic recreation from Mesa State College and attended the University of Northern Colorado and Lesley College for master’s coursework in clinical psychology. She has over 30 years of experience in developing and delivering programs to youth and families struggling with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges. With skillful expertise, Mary has developed specialized programming for youth who often present with combined complexities of anxiety, depression, OCD, mood disorders, ADHD, and executive functioning disorder. This programming deals with the reality that these complexities create significant difficulty across a broad spectrum in their lives, parent relationships and overall functioning. Utilizing her extensive background in developing and running residential treatment and wilderness therapy programs, she has successfully implemented intensive programming that allows these youth to remain in their home environment.
Mary is a national trainer, speaker and clinical program evaluator. She speaks and trains on topics that include the following: Sexual Safety for Children; Developing Competent, Confident Children; How to Raise Responsible Teens; The Dangers of Using Rewards and Consequence Behavior Modification Systems. Additionally, Mary has been featured on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and ABC’s Nightline for her work with military youth and families experiencing significant challenges as a result of their parent’s multiple military deployments
“If you are at sea, and you’re in a raft, and the swells of the sea are huge, when you are lifted to the top of the wave, you can see for an eternity. When you come down into the belly of the wave, you cannot see anything. Gratitude is not about denying the fact that you are in the belly of the wave and that wave may crash on you, but to never lose site of the horizon even though in this moment you are not seeing it.”-unknown
As managing partner and Chief Clinical Officer, Eileen provides oversight of all clinical/program services and processes, ensuring the highest standard of care is utilized to attain sustainable client outcomes. She believes that each family comes to Equinox with their own story to tell, unique strengths and complex challenges, that deserve a compassionate and skilled approach to their clinical care. As CCO, Eileen oversees a system of care focused on integrating all aspects of Equinox therapeutic programming into the client's home, community, and day-to-day relationships. Most importantly, each professional interaction, clinical intervention, and treatment decision occurs with integrity and from evidence-based practice.
Eileen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She then received a Master of Arts degree in clinical psychology, with specialization in marriage, family, and child counseling from Pepperdine University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the states of Colorado and California, and has provided therapeutic services to individuals, couples, families, high-risk adolescents, and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder for the past 30 years.
Eileen worked as a family therapist with family systems impacted by trauma, behavioral disorders, mental health issues, and chronic stressors that significantly disrupted family relationships. As a Parent Coach with Equinox, Eileen utilizes her skills and knowledge of complex family systems to work closely with parents who have faced unpredictable and difficult challenges raising adolescents and helping their young adults launch into independence. Eileen teaches parents that they are an essential catalyst for the change they are wanting to see in their family, and even more importantly she provides the necessary guidance to get there. Parent Leadership Principles integrated within the Equinox System of Care is a sequenced learning method that develops skills for effective parent leadership while enhancing the connection between the parent(s)/child that is commonly disrupted as a result of the chronic distress.
Eileen’s expertise includes guiding parents of young adults to effectively support the transition to independent living despite existing challenges that contribute to a failure to launch. She understands the unique dynamics that exist in this stage of development within the parent/child relationship and common barriers that impact our young adults in this process. She enjoys both the individual coaching process and the weekly parent group that combines psycho-education and therapeutic support.
Eileen loves traveling with her husband and teenage son, has three beloved dogs, and relaxes through gardening, time outdoors, and cooking.
“You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”
Oprah Winfrey
Kristy is the Program Director at Equinox and has been a valuable team member with the Equinox Team. Kristy has a wealth of knowledge and love of the outdoors, with a variety of experiences in community mental health and residential treatment. Kristy holds a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Harding University and also brings five years of experience with rock climbing, yoga, somatic experiences, and facilitation of experience-based therapy.
Having experienced the power of rock climbing for her own personal growth, Kristy continues to seek opportunities to share this therapy with youth and families at Equinox. Kristy brings her passion of rock climbing into the Strong Confident Girls Group which focuses on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills in a local Denver indoor rock-climbing gym. Through this program, Kristy has seen rock climbing transform and guide teen girls in managing their emotions, increasing their distress tolerance, and working together with peers in the group to set and accomplish goals.
Kristy and her husband can be found in the mountains hiking, rock climbing, and camping in their pop-up camper on the weekends. Together they also enjoy kayaking in lakes and rivers in the summer seasons. Kristy is a work-out enthusiast and practices her own daily and weekly routines of exercise and yoga.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"I've loved where I've been, but is my heart's where I'm going."- Anberlin
Belle began her career in mental health as a recovery coach in an adolescent residential eating disorder facility. Working in a milieu environment learning the benefits of a multifaceted therapeutic environment. Most recently she has a behavioral therapist with children who have different developmental delays. Belle is excited to continue her journey in mental health as a neurofeedback technician and therapeutic care specialist at Equinox.
Belle was raised in Washington before moving to Oregon for school where she graduated from the University of Portland with a Bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in sociology.
In her free time, she can be found watching the Portland Trailblazers play basketball, painting, playing board and card games, and listening to live music. Belle also enjoys spending time with her kitten and her bearded dragon.
Anna Belle has lived in several states and came to Denver in 2022. She holds a BA in English from Indiana University and a Master of Jurisprudence degree from Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law. She enjoys mountain views and trail walks, yoga, and wildlife and nature photography. You can find her on the front range, scoping out spots to encounter and photograph the beautiful flora and fauna of the region.
In 2011, Kayla graduated from Southwestern University with a B.A in Psychology and a B.A. in Communication Studies, then immediately began working directly with adolescents in residential care. She received her Master of Social Work in 2016 at Texas State University. Prior to her move to Colorado, Kayla was licensed in Texas and is thrilled to be a part of a new community in a beautiful place.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
What I love most about working at Equinox is the sense of community and collaboration. It is an honor to be a part of a team that is so dedicated to helping our clients grow.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The most fulfilling aspect is seeing the connections the clients make with each other. Watching them use these connections to engage more deeply with their peers and their therapeutic activities makes my work deeply meaningful.
Advice for kids?
Give things time and trust the process. We are all here to support you on your personal journeys.
Advice for parents?
Take a deep breath. You are doing what you can to support your child right now and that is enough.
Personal quote
When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you.- Patrick Stump
Holleigh brings to Equinox an attachment-based lens for addressing various levels of trauma and neurodiversity and has worked with children, adolescents, and young adults utilizing experiential and adventure models, cognitive behavioral therapy, and the mind-body connection.
Holleigh began her work with youth as a middle and high school teacher after graduating from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in Secondary Education and English in 2012. Not long after, she discovered her passion laid outside the classroom, centered on supporting the mental health and well-being of her students in one-on-one and small groups environments. Holleigh has observed the healing power of nature in a variety of treatment environments, including wilderness therapy and alternative schooling, and believes the outdoors provides boundless opportunities for growth and change for both youth and adults.
Holleigh received her Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan in 2023 and is excited to have finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of living in Colorado, with access to pristine nature in every direction.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I love that Equinox provides wraparound support for families and clients that is specifically tailored to their interests and strengths.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
I am fulfilled by the way our clients light up in moments of reflection where they realize how far they have come, how much growth they have embodied, and how their hard work has been paying off.
Advice to Kids:
Always act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. You do.
Advice to Parents:
We do our best with what we know. When we know better, we do better!
Favorite Quote:
"The wound is where the light enters you." - Rumi
As the founder and CEO of Equinox, Mary brings extensive insight, knowledge and experience with each of the various levels of treatment care available to parents seeking help for the complex mental health challenges their children are facing. More than 30 years of experience in the mental health field has led her to examine the treatment path that not only separates youth from their parents and family system but is also so readily recommended by many mental health professionals. Mary cares deeply about young people and their families facing complex mental health challenges and has dedicated herself to ensuring youth in need of intensive treatment experience safety, kindness, and compassion by a clinical team and system of care that delivers results.
Mary has become a prominent voice within the professional treatment community on the importance of parent and family involvement in the treatment process. Her work centers on helping parents achieve a deep understanding that families that grow, learn and change together, heal together. As a result, she has ensured that youth and their parents have another option; no longer do families have to move from provider to provider, be separated by treatment in wilderness or residential settings, or be in and out of psychiatric hospital settings to get the help they are seeking. In 2009, after 22 years in the mental health networks of Colorado, Nevada, and North Carolina, Mary developed an out-patient intensive level of care that combines the best of residential treatment, wilderness therapy and hospital settings to help keep youth and families together on the path towards healing.
Additionally, Mary is the co-founder of the Parent Leadership Academy which is an integrated component of the Equinox program. The Parent Leadership Academy has helped thousands of parents learn to parent with confidence, love, warmth, and compassion, while at the same time holding important boundaries necessary to improve their child’s functioning. The Parent Leadership Academy teaches parents that alignment with family values and parenting a child with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health issues no longer are mutually exclusive of one another.
Mary received her bachelor’s degree in business management and therapeutic recreation from Mesa State College and attended the University of Northern Colorado and Lesley College for master’s coursework in clinical psychology. She has over 30 years of experience in developing and delivering programs to youth and families struggling with complex mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges. With skillful expertise, Mary has developed specialized programming for youth who often present with combined complexities of anxiety, depression, OCD, mood disorders, ADHD, and executive functioning disorder. This programming deals with the reality that these complexities create significant difficulty across a broad spectrum in their lives, parent relationships and overall functioning. Utilizing her extensive background in developing and running residential treatment and wilderness therapy programs, she has successfully implemented intensive programming that allows these youth to remain in their home environment.
Mary is a national trainer, speaker and clinical program evaluator. She speaks and trains on topics that include the following: Sexual Safety for Children; Developing Competent, Confident Children; How to Raise Responsible Teens; The Dangers of Using Rewards and Consequence Behavior Modification Systems. Additionally, Mary has been featured on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and ABC’s Nightline for her work with military youth and families experiencing significant challenges as a result of their parent’s multiple military deployments
“If you are at sea, and you’re in a raft, and the swells of the sea are huge, when you are lifted to the top of the wave, you can see for an eternity. When you come down into the belly of the wave, you cannot see anything. Gratitude is not about denying the fact that you are in the belly of the wave and that wave may crash on you, but to never lose site of the horizon even though in this moment you are not seeing it.”-unknown
As managing partner and Chief Clinical Officer, Eileen provides oversight of all clinical/program services and processes, ensuring the highest standard of care is utilized to attain sustainable client outcomes. She believes that each family comes to Equinox with their own story to tell, unique strengths and complex challenges, that deserve a compassionate and skilled approach to their clinical care. As CCO, Eileen oversees a system of care focused on integrating all aspects of Equinox therapeutic programming into the client's home, community, and day-to-day relationships. Most importantly, each professional interaction, clinical intervention, and treatment decision occurs with integrity and from evidence-based practice.
Eileen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She then received a Master of Arts degree in clinical psychology, with specialization in marriage, family, and child counseling from Pepperdine University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the states of Colorado and California, and has provided therapeutic services to individuals, couples, families, high-risk adolescents, and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder for the past 30 years.
Eileen worked as a family therapist with family systems impacted by trauma, behavioral disorders, mental health issues, and chronic stressors that significantly disrupted family relationships. As a Parent Coach with Equinox, Eileen utilizes her skills and knowledge of complex family systems to work closely with parents who have faced unpredictable and difficult challenges raising adolescents and helping their young adults launch into independence. Eileen teaches parents that they are an essential catalyst for the change they are wanting to see in their family, and even more importantly she provides the necessary guidance to get there. Parent Leadership Principles integrated within the Equinox System of Care is a sequenced learning method that develops skills for effective parent leadership while enhancing the connection between the parent(s)/child that is commonly disrupted as a result of the chronic distress.
Eileen’s expertise includes guiding parents of young adults to effectively support the transition to independent living despite existing challenges that contribute to a failure to launch. She understands the unique dynamics that exist in this stage of development within the parent/child relationship and common barriers that impact our young adults in this process. She enjoys both the individual coaching process and the weekly parent group that combines psycho-education and therapeutic support.
Eileen loves traveling with her husband and teenage son, has three beloved dogs, and relaxes through gardening, time outdoors, and cooking.
“You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”
Oprah Winfrey
Tim is a Partner and the System of Care Officer at Equinox. Working in this role is a natural fit for Tim after spending 25 years working in a variety of environments with an array of populations and families. He is passionate about the seamless integration of clinical, milieu, community, wilderness and parent coaching to produce the results families need and deserve.
Tim grew up in Western New York and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Niagara University. His passion for the outdoors brought him to Colorado in 1996 and he’s been combining the outdoors and behavioral healthcare ever since. He began his work with at-risk-teens in residential treatment and leading wilderness therapy trips as a field guide for 6-years before bridging experiential modalities with therapeutic milieu and community-based treatment in 2002.
Since the inception of Equinox in 2009, Tim has developed a passion for, as well as an intimate understanding of, the unique system of care that exists at Equinox. His primary role is to ensure that the Equinox treatment teams have the skills, knowledge and operational understanding of how to effectively deliver services under our distinctive system of care. Tim’s expertise in milieu management, combined with his experience guiding the efforts of multi-disciplinary and clinical teams, make him a uniquely qualified leader, mentor and trainer at Equinox.
Tim is also a valued member of the parent coaching team. He has a particular interest in, and talent for, helping parents emerge as nurturing leaders in their family while assisting them in bridging the gaps that often exist in the parent–child relationship. Tim takes a principally based approach to leading his weekly parent coaching workshops as well as providing individual coaching. It’s no surprise that Tim has created Equinox’s “In Home Family Retreats” where he draws heavily from his experiential roots to facilitate a 3-day experience focused heavily on parent leadership in the home.
Tim also overseas all of the adventure and wilderness programming at Equinox and enjoys the training and mentoring aspects of his job. While Tim is growing up a new generation of outdoor behavioral health professionals at Equinox, he still loves his time in the field. Team spends countless hours in the field with his guides and when time allows, he still loves leading groups and families on therapeutic adventures. Tim enjoys the continuing education and maintains professional certifications including American Mountain Guide Association–Certified Single-Pitch Instructor, Association for Challenge Course Technology–Level II facilitator, The Climbing Wall Association-Lead Climbing Wall Instructor, American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education–Pro-1; and Wilderness Medicine Institute–Wilderness First Responder.
When not working, Tim enjoys rock and ice climbing, skiing, fly fishing, mountain biking and traveling adventures with his wife, Tanya, in their little camper.
"Follow your PASSION, It knows where you should go."
An East Coast native, Martha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Human Services from Old Dominion University and a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in Virginia. She has experience working in psychiatric in-patient hospitals, private practice, and summer programs for neurodiverse youth.
As a mental health professional, Martha has extensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and a background integrating art, music, and nature into a therapeutic setting. Martha deeply believes that every person deserves to know, tell, and understand their story, and believes that this can best happen in a holistic treatment environment like the one at Equinox Counseling & Wellness Center.
When not working, Martha, her husband, and their goldendoodle puppy enjoy all that Colorado has to offer by way of camping, hiking, playing tennis, and rock climbing.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable."- Mary Oliver
Alexander brings a unique combination of outdoor adventure experiences and an education in Holistic Counseling Psychology. His primary focus and passion are the healing and learning available—and inherent—in experiential wilderness immersions. Alexander holds a Master of Arts in Holistic Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University, combining all of the foundations of traditional psychology, with authentic transformative spiritual practice, mindfulness, Jungian depth psychology, indigenous wilderness vision-quests, trauma-focused psychotherapy, and somatic practices.
Alexander’s attraction to Equinox’s overarching mission, is its underlying focus on experiential adventures in natural wilderness settings. His primary avenues for wellness and healing is a culmination of over 25 years of skiing, eight years of traditional rock climbing, 20 years of mountain biking, and a lifetime of swimming, camping, and hiking in the natural settings including: New England, the Swiss Alps, the Sierra Nevada, and now in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Alexander recently completed the American Mountain Guide Association’s Single Pitch Instructor Course in Colorado’s South Platte wilderness and continues to be an amateur student of fitness, physical therapy, and yogic practices.
Outside of wilderness adventures and his clinical work, Alexander can be found attending jazz, funk, and world music concerts with his fiancée, enjoying stand-up comedy, and practicing improvisational electric guitar at home with his two cats.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."- Joseph Campbell
Julianna brings to Equinox more than 10 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in an education setting and mental health capacity. Julianna believes that all people deserve safety, happiness, and positive development. She is committed to working in service of others and measures her successes by the positive impact she has on them.
Julianna completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Binghamton University before working as an educator with Teach for America. During her tenure, Julianna led her students to achieving the highest standardized test scores in aptitude and growth margins in her school. This feat was a demonstration of expertise in supporting neurodiverse youth with executive functioning skills to aid in academic and individual success. While teaching, Julianna worked as a Program Manager for an educational non-profit music program where students learned music theory and how to play different instruments to express themselves and learn together in a safe space. Through these experiences, she realized that mental health support and psychoeducation had to come first for students to achieve their goals and reach their potential. Thus, Julianna is currently pursuing a Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree at St. Bonaventure University.
When not at work, Julianna enjoys cooking, painting, kickboxing, hiking, kayaking, and many more activities that allow her to express herself mentally and physically.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
My favorite thing about working at Equinox is the sense of community. We are super collaborative and always trying to improve our communication and systems to impact our clients as positively as possible.
Slow down, take a deep breath, and try trust. We are here for you.
Lead your family with a heart of peace and remember your support system here is always bigger than you think.
"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching." - John Wooden
Bobby comes to Equinox with several years of experience working with people in the human services industry. He has spent several years working with diverse populations whose difficulties range from behavioral struggles, mental health challenges, developmental disorders, and most recently traumatic brain injuries. No matter the setting, he meets these populations with empathy and compassion, and recognizes the importance of how genuine human interaction can positively affect the lives around him.
Bobby is from Illinois and attended the University of Iowa for his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies with a Minor in Human Relations. Currently, he is enrolled in Regis University as he is pursuing his Master’s Degree in Counseling. Through his life experience and studies, Bobby firmly believes that the right kind of support can be what people need to experience meaningful change, and he intends to be that person.
In his free time, Bobby loves listening to music, drawing mandalas or other creative images, and watching Basketball. He played the drums when he was younger and incorporates drumming into his life still to this day. He has a cat named Mr. Big who means the world to him and is a lover of all animals. Getting outside for walks in nature rejuvenates him, and he does his best to balance work, school, and personal time.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I find it heartwarming to see people form stronger connections with themselves and others. Seeing positive growth in such a fun environment makes working at Equinox feel both meaningful and enjoyable.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
The support of the team and the dedication everyone has to help make a positive impact on all the clients we work with. Experiencing these clients’ lives and making a change for the better is all I need to remind me I am working at the right place.
Advice for kids?
You do not have to be alone in the difficulties you go through, and you never are. Support is out there if you look for it.
Advice for parents?
Meet your child with empathy and understanding. Listen to them and recognize the power of language and how what is said may impact your child’s perception of themselves and others.
Personal quote
"You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success—none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here." -Ram Dass
Lowry comes to Equinox with a lifelong dedication to interpersonal growth, and a deep passion for psychodynamic and experiential therapies. Lowry has worked in Applied Behavior Analysis as a behavioral therapist with teenagers with developmental disorders, and equine-assisted psychodynamic therapy with veterans. She is driven by creativity in her work, and enjoys finding individualized plans to best suit every client. She firmly believes in helping clients develop their greatest sense of self and express vulnerability.
An east coast native, Lowry studied outdoor education at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina and moved out west to pursue her Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology at Montana State University in Bozeman. She intends to obtain her Master’s in Clinical Counseling at the University of Colorado.
Outside of work, Lowry enjoys hiking, rock climbing, reading, gardening, and training young horses. Her greatest joy is being outside.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
Our community of holistic and relational support for every client, and the deep connections we create with both clients and families within our program.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Meeting clients exactly where they are at, and being able to witness their incredible physical, emotional, and interpersonal growth.
Advice for kids?
One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things.
Advice for parents?
The smallest improvements are sometimes the biggest.
Personal quote
“Nothing beats kindness. It sits quietly beyond all things”. - Charlie Mackesy
Eve has acquired many years of experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults experiencing behavioral and/or mental health challenges, with levels of care ranging from mild to severe; in educational, in-home, clinic, and community-based settings. Eve is passionate about advocating for clients to receive the right treatment to fit their complex individual needs. She believes in meeting people where they're at with empathy and acceptance while encouraging them to be the best version of themselves that they can be by meeting their goals on a personal and family-level.
Eve graduated from Eastern Washington University with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and is planning to obtain her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
In her free time, Eve enjoys taking her dog on hikes or to the park, yoga, getting crafty with different art projects, skiing, rollerblading, and spending quality time with loved ones. Exploring her new home here in Denver has been a blast and she looks forward to integrating more into the community.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
Working collaboratively with all members of the Equinox treatment team, it offers diverse perspectives to produce individualized care for each client.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Building a strong relationship with my client that they feel valued and psychologically safe.
Advice for kids?
Change and development has no finish line, you must learn to enjoy the process.
Advice for parents?
Be flexible, relentlessly taking in new understandings and experiences to help your child achieve their full potential.
Personal Quote
"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are." -Brene Brown
Ruth has a background of working with youth and young adults in various environments from education to community-based behavioral health programs. She has spent the last two years helping individuals of all ages with varying degrees of mental health struggles in crisis. She strives to continue being a support for others from their lowest moments to becoming their best selves. Ruth values the gift of self-compassion along with taking care of an individual’s whole person. She appreciates Equinox’s holistic and integrative approach with everyone and their families.
Ruth is originally from Texas where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Southwestern University. She is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Northern Colorado. Ruth aspires to be a Licensed Professional Counselor and continue helping individuals reach their fullest potential.
Since moving she has really enjoyed adventuring out and travelling to the mountains to see wildlife. She is thankful for the many people in her life who have supported her along the journey, and she values the power of great friendships. She believes having meaningful relationships is one of the best ways to heal.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I really appreciate the integrative aspect we use to help families apply all their hard work to continue their progress in their home. You can feel the community that staff and individuals have created to foster growth.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Helping our clients thrive as individuals to use the skills they learn to reach their best selves and help those around them as well. Nothing is more fulfilling than when someone can reach their own goals with a little support.
Advice for kids?
Falling down is part of learning how to get back up.
Advice for parents?
Some of the greatest gifts you can give your child is the ability to love and to be loved.
Personal Quote
"When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers."
Julia comes to Equinox with a background in teaching at the elementary and middle school levels. In addition, she has recently worked in trauma informed care for both individuals and families while also incorporating Animal Assisted work.
Julia grew up in NY and received her Master’s in Teaching before moving to Colorado. She soon realized that Social Work would be a better career path for her, and went to University of Denver where she received her MSW, concentrating in Family Systems, as well as a certificate in Animal Assisted Social Work. Julia believes strongly in the power of animals to heal, and benefit our mental health.
Outside of work, Julia spends a lot of time with her Great Dane, Ruby, a certified Therapy Dog. Additionally, Julia is enthusiastic about so many of the activities that Colorado has to offer, including snowboarding, camping, volleyball, spectator sports, hiking, concerts, live comedy, travel, and of course, anything dog friendly!
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I love the variety of activities and therapies for the clients. Every day is interesting and productive.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Witnessing a client have a “light bulb moment”.
Advice for kids?
Keep an open mind and an open heart. Give yourself room to make mistakes, it means you are learning and growing.
Advice for parents?
Show your children unconditional love and support; allow them to be who they are and they‘ll grow into their best self.
Personal Quote
Grow through what you go through.
Aidan comes to Equinox Counseling & Wellness Center with a background of group management experience, specifically working with youth, corporate, and athletic groups through various teambuilding exercises, high and low ropes courses, and reflective debriefs.
As a Colorado native, Aidan is pursuing a BA in Music Technology from the University of Colorado Boulder and looks forward to bringing his musical knowledge into the milieu. He plans on attaining his master’s in counseling psychology.
Outside of work, Aidan loves to play and compose music at the piano, go on outdoor adventures with friends, and play basketball.
What do you love about working at Equinox?
I love the sense of community that has been built here. When you walk into EQ you can tell that staff are excited to be here and are passionate about the work we do.
What is most fulfilling in your work?
Helping clients support each other and build friendships within the milieu and seeing them learn to manage their emotions in healthy ways.
Advice for kids?
Keep an open mind, and trust that we are here to support you in every way that we can.
Advice for parents?
Manage your expectations. Healthy, sustainable change takes time but will happen through consistent application of all there is to learn at Equinox.
Personal Quote
“It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.”
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