Clinical Staff
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Jesse Quam - MSW, LCSW
Jesse Quam is the Clinical Director for SUWS of the Carolinas. Before earning his Masters of Clinical Social Work from Boston College (May, 2005), Jesse worked for Aspen Achievement Academy, a therapeutic wilderness program in Utah. There, he worked as a Field Staff, Reunion Coordinator (facilitating the three day reunion with families for students graduating form the program), and Field Director. After a year hiatus, Jesse returned to wilderness therapy to work as a senior field staff. While in graduate school, Jesse worked at The Walker Home and School, a residential home and school serving emotionally disturbed children and their families as a residential counselor and individual therapist. He also provided group and individual therapy to homeless veterans with substance abuse issues at the Brockton Veteran's Administration. Jesse is particularly interested in family systems, attachment theory and spirituality. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, reading, hiking, grilling out, and fruitlessly hoping that the Minnesota Vikings will win the Super Bowl.
Jon Stang - MS, LCSW
Prior to his role of Field Supervisor/Therapist at SUWS of the Carolinas, Jonathan Stang, "Jon", attended graduate school and worked in a variety of educational and mental health settings in New York City. While earning his M.S. in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University, Jon conducted group and individual therapy at a drug treatment center in Harlem, delivered individual counseling to adolescents and adults living with HIV/AIDS and taught "Alternatives to Violence" curriculum throughout Brooklyn's public high schools. In collaboration with a professor of clinical psychiatry, Jon developed a private therapeutic recreation practice for families with at-risk children.
Brandon Moffitt - MA, LPC
Prior to joining SUWS of the Carolinas, Brandon worked almost 4 years in two different residential settings addressing a variety of issues with adolescents and their families. He earned his Masters degree in Community Counseling from Denver Seminary in May, 2005 and is currently a Licensed Professional Counselor. He brings a variety of experience to his work including traditional approaches woven together with group process and experiential learning. This approach is influenced by time spent teaching, guiding whitewater expeditions, mentoring underprivileged youth, and working as an intern in a group home for boys. During his spare time he enjoys hiking and relaxing with his wife and son, exploring new places in the woods and on water, reading, and practicing the craft of fly tying and fly fishing.
Lisa Wolfe - LPC
Lisa Wolfe is a Licensed Professional Counselor with nearly 6 years of experience working with adolescents and families in the therapeutic wilderness setting. She has worked with both girls and boys and is skilled at creating a safe emotional space for students to gain self-awareness, acknowledge areas where they struggle, then develop positive coping skills to overcome barriers. Lisa has worked extensively with clinical issues of depression and other mood disorders, anxiety/panic disorders, NLD and other learning disabilities, attachment/adoption, as well as maladaptive personality traits. Lisa enjoys being in nature and athletic pursuits, as well as supporting the empowerment of girls through such experiences.
Lynn Wadsworth - LPC
Lynn is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has worked with adolescents and families for over 15 years. Her background includes working in Juvenile Correction Settings, Substance Abuse Treatment and prevention, Therapeutic Boarding Schools, Inpatient Hospitalization, HIV/AIDS counseling, and private practice. She completes a minimum of 20 hours of continuing education yearly to maintain my licensure and certification. She is committed to using the wide variety of her skills to contribute to every child's SUWS experience. Lynn's clinical interests include; family systems work, substance abuse, anxiety oppositional behavior, anger, motivational deficits, and grief work.
Trysh Huntington - MA, LMFT
Trysh earned a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and a post Graduate Degree in Expressive Arts Therapy from Appalachian State University and is now a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Prior to pursuing her graduate work, Trysh spent thirteen years as an experiential educator and administrator with both North Carolina and Hurricane Island Outward Bound Schools. She embraced this work and from 2000-2005 she was the Associate Program Director and then Program Director of Hurricane Island Outward Bound School’s STEP program for adjudicated youth. Most recently, Trysh worked in community mental health as an Intensive Inhome Therapist serving families in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Trysh is excited and enthusiastic about her work at SUWS and views her position as an opportunity to combine her two passions: working with youth in the wilderness and working with families in a therapeutic capacity in order to assist them in gaining a better working knowledge of their strengths. In her free time, Trysh can be found riding her mountain bike on the trails of Western North Carolina and beyond.
Kedar Brown - M.Ed., LPC
Kedar S. Brown, M.Ed. LPC is a licensed professional counselor with over 25 years of counseling practice. He has worked extensively with teens and young adults with chemical dependency and duel diagnosis issues. Kedar has developed and facilitated wilderness rites of passage programs as a primary modality of treatment for addictions, and emotional and physical trauma. He also integrates family systems therapy, body-centered psychotherapy, story-telling, poetry and music into his work. In 1995 Kedar founded Rites of Passage Council, non-profit organization that offers nature based retreats for men, women and teens. His Workshops and retreats have been offered across the US and in Ireland. Kedar has two daughters ages 21 and 14 and lives in the mountains of Asheville, NC.
“Kedar is a talented therapist who employs a variety of clinical methods. His work is grounded in various indigenous healing practices from around the world. He is uniquely talented at the use of story telling and ceremony to help clients regain a positive sense of themselves. He does a wonderful job at facilitating our experiential group process ceremony and purification lodge ceremony as part of our client’s Rite of Passage week. Our clients report an overwhelmingly positive experience after their time with Kedar.”
Jack L. Kline, MS, LPC, LCAS, CCS-I, NCC Executive Director Four Circles Recovery Center
“My two daughters continue to be my most inspiring teachers about life, love and happiness.” “I look forward to working with you and your family.”
Every Blessing, Kedar