Wilderness Programs For Youth

Dean Reynolds

Executive Director

With over 10 years of working with youth at risk in wilderness settings, I am a firm believer in the power of restoration in an individual’s life through wilderness counseling. When a person is away from the distractions of everyday life, he/she can move inward and begin the work of healing. This renewal process is possible when the individual allows the purpose and hope of God to replace negative coping patterns. With this mindset, I started Seeds Wilderness Therapy, where individuals will meet with God to renew and restore their lives and be productive members of their family.

Laura Blair PhD LPC MFTC

Clinical Director

Laura A. Blair, PhD, is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Marriage and Family Therapy Candidate (MFTC), and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Laura received her Doctor of Philosophy in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northcentral University in 2021, writing a dissertation focusing on the marital coping strategies and resilience factors of couples with one partner diagnosed with Common Variable Immune Deficiency. She completed her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2012 from Regent University and received her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Special Education and Early Childhood Development in 2006 from Old Dominion University.

Since 2013, Laura has worked with clients in various settings, including private practice, residential substance abuse treatment, county jails, and community mental health.  Much of her work in these settings has been with teens, young adults, couples, and families struggling with addiction, ADHD, and other mental health disorders. Additionally, she is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Owner of Integrated Insight Therapy in Delta, Colorado, founded in 2019.

Before her husband retired from the US Navy and the family moved to Colorado in 2017, she worked as a therapist in Fallon, Nevada, and Silverdale, Washington. Laura spent her childhood summers at Makemie Woods in Barhamsville, Virginia, where she fell in love with camping and Jesus. After graduating high school, she was able to help other kids fall in love with camping and Jesus while working as a counselor and lifeguard at Camp Hanover in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Laura enjoys spending time with her husband, 3 sons, 5 goats, 12 chickens, 2 cats, and 2 dogs, and a turtle on her farm during her free time. She is a proud Boy Scout Mom and has previously volunteered with Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) and TeenMOPS. Laura is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, American Counseling Association, and the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors

Brittani Bair MA MDiv LMFT

Field Therapist, Parent Coordinator

Brittani is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She brings 7 years of experience in residential treatment with adolescents and 15 years of experience in local church youth ministry to her work with Seeds.

Dan Stewart

Operations Director

Dan has played in the outdoors his whole life, starting in the woods and fields of his home in Western New York. He began backpacking in 8th grade and has walked countless hundreds of miles since. He has an educational background in outdoor education and leadership, and has worked professionally in multiple outdoor industries, including whitewater rafting and backpacking. His passion is to help staff thrive in an outdoor setting and see them succeed in loving our students. Dan has a broad range of interests and hobbies including motorcycling, gardening, sewing, carpentry, and digital design.

Hannah Stewart

Office Manager

Hannah has spent two years as a field instructor for Seeds Wilderness Therapy before transitioning into the role of Office Manager in 2021.

She has a passion for the outdoors and finding Christ in the wilderness.

In the past she has worked as a raft guide, challenge course manager, trip leader, and vegetable farmer.

Hannah attended Houghton college and holds degrees in Outdoor Recreation and in Intercultural Studies, with concentrations in Linguistics and TESOL . When not in the field Hannah enjoys cooking, sharing good food, growing plants, knitting, and Yoga.

Kellie Wolff

Executive Assistant

Rob Ramos

Parent Coordinator

Rob served 15 years in  the Army Chaplaincy and his duties included family counseling, team building, mentor/leadership training, and fieldcraft survival.

After leaving the military, he was looking for new ways to serve others and find God’s deeper purpose for his own life.

Rob found one constant theme, his desire to serve families.  He believes in the importance of family and understands the struggles facing them today.

He takes great joy in using empathy and speaking truths in hard times to reveal the unseen, “Hope through Faith”.

Anne Landseidel

Admissions

Anne started out her career as a Registered Nurse.  After injuring her back, she went back to school and obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, and then went on to get her Master’s degree in Social Work.  She spent the rest of her career as a Social Worker, doing Home health and Hospice.  After doing foster care for medically fragile infants for four years, she and her husband adopted two special needs children.  Upon retiring, she felt called to work for a Christian ministry.  When she heard about a Christian Wilderness Therapy program, she felt God calling her to be part of the ministry.

Lauren Martin

Logistics Assistant

Lauren serves the Seeds team in a support position from the front country. As a Colorado native whose family has been in the Montrose area for generations, Lauren assists with all logistics — from transportation and gear acquisition to necessities and food delivery. Lauren also serves the Seeds team in an administrative assistant position and as a QMAP.

Lauren is earning her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arizona Global Campus. When she graduates during the summer of 2023, Lauren hopes to continue her education in Human Services. As a teenager, Lauren and her best friend, McKenzie, started a paper recycling program at their high school. Their intention was to make Earth as clean and efficient as possible — a passion of Lauren’s that has only grown with time.

Caleb House

Field Instructor III

Caleb House grew up in the woods of North Carolina.

After getting his physics degree from Asheville State, Jesus prompted his heart to devote time to prayer with a prayer ministry.

After that season, he felt called to see how he could give back by working with an intentional community in Vermont and then with the unhoused community in Denver.

Caleb, as one of the founding field instructors at Seeds, is loving his job discipling the youth while adventuring through the forest. In his spare time, he enjoys working with his hands, welding, and creating.

Catherine Daflucas

Field Instructor III

Catherine grew up in Illinois and spent four years in Kentucky acquiring a degree in Adventure Leadership from Asbury University.

While at Asbury, she discovered how important it was to grow closer to God and seek His will for her life, thus leading her to work for Seeds.

She is passionate about helping people and anything outdoors in God’s beautiful creation.

In her free time, you can find Catherine spending time with her family, exploring new areas, and is a foodie at heart.”

Teya Cranson

Field Instructor II

I grew up on a farm in Colorado, like most Coloradans I love all forms of adventure.

I started traveling and doing missions when I was 19 and since then have traveled to over 20 countries.

When I’m not in the woods I own my own filmmaking and photography business.

I am passionate about people, the power of seeing God in the wilderness, and creating meaningful art.

Stephanie Seitz

Field Instructor III

Stephanie began her career out of college working as a graphic designer, but God had other plans for her next season of life. After a few years of feeling restless behind a computer screen, she saved up her money, quit her job, and hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada.

Sam Eckmann

Field Instructor I

Katie Hampton

Field Instructor I

Katie hails from Boise, ID where she has lived for 18 years and attended Boise State University, graduating with a BA in Communications with Honors in May 2021. This past fall, Katie began her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health through Denver Seminary. Katie developed a love for the outdoors through recreating in the Sawtooth Mountains and the Payette River during her childhood. She really became passionate about outdoor education through working at her college Outdoor Program as a Trip Leader, Climbing Instructor, and Climbing Gym Manager. Through her work in the Outdoor Program, Katie first got exposure to working with adaptive climbing athletes and instructing young women’s outdoor leadership programs, which have become her niche within the industry.

Since graduating from Boise State, Katie worked for two Catholic adventure companies, Camp Wojtyla and COR Expeditions, as a field instructor and learned of Seeds through her fellow co-instructors. Katie was excited to find that there was an organization like Seeds that integrates spreading the Gospel through faith-based counseling in the setting of God’s creation. In her free time, Katie enjoys rock climbing, whitewater kayaking, drinking kombucha, singing, cooking, and telling long stories. She is beyond stoked for her second season working as a field instructor for Seeds and continuing to grow as a field instructor!

Kanani Cronkhite

Field Instructor - Intern

David Watson

Field Instructor - Intern

I am from Greenville, SC. I am about to graduate from Montreat College with a degree in Psychology and human services w/a minor in Adventure-based Counseling. I became interested in wilderness therapy due to my love of the outdoors and interest in counseling. I was excited and interested when Seeds reached out to me because they are faith-based.  I enjoy running, reading, drinking coffee, watching movies, and working with my hands.

Rachel Brobst

Field Instructor - Intern

David Kunkle

Field Instructor - Intern