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ALIVE adventure ~ YES! Youth
Empowerment Services are staffed by friendly, experienced and
trained leaders with the goal of personal well being for each
participant and group.
The core senior staff-mentors of the
ALIVE ~ YES! staff have years of experience in wilderness therapy,
outdoor leadership, adventure education, NLP, ropes course,
earth-based teachings, guided visualizations, sound therapy and
substance abuse counseling and life-skills teaching. The combination
of therapeutic modalities to support positive change and successful
transitions are a strong-hold for our staff. Combining empowerment
models with earth-based teachings in conjunction with Team and
Family dynamics, interpersonal relations, youth and family
leadership and risk, provides for very powerful programs and
successful life changes. “All of our staff have a life-long quest to
assist people, youth ~ families and teams to grow into deeper
relations.
Each staff and mentor is certified
with CPR and First Aid and trained within the standards of the
Wilderness Guides Council ethics and bylaws.
D.
Forrest Melton Jr. is dedicated to
the empowerment of Boys and Men, through adventure based Rites of
Passage programs, ongoing mentoring and teambuilding. Forrest has a
natural ability to see the positive intention in the actions of
these boys / men / teams and is a powerful guide into a deeper
understanding of themselves.
Personal success and failure have
lead Forrest to seek out the “Art of Living” Forrest has traveled
through over 20 countries, searching for similarities, adventures
and the uniqueness in all of us.
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Forrest became impassioned to
figure out the “meaning of life”. After years of personal
self-introspection, Forrest began to design programs with the basic
concept of …“Helping Others to Help Themselves … through a Natural
Process and a Celebration of Life”.
Over the past decade, Forrest has
been trained as a NLP (Neuro-Linguistic-Programming) practitioner,
Ropes Course instructor, Whitewater River guide, Wilderness Therapy
instructor, Youth & Family Empowerment mentor, Personal Development
facilitator, Speaker, Rites of Passage specialist, Vision Quest
guide and Adventure educator. Forrest has hosted Youth programs at
Columbine High School, Success Fundamentals workshops, owned SAGE
Self-Empowerment seminars and now owns and operates YES! Youth
Empowerment Services & ALIVE adventures.
Forrest brings his passion for life
and nature into the dynamics of the group to create a culture of
‘ALIVE’-ness and a reason to say “YES !” to life.
Scott
Hoskins ~ “Wytomi” is an
Earth-based teacher that works with the Rites of Passage
initiations through the Elk-Fire Council, the 13 Fires of
Intention and the Sacred Sweat Lodge. Believing the body to
be a bio-mechanical unit, Wytomi works with a method of
healing called the “Five Fingers” of recovery to empower the
Boys and Men. This construct involves honoring the body,
emotional release, mental rehearsal, restoring passion and
tuning into the cycle-of-life.
Wytomi uses experiential
education and
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adventure therapy with vision
quests, fire-walks and dream therapy as part of his work.
Dave
Clatyor is committed to
his own Human Development and has participated in and volunteered in
support of personal growth workshops for the past decade. “Serving
the people of our community … especially children”, is a passion
Dave has discovered. Dave is married and raising 4 teenage children.
"My purpose is to be authentic, show my human side and to empathize
with the kids.” There are skills that we can all learn in order to
function better in our lives. I am involved so I can pass on what
I've learned, and to learn from the wisdom of our youth."
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Steve
Donahue comes to the team with
over 10 years in the Mental Health field. Working mostly with
empowerment in recovery, Steve has focused on Drug and Alcohol
treatment and prevention in his individual and group counseling
experience.
Steve is a Certified Substance Abuse
CADC counselor and a manager of Drug and Alcohol treatment programs
throughout Idaho.
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Bryan Hennifin
has worked as a Wilderness guide and Senior Mentor for two
years. He has facilitated group-counseling sessions for at
risk teens, and trained staff. Bryan is also a ropes course
facilitator at the Quaker Hill Ropes Course. He has
completed Positive Control Systems training’s and has also
taken a wilderness first aid course.
Bryan
has committed himself to his own development by
participating in personal growth workshops provided by such
organizations as Spectrum Tracings and |
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Fire Walk of Intention. Bryan
remains committed to human development through service as a
staff member in trainings for both adults and teens |
Jon
Jon Stravers is an educator,
musician, naturalist, youth mentor, wilderness enthusiast and
director of Earth Song Musical Academy. He has been educated and has
worked as a wildlife biologist since 1993. The study of birds and
the natural world with an emphasis and conservation and management
of our natural resources has lead Jon Jon to work with various
Federal, State and local agencies.
Jon Jon has worked as a
youth wilderness therapist in southern Idaho where he brings
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to help others find hope and
inspiration in the world around them. He continues to work as a
musician and educator to raise the collective awareness to the
importance of taking an active role in developing a personal
relationship with the earth.
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Rick
Stevenson is certified in NLP, Hypno-anesthesia and Pain Management, Bereavement Specialist, Core
Belief Therapy and graduated as a Master Certified Hypno-therapist
from Inner Technologies Hypnotherapy school. Mr. Stevenson is
registered with the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy
Association, specializing in guided meditation and imagery, and
created a program for the needs of children transitioning divorcing
parents, teaching them what emotions are and how to release them on
a daily basis.
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Whitni Chapman
is a passionate woman whose goal is to be an authentic Human
being. What drives Whitni is to see peoples eyes “brighten”
and hearts “lift” by the experiences that lead them to
personal empowerment. Her intention is to guide people on
their journey towards their inner peace.
Whitni
has been working with youth in a wilderness setting for 20
years. For seven years, as a youth camp counselor with the
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YMCA,
and as the YES! and ALIVE adventures lead woman facilitator,
leading young women’s camps, adventure programs and Rites of
Passage journeys for Girls. She takes the belief that the
Earth is our greatest teacher and it is in her presence that
we connect with our higher self.
Whitni
is a certified Wilderness First Responder and an Outdoor
Emergency Care provider. She is a Mother, Midwife, Mountain
Guide, Spiritual Therapist and Writer. She is dedicated to
providing opportunities for youth to keep their spirits
alive and their hearts strong. |
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