Corrie holds a Masters in Social Work MSW degree from the University of Utah and is now a Certified Social Worker CSW. She has two years experience working as a mental health therapist under supervision when she served clients ages 4-17 with a broad spectrum of problems including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, ADHD, truancy, and self harming behaviors among others in a clinical outpatient setting. She has experience facilitating individual, family, and group therapy. Corrie also has over three years experience and nearly 600 field days working as a Senior Wilderness Therapy Counselor for Aspen Achievement Academy, the Adirondack Leadership Expedition, and Open Sky Wilderness Therapy. In addition to counseling, Corrie trained and evaluated new staff trainees.

She credits the students of wilderness therapy for inspiring her to return to school for the Masters degree that would allow her to pursue her passion for working with adolescents. Corrie’s students proved over and over again that profound change is possible and believes that personal change is best supported by the healing nature of the wilderness. Corrie, too, discovered herself in the wilderness and knows how easy it is to forget this discovery when surrounded by the distractions of society and real life. She holds onto this discovery by helping others hold on to theirs, as well as by helping teenagers construct their lives around the values and insights they discovered in the wilderness and in their relationships. Corrie has a deep love and respect for students of wilderness therapy because she knows how physically, mentally, and emotionally challenging it can be to make it through a program.

On her off time Corrie enjoys tending to her garden and chickens. She enjoys world travel and has been to Europe, Indonesia, Africa, Australia, and Mexico as well as to many places in the US. She likes to ski, hike, backpack, and rock climb. She also enjoys more urban pursuits like live music, movies, and eating out. Corrie loves a good conversation and has a witty and ironic sense of humor.