Clinical

Matt Erickson, LCSW, Clinical Director

Matt has many years of clinical experience working with adolescents in a residential setting. Matt has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in social work. He has been working at LRA since 2002 and became the clinical director in 2006. He continues to work with a small caseload of students. Matt runs a weekly sand tray group. He specializes in working with students with social skills deficits, NLD, Asperger’s, anxiety, video game and internet addiction, low motivation, identity issues, and depression. Matt loves spending time with his wife and 3 young boys. He also enjoys nature, mountain biking, sports, and seafood.

Mont Criddle, LMFT, Residential Director

Mont earned a B.A. degree in Family and Human Development and an M.A. degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Utah State University. He has worked with adolescents and families for the past12 years. Mont has been at LRA since 2006 and became the Residential Director in 2008. Most of his time is spent overseeing our Residential Department; however, he also maintains a small caseload. He specializes in working with students with oppositional defiance issues as well as with families with complex family dynamics. Mont also runs a weekly therapy group with our Tavasi students. Most of Mont’s free time is spent with his wife and their four children. He enjoys all types of athletics (both watching and participating), working in the yard, and spending time outdoors.

Maureen McDonald, Clinical Services & Academic Coordinator

Maureen has been with LRA since June 2005. She helps the therapists organize their paperwork, send progress letters to families and educational consultants, and maintains the clinical records. She is responsible for setting up weekly phone calls between students and parents, as well as keeping the schedule of all visits and airline flights that students need. Maureen takes great pride in her work and her ability to multitask. She enjoys working with the therapists and being part of the clinical team. In her spare time, Maureen enjoys going to concerts, playing BUNCO and spoiling her grandchildren.

Krys Oyler

Krys Oyler, LCSW Assistant Clinical Director

Krys earned an undergraduate degree in Family and Human Development with a minor in Sociology. He spent 3 years working at LRA as a residential staff and supervisor before going to graduate school. Due to his passion for working with adolescents, he determined to earn a Masters Degree in social work. After finishing his MSW, Krys returned to LRA as a therapist in 2005. Krys runs our weekly Adoption group.He specializes in adopted teens, attachment issues, gender identity issues, and PDD diagnoses. Krys is happily married and has 4 children. He enjoys golf, eating, talking loudly, and at least 3 Diet Cokes per day.

Shannon Kegerries, CMHC

Shannon graduated from Pittsburg State University with a B.S. in Psychology and a Masters of Counseling. Shannon has been at Logan River Academy since 2008. She has many years of experience working with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders (Aspergers, NLD, PDD). Shannon also has experience working with students who have mood disorders, anger issues and anxiety. She has found that her true passion is to help students with Spectrum Disorders develop coping skills, manage emotions, address screen/electronic addiction problems and identify and address social pragmatic issues. She currently works with Spectrum students both in groups and on the dorm in order to help them learn to live together and learn conflict resolution skills. She works closely with the students’ residential staff to assist the students with emotional regulation, social skills and goal achievement in their daily lives. In her spare time she enjoys skiing, hiking, biking, cooking and most of all, spending time with her husband, daughter and dog.

Sean Maynard, CMHC

Sean has been working at Logan River Academy for over six years. Sean was instrumental in creating and starting up our transition program, Tavasi. He then managed the Tavasi program for several years. It was during this time that he discovered a love and passion for working with teenagers and returned to school to become a therapist. He completed all of his internship hours under the tutelage of Matt Erickson and was then hired on as a therapist. He enjoys working with students on the autism spectrum, students who are oppositional and defiant, students with substance abuse issues, and students with anxiety. In his free time he enjoys sports, following the Dodgers, surfing, and spending time with his family.

Mike Bodrero, Adventure Learning Coordinator

Mike earned a B.S. degree at Utah State University in Recreation Resource Management. Volunteering with the Utah Conservation Corps, working with the Bureau of Land Management and the Utah State Parks and Recreation Department strengthened his lifelong pursuit for outdoor recreation knowledge. He has also furthered his outdoor education by completing courses with the National Outdoor Leadership School, Snowbasin Snow Safety Team and USU’s Outdoor Recreation Center. Mike enjoys all things outdoors,especially backcountry snowboarding, mountain biking, canoeing, backpacking and spending time with his wife and son. Mike’s goal is to share his knowledge with the students of Logan River Academy while instilling in them an appreciation for the outdoors.

David Allred, CMHC

David has worked with adolescents for 8 years. He is an integral part of our recovery program and enjoys working with adolescents struggling with addiction. He and his wife have a family of 4 young children and he loves spending time with them. They have fun playing games, doing outdoor activities, and watching movies. David is a self proclaimed car nut and enjoys jeeps, muscle cars, working on cars, and talking about cars. He supports the youth he works with in making changes in their lives. He believes in giving each youth opportunities to learn new skills by tailoring treatment to the individual.

Sarah Hazelton, LCSW

Sarah has worked in the child and adolescent mental health field since 1998, more recently earning her Master’s Degree in Social Work at the University of New England with an emphasis in adolescence and school-based social work. Sarah’s clinical work has focused on children and adolescents in residential and day treatment settings. She specializes in students with personality disorders, self destructive behaviors including self injury, mood disorders, PTSD and anxiety. Sarah is highly skilled and enjoys working with students on the autism spectrum–Asperger’s, PDD, NLD. Sarah’s professional background includes in depth experience with Dialectic Behavior Therapy skills training and coaching; she incorporates a DBT-informed approach into her work with students and their families. Sarah and her husband recently relocated to Logan from New England. She has a passion for local food and cooking, is a board member of the Cache Valley Farmers and Gardeners Market, and involved in the Cache Valley Slow Foods chapter. In her free time, Sarah enjoys telemark skiing, cycling, hiking, canoeing, ultimate frisbee, knitting, and cooking; she looks forward to conquering her nemesis, high elevation baking.

David Woodbury, CMHC

Dave comes to Logan River Academy with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and an Master’s in Mental Health Counseling. He has eight years experience working with children and families in crisis. This has included therapeutic work involving treatment of depression, anxiety, addictions and attachment disorders. He also has experience treating grief and loss and is a skilled relationship therapist. Dave strongly believes that relationships are a key component to mental health treatment. Dave would lead you to believe he invented the semi-colon; a completely useless punctuation mark. In his spare time, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife and their 3 children. Dave is not allowed to choose his clothing; instead his wife shoulders the burden of making him look presentable each day. Dave is a movie buff and his hobbies include gardening, fishing, water skiing and athletics.

Travis Christensen, CMHC

Travis has been working with adolescents for as long as he can remember, but really for the past 15 years and since 2005 as a clinician. Travis has his B.A in Sociology and his Master Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He has experience in a variety of clinical settings, including residential programs, out-patient substance abuse clinics, therapeutic boarding schools, and out-patient private practice. He specializes in working with individuals with oppositional defiance, family issues, autism spectrum disorders, trauma, grief and loss, emotional disorders, and personality disorders. He strongly believes in what Maya Angelou said, “Do the best you can until you know better, then when you know better, do better.” This is one of his founding principles of treatment. When others become more aware, and then have the proper motivation, they then start the journey of becoming better in all aspects of their lives. Travis enjoys his time on the golf course chasing his sanity, as well as watching and participating in a variety of activities. He also enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 small children.

Alex Baird, LAMFT

Alex has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She has worked with a variety of people who experienced a variety of difficulties, in private, public and residential settings. This variety of experience includes working with children, adolescents, adults, couples and entire families. Alex has experience working with issues of depression, anxiety, OCD, anger, substance abuse, relational problems, low self-esteem, and mood disorders. Alex is very focused on relationships; she believes that people are greatly affected by all the relationships in their lives and that individuals need strong, healthy relationships to get better and be happy. Alex enjoys traveling, taking pictures, exercising (Zumba is her favorite), reading, cooking, learning new things each day, and relaxing on the weekend with her husband and four children.

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