All of our staff members including senior management spend most of their time working directly with the students. They are role models – experienced professionals committed to the families, the program, and their own personal and professional development.

With a 1:4 staff to student ratio, our staff have the opportunity to build strong relationships with our students and families as they experience all aspects of the program together. We have a strong front-line with a diversity of expertise – qualified teachers, dance & movement therapists, professional chefs, adventure therapists, wilderness experts, & professional athletes.

Our senior staff are leaders in their fields. Click on a name for a photo & bio.

CEO | Clinical Director  | Executive Director | Director of Family Programs | Program Director | Admissions Director | Milieu Director | Family Therapist  |  Therapist   | Therapist | Consulting Psychiatrist  | Research Associate

Pine River Institute is supported by a volunteer Board of Directors, a Professional Advisory Committee,and Parent & Youth Advisors.

For the past 10 years Nicola has worked with children and adolescents in various mental health and camping settings. In 2001 she completed a Masters in Creative Arts Therapies from Concordia. Her professional experience includes group, family and individual counselling, workshop facilitation, school based research, and 5 years as the Assistant Director of Camp Towhee, a therapeutic residential camp for kids with Learning Disabilities and associated social and emotional challenges. In 2006 she lived in West Africa where she volunteered for the United Nations Mission in Liberia as a Stress Counsellor. Nicola is guided by the principle that therapy and outdoor recreation provides individuals with the critical opportunity to experience a different and positive version of themselves.