Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors

Will White

will@storiesfromthefield.com

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Booking Overview

This interview podcast focuses on mental health therapies in outdoor settings, typically featuring researchers, clinicians, program leaders, authors, and experienced practitioners. PR agencies could credibly pitch founders, executive directors, clinical experts, researchers, and authors with specialized expertise in adventure therapy, wilderness therapy, experiential therapy, forest therapy, or therapeutic education; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors established field expertise but operates within a specialized professional niche.

Metrics

Episodes: 323

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

will@storiesfromthefield.com

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Host

Will White - Mental health professional, author, and co-founder of Summit Achievement, an adventure therapy program in Maine. He has more than 30 years of experience working at the intersection of mental health...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Researchers, licensed mental health clinicians, authors, founders, executive directors, program directors, and experienced practitioners with direct expertise in outdoor or experiential mental health treatment.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led a specialized therapy, education, or outdoor wellness organization, Published research, books, or professional writing on mental health or outdoor therapies, Developed or implemented established clinical, residential, experiential, or nature-based treatment programs

Recent Guest Discussions

David Chandler - Experiential Therapy, Neurodiverse Young Adults, Transition To Adulthood, Individualized Coaching, Community Living, Employment, And Independence.

Peter Chorney - Therapeutic Boarding Schools, Adolescent Mental Health, Residential Treatment, Family Engagement, Academics, Clinical Care, And Outdoor Experiences.

Regan Stacey - Forest Therapy, Nature Connection, Mindfulness, Research On Health Benefits, Guide Training, And The Distinction Between Forest Therapy, Hiking, And Psychotherapy.

Recent Topics

Adventure Therapy, Wilderness Therapy, Mental Health, Forest Therapy, Experiential Therapy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors
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323: Bringing Mental Health Treatment Home: The PRN for Families Model

August 04, 2026

What happens after a young person returns home from wilderness therapy or residential treatment and begins to struggle? In this episode, Will sits down with Charles Elias, founder of PRN for Families, to explore an innovative model that brings mental health treatment directly into the home. Drawing on more than four decades in behavioral healthcare, Charles explains why lasting change requires working with the entire family, how home-based wraparound services strengthen the transition from hi...

322: The Future of Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare: The LifeWays Model

July 28, 2026

Can outdoor behavioral healthcare (aka wilderness therapy) evolve beyond crisis intervention and become a model for prevention, community, and long-term wellbeing? In this episode Will welcomes Chris Brown and Danny Frazer to explore how LifeWays is redefining Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (OBH) through an innovative blend of nature-based therapy, therapeutic guiding, outpatient mental health services, community partnerships, and wilderness experiences. Rather than waiting until individuals r...

321: Beyond the Therapy Office with Josh Wayne

July 21, 2026

Can psychotherapy become more effective when it moves beyond the therapy office? In this episode, Will sits down with Atlanta psychotherapist Josh Wayne, LMSW, MPH, to explore nature-based psychotherapy and walk-and-talk therapy. Before becoming a therapist, Josh spent more than fifteen years as a naturalist, teaching people about wild plants, mushrooms, and ecology. Today, he integrates those experiences into his private practice, helping clients facing anxiety, grief, depression, chronic i...

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