About US

Ryan Stolworthy, MD, has been an emergency physician for over 20 years. He is a graduate of Utah State University Liberal Arts and Sciences program, the Medical College of Wisconsin and Loma Linda (CA) Health Sciences emergency medicine residency. He has served on the Intermountain’s Sports Medicine team for local Cache Valley high schools and Utah State University. He loves working with youth in many capacities including coaching. He has seen a dramatic increase in anxiety and depression and wants to ameliorate this. He is married to his best friend, the former Jennifer Davis, and together they have six daughters.

Eric Stauffer was born and raised in Bountiful, Utah. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a Master of Science degree in Education, both from Utah State University. While attending USU, he met his incredible wife Emily. They have 4 children who teach them life’s most important lessons. They reside in Providence, UT. Professionally, Eric has been a religious educator for 22 years and an adjunct online professor for 10 years. In his free time, Eric enjoys pickleball, food, golf, travel, and time with his family. Due to challenges that have hit close to home, he is deeply committed to improving mental health awareness and education and is honored to be associated with Paz Wellness.

Julie Swensen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is an owner of Peak Mental Health and the clinical director of Paz Wellness in Logan UT. Prior to moving into private practice, in 2015, she worked in the acute hospital setting, as well as, working with individuals and their family in the home health/hospice setting. Julie specializes in treating the multitude of ways anxiety, depression and trauma manifest in life, as well as, helping people navigate their ADHD.
Julie is a proud Aggie and USU graduate. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree in social work in 2000 and her Master’s degree in 2010. In her downtime Julie can be found spending time with her amazing family, enjoying the great outdoors, studying mental health, eating chips and salsa and sitting in her massage chair.

Rebecca Martinez is a Certified Social Worker. She currently works as a high school social worker as well as doing individual therapy in a private clinic. Prior to getting her MSW, she worked as a medical and crisis social worker for 19 years in both Utah and Arizona. She was recruited to a start-up company where she helped grow the company and obtain multiple contracts with Arizona Medicaid providers. She loves policy and research. She has a straightforward approach to assisting others. She believes that everyone is doing the best they can with the information they have and in the situation they are in, and understands that life can just feel really difficult and hopeless at times. She believes that education, both formal and informal, unlocks the door to improvement and change. She is thrilled to be able to work with Paz Wellness to provide education and support to our community. Rebecca enjoys spending time with her family and being outdoors. She is determined to find a way to enjoy the long Cache Valley winters. If you know any secrets, let her in on them.

As a lifelong learner, Christina has gone back to school to pursue her second master’s degree in social work from Utah State University and is looking forward to graduating in the spring. Her first master’s degree is in Public Health, and she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Nutrition from the University of California Davis. A first-generation daughter of Mexican immigrant farmworkers, Christina is fiercely passionate about learning and education and is proud of the strong work ethic her parents instilled in her. When her nose isn’t in a book, Christina loves to go on nature walks, swim, celebrate with friends, and be with her beautiful familia.

Born and raised in Logan, Utah. Educated in Logan City Schools. Started working in the food service industry at the age of 14 and retired in the food and hospitality business at the age of 64.

He is married to Debi, they have four children and eleven grandchildren.

Ali Conley is a Cache Valley attorney who provides legal work for Paz Wellness. She is grateful to be involved in Paz Wellness and to support its faith-based mission to promote good mental health and wellness in our community.

In addition to providing legal work for Paz Wellness, Ali runs her own law firm, Azure Legal Services PLLC, where she provides estate planning and business legal services for her clients.

She enjoys her work there because she feels that it supports healthy family relationships.

Ali holds a bachelor’s degree in marriage and family studies from BYU-Idaho and graduated
from BYU Law in 2021. She is licensed to practice law in Utah and Idaho.

In her spare time, Ali enjoys watching the sunset with her husband, playing games and singing with her family, and cuddling her new grandson.

Reed Ernstrom is a graduate of Utah State University with a bachelor’s degree in food science and business administration. He has worked with several companies over his career, finishing as CEO/President of Bear River Mental Health from 2007-2018. He and his wife Julie served as senior LDS missionaries after retiring. He is passionate about helping others find peace through appropriate mental health services.

Danny graduated from Utah State University with his MS in Civil Engineering. He went on to start Civil Solutions Group, Inc, a professional services company in the civil engineering and surveying industries. The company grew from one person to over 35 employees with multiple locations throughout Utah. Since 2013 Danny has also developed his passion for property investing and land development. He quickly realized he loves this part of his professional life, so he sold Civil Solutions Group, Inc in 2022. He then started Stack Dev LLC, which has a primary development focus on entitlement, horizontal construction, and vertical construction in Multifamily, Single Family, Office space and Self-Storage. He loves spending all his available time with his wife Lesli and their four children. He enjoys lifting,mountain biking, skiing, coaching youth sports and living in Cache Valley.

Caring deeply about our children and feeling a responsibility to add a helping hand.

Debbie’s bio is coming soon!

Dr. Richard P. West is an Emeritus Professor at Utah State University where he served as professor and administrator for 35 years. He co-directed the Institute for the Study of Children, Youth and Families At-Risk (SCYFAR). He is the Past President and board member of the Utah Family Partnership Network, and sits on the advisory boards of two public charter schools. He founded the Utah State University’s Center for the School of the Future and served as its executive director for 15 years, where he and his staff focused on the development and promotion of best practices in human behavior analysis and the prevention of antisocial behavior. His recent research has focused on systematic improvement of human services systems through the identification and enhancement of critical conditions for learning and behavioral support. He has directed over $35 million in research, training, and demonstration projects throughout his career. He authored and directed projects funded by the US Office of Substance Abuse Prevention promoting risk focused prevention of substance abuse among high-risk youth. Prior to his appointment at Utah State University, Dr. West was the director of a treatment program for children and youth with serious emotional problems.
Dr. West has devoted his career to researching models of behavior support, prevention of antisocial behavior, and the development of data tools for behavioral, learning and programmatic decision-making, especially at the system level. In collaboration with his associates at Utah State University and more recently at TetraAnalytix, Dr. West developed assessment tools used in more than 3000 organizations. He has developed video-based instructional tools, and computer software for gathering data from instructional and behavioral programs, and determining appropriate modifications to those programs based upon a systematic analysis.
Dr. West earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology with emphasis in behavior analysis from the University of Utah, an M.S. in special education (emphasis in behavior disorders) and a B.A. in psychology also from the University of Utah.
Dr. West has served as guest or consulting editor of seven national journals and has authored six books, 14 book chapters, more than 75 articles in national refereed journals, more than 50 additional articles and instructional products including video-based training programs and computer software, and more than 200 papers presented at national and international conferences.

Dr. Nathan H. Call is a family medicine doctor in Logan, Utah and is affiliated with Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Utah School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 30 years. Dr. Call completed his residency at the Hamot Family Practice Program in 1996. His specialities include family medicine.

Dr. Duke, DO, grew up in Perry, Utah and graduated from Box Elder High School. He graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 1994. He attended medical school from 1995-1999 in Missouri at A.T. Still University. He accomplished a three year family practice residency program in 2002 in Mesa, Arizona. He returned to Cache Valley in 2002 and has practiced family medicine in Providence, Utah ever since.

Dr. Richard P. West is an Emeritus Professor at Utah State University where he served as professor and administrator for 35 years. He co-directed the Institute for the Study of Children, Youth and Families At-Risk (SCYFAR). He is the Past President and board member of the Utah Family Partnership Network, and sits on the advisory boards of two public charter schools. He founded the Utah State University’s Center for the School of the Future and served as its executive director for 15 years, where he and his staff focused on the development and promotion of best practices in human behavior analysis and the prevention of antisocial behavior. His recent research has focused on systematic improvement of human services systems through the identification and enhancement of critical conditions for learning and behavioral support. He has directed over $35 million in research, training, and demonstration projects throughout his career. He authored and directed projects funded by the US Office of Substance Abuse Prevention promoting risk focused prevention of substance abuse among high-risk youth. Prior to his appointment at Utah State University, Dr. West was the director of a treatment program for children and youth with serious emotional problems.
Dr. West has devoted his career to researching models of behavior support, prevention of antisocial behavior, and the development of data tools for behavioral, learning and programmatic decision-making, especially at the system level. In collaboration with his associates at Utah State University and more recently at TetraAnalytix, Dr. West developed assessment tools used in more than 3000 organizations. He has developed video-based instructional tools, and computer software for gathering data from instructional and behavioral programs, and determining appropriate modifications to those programs based upon a systematic analysis.
Dr. West earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology with emphasis in behavior analysis from the University of Utah, an M.S. in special education (emphasis in behavior disorders) and a B.A. in psychology also from the University of Utah.
Dr. West has served as guest or consulting editor of seven national journals and has authored six books, 14 book chapters, more than 75 articles in national refereed journals, more than 50 additional articles and instructional products including video-based training programs and computer software, and more than 200 papers presented at national and international conferences.

Scott Wyatt is the immediate past president of Southern Utah University and the past president of Snow College. He is currently a senior executive director in the Utah Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education, responsible for educational innovation research and design and serves as a consultant to various colleges and universities. Over the past decade, Scott focused his work on supporting students through expanding access and improving student outcomes. He did not raise tuition during his time at SUU, reduced tuition for online students, and reduced student fees. During his final three years at SUU, Scott drove an initiative to expand online degree program offerings and increased enrollments of online students more than 10-fold. Retention and completion rates soared during his time as president; the number of students who completed their degrees per year more than doubled. He is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal and the lucky husband of Kathy Wyatt; they have four children and five grandchildren.

A Cache Valley native, S. Dee Barrett graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development with emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy. He later earned a Masters degree in Education Counseling. However, his passion for teaching young people led him to a 36 year career as a religious educator. He was energized by this work and came home from work most days ready to plan a party. His wife, Aleece, helped keep this in check as they were busy raising 4 beautiful children, all of whom he coached in several sports while they were growing up. He is a gifted coach using his innately positive style and his innately loud voice to reach any child anywhere on the court or in the field. When he was a child his teacher told his parents that he had never learned to whisper. Although he knows how to whisper now, he can still project a whisper to the far ends of a classroom.

He has loved training youth and young adults in leadership skills and mentoring them through planning events for their peers. He was able to use many of the same skills while being the Utah North Area Director mentoring principals and teachers.

Dee enjoys almost all sports and has recently finds himself on the pickleball court most days of the week. He is enjoying spending time with family including his nine amazing grandchildren. He now looks forward to reconnecting with and supporting young people through Paz Wellness.

In working with teens and adults as a therapist for over 20 years, I have developed a strong love for being with people-whether as individuals, as a couple or as a family-in a compassionate and containing way as they explore the strengths, struggles and variety of difficulties in their lives.

I work from the idea that good mental health comes from and is strengthened by healthy relationships. Anxiety and depression are never isolated to the individual. Mental and
emotional struggles connect to imbalanced coping and the ways we develop and maintain connections with one another.

ADHD, addiction, anxiety, coping skills, depression, family conflict, relationships, and trauma are some of my areas of focus. As I work with my clients, through these, and other challenges, we will access difficult and positive emotions, creating better ways to handle the challenges in this life while embracing the good.

Brian Mickelson grew up in Northern California, served as a missionary in Texas and graduated from Utah State University with a BA in Business Administration and an MS in Human Environments. He and his wife, Janese, have five children ranging from teenagers to adults. Brian has spent his career in the Church Educational System as a teacher and administrator in the seminary program as well as the institute adjacent to USU and in Brigham City. When he’s not teaching he’s hanging out with his family, hiking, traveling, bird watching, playing tennis, working on photography, announcing for the local high school sports teams, or trying to keep up with a garden.

Alex Hansen is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor and School Guidance Counselor working in the Cache County School District. Alex has worked in the field of substance abuse and addiction recovery for the past 10 years in addition to his work in the school environment. He has an incredible wife, Mindy, and five amazing children. In addition to the counseling work, Alex has a passion for working with teens, coaching baseball, skiing, as well as attending concerts and musicals. Alex has a bucket list that includes attending a MLB home game of every professional baseball team, performing in a musical, and playing in a band, all of these are still a work in progress.