Healing Springs utilizes an integrated treatment model (I.AM) that addresses the “whole person” psychologically, physically and spiritually. Our model identifies the underlying core issues and unresolved trauma that drive most, if not all, addictive behaviors and mental health issues. We implement multiple recovery supports including principals of 12 step, the trauma model, functional medicine, experiential techniques, cognitive therapy, family intensives and robust aftercare and alumni services.
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Rachel, as President and Co-founder of Healing Springs Ranch, brings her own personal journey as a family member of a loved one who struggled with unresolved trauma, mental health issues, and addictions. She observed firsthand some of the poor treatment programmings that failed to identify the core issues both with the individual struggling as well as the family unit. As a result, she chose to put her energy and heart into working with a team of talented founding partners and staff to create Healing Springs Ranch.
Her personal mission is to affect change in addiction treatment by treating all aspects of the person and helping clients find meaning and purpose in their lives. And, create a supportive structure wherein families learn to understand the role they play with their loved ones and how they might best support those individuals in the healing of both the individual suffering and the entire family structure.
Rachel has a long-standing entrepreneurial and corporate background in various segments of the healthcare industry. Her career encompasses multiple facets of the healthcare arena including addiction treatment, managed care, third party healthcare claims administration and pharmaceutical benefits.
In addition to her administrative role at Healing Springs, she is actively involved in the treatment program. She created and teaches the Leaders in Training curriculum, a weekly group, that helps clients identify their purpose at both the individual and community levels. She also facilitates the Executive Forum when needed which ties together personal growth and development to corporate leaders in treatment to better encourage peer to peer learning as it relates to the daily challenges of running a business both in and out of treatment.
Rachel’s speaking platform, Evolve and Transform has taken her on a successful speaking journey across the globe speaking about addiction, compulsive behaviors, and finding meaning and purpose through life’s adversities. She has become a sought-after international speaker with phenomenal feedback, to audiences of multi-continents including North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
Rachel holds an MBA from LeTourneau University and a BBA from Baylor University. She is an active and contributing member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). She holds Executive Board positions for Life Works Wellness, LLC, and Life Works Foundation. She is also an executive board member of the Travis Frederick's Blocking Out Hunger Foundation and executive board member for the Corey Kluber Family Foundation among other philanthropic organizations.
She has been interviewed and featured in various publications, such as Inc Magazine throughout her career, including but not limited to, Inc. 500, Plaid for Women, Stagen Leadership Academy member story, featured on the Coast to Coast Recovery radio broadcast and Coffee with Claire Podcast. Rachel delivered her first TEDx talk in Andrews, South Carolina on "Why Addiction is Everyone's Disease."
Rachel enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, enjoying new cultures and cuisine as well as decorating her environments.
Melissa as Clinical Director and Co-founder of Healing Springs Ranch is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Registered Art Therapist (A.T.R.) She has over 25 years of experience treating trauma and addictions. She has been the Executive Clinical Director at the Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma for 20 years. While in this position, Mrs. Caldwell Engle clinically managed three inpatient programs directed by Colin A. Ross M.D. where she was involved in the development, and implementation of the Trauma Model and its integration into the programs’ treatment milieu. She was actively involved in the development of the “Trauma Model Certification” process and co-presented with Dr. Ross. In addition to this administrative role, she also maintained her clinical skills by leading groups and providing individual therapy on the units.
Melissa is also a co-founder of the Trauma Recovery Associates (TRA 2002) which was originally created in response to the Catholic Church’s “sex abuse scandal” in 2002. TRA has since grown with its focus being to educate and foster the development of organizational leaders, human service providers, and trauma survivors themselves to respond more effectively to the impact of childhood trauma on individuals and on society.
She also worked in private practice for 14 years. She has worked with all behavioral health diagnoses including Depression, Dual-Diagnoses, Anxiety, Bi-Polar, Personality Disorders, PTSD, Eating Disorders, OCD, Dissociative Disorders and ALL addictive patterns and diagnoses both on the individual and group level.
She is an internationally recognized speaker on the effects of trauma, addiction, and the comorbid client. Melisssa has a unique way of combining theory with specific treatment techniques emphasizing experiential/expressive treatment modalities. With this combination it allows her to reach a broad range of clinicians and participants. Her humor and case examples create a highly entertaining presentation style that makes her a recognized and sought-after speaker.
It is through her extensive years of experience in the behavioral health arena and her expertise in treating all trauma-related psychiatric and addictive diagnoses that she is able to offer a truly integrated approach to our Healing Springs Clinical Programming.
Melissa is married to a firefighter/paramedic and together they have 4 children. She loves to travel and experience different cultures.
