Foothills at Red Oak Recovery is excited to announce that Bridget Camacho, LCSW, has joined the team as Clinical Director. Foothills at Red Oak Recovery serves adolescent boys, ages 14-17, with trauma-focused mental health and substance use treatment. Bridget is delighted to work with this population again, especially in a setting that offers equine and experientially based therapeutic modalities. She brings extensive leadership and clinical experience to the therapeutic team at Foothills.

“Bridget comes to Foothills with a wealth of knowledge and experience working with young people in residential care,” says Kurt Arsenault, LCSW, Executive Director. “Her dedication to ensuring the highest level of client care and expertise in the field have been a welcome addition to the Foothills team.”

Bridget is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in adolescent and family treatment, experiential therapy, and animal-assisted interventions. She received her Master’s in Social Work and her Animal-Assisted Social Work Certificate from the University of Denver. Throughout her professional career, Bridget has focused on how experiential therapy and animal-assisted therapy can facilitate physical, emotional, and mental healing. She believes in the importance of relationships in the healing process and understands how the connections individuals have with people, animals, and nature can help them heal and grow into the people they are meant to be. Bridget has worked with adolescents and families throughout her career as a residential therapist, family therapist, IOP program manager at a program for teens and families, and as a program director at a therapeutic boarding school. She enjoys working with youth and families to help them build self-confidence, strengthen their relationships, and find their paths in life.

About Red Oak Recovery Programs

Red Oak Recovery® Programs are located throughout Western North Carolina and include clinically-driven and gender-separate trauma-focused mental health and substance use treatment for young adult men (www.redoakrecovery.com), young adult women (www.thewillowsatredoak.com), and adolescent boys (www.foothillsatredoak.com).