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Clinical team

Small by design. Clinical at the core.

A deliberately small community means more staff time and more therapy time, and the people guiding each student notice the small moments, not just the scheduled ones.

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Clinical Director · Primary Therapist

Jeniveve Rollins, MSW, LCSW

Jeniveve grew up on a farm, running through the countryside and woods, and the lessons stuck: early mornings, hard work, putting animals first, and being creative with what you have. As a young adult she served youth at a summer camp, volunteered with an animal rescue program, and led service-learning projects through AmeriCorps.

After her undergraduate degree at Denison University, she earned a Master of Social Work at Portland State University. In more than 20 years of practice she has worked in private practice, young adult programs, community mental health, outdoor programs, drug and alcohol programs, and school-based health centers. The work where she sees the most lasting change is experiential therapy in nature.

Her approach is built on strengths and practical skills. Lasting change takes hard work and a balance of kindness, honest feedback, and respectful directness, and she makes room to listen, connect, and teach the tools each student needs to reach their goals.

Anxiety & depressionADHDPost-traumatic stressNeurodiversityExperiential therapyFamily communication
Portrait of Sarah Broughton

Family Therapist

Sarah Broughton, LCMHCS

Sarah is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor with extensive experience supporting adolescents, young adults, and families through emotional, behavioral, and relational challenges. At Ignite she helps families build stronger connections, improve communication, and develop practical strategies for lasting growth.

She believes the best outcomes happen when parents and young adults do the work together. Her clinical work is evidence-based and trauma-informed, and she is trained in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Brainspotting, and Somatic Experiencing.

Outside of work, Sarah enjoys gardening and hiking with her dogs.

Family therapyLife transitionsSelf-esteemChronic traumaNeurodiversity
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Family Coach

Leah Madamba, MS, NCC, LCMHC, CPC

Leah is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Certified Parent Coach with more than 25 years of experience supporting teenagers, young adults, and their families. At Ignite Adulthood, she meets weekly with parents to teach the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum their young adults are learning. This parallel learning experience creates common ground, strengthens understanding, and equips parents with practical communication skills to better support their young adults.

Leah earned her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and her Master’s in Community Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has held a variety of roles in residential and transition programs, including leading a nationally based community transition program for teenagers and young adults returning home from residential treatment. She later established her private practice, where she now focuses on supporting young adults and their parents as they navigate the transition to adulthood.

As the mother of two emerging adults, Leah brings both professional expertise and personal perspective to her work, finding daily opportunities to put these skills into practice. Outside of work, she enjoys hot yoga, creating art in her home studio, and supporting her children’s extracurricular pursuits.

Leah believes that each person is the expert on their own experience. She values building genuine connections and helping individuals and families discover their own path forward.

Parent coachingSocial Emotional LearningTransition to adulthoodFamily communication
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Program Director

Shawn Farrell, M.Ed.

Shawn has spent more than 30 years in outdoor, educational, and therapeutic settings. Working with a wide range of students and families has shown him that people do best with real options, not a boxed-in approach.

He began his career as a high school English teacher, with a Master of Education in Secondary Education from the University of Kentucky, and has coached soccer for more than thirty years. At Ignite he brings that energy to executive functioning, life, and parent coaching: organization, time management, academic skills, and turning ideas into action.

A lifelong learner, Shawn rewires trailers, builds playhouses, and has built electric skateboards. When he isn’t working, he is usually camping, biking, paddling, or hiking with his family.

Executive functioningLife coachingParent coachingAcademic skills

Wellness coaches

The people in the everyday.

Coaches lead daily routines, adventure, and community life, and they are often the first to notice a new skill starting to hold.

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Liesl Steiner

Wellness Coach

More than 20 years with preteens, teens, and young adults. Liesl starts with relationships: once a student believes someone truly cares, regulation, resilience, and problem-solving have room to grow. Her two small dogs come to work with her.

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Harry T. Cash III

Wellness Coach

A certified mindfulness and meditation teacher with years leading programs at Omega Institute, Stax Music Academy, and the University of Memphis. Harry works to create spaces where bodies feel safe and minds feel secure.

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Lia Knox

Wellness Coach

An environmental educator who has taught nature education on horseback and built trail with the Student Conservation Association. Lia has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail and knows young adults can meet hard challenges, even when they doubt themselves.

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Christy

Wellness Coach

Christy started in outdoor leadership with college students in the backcountry. She believes time outdoors, away from distraction, is where young adults start to define what success looks like for them.

Around every student

A full circle of support.

Licensed clinicians lead the work, supported by a small team trained in young adult development.

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Psychiatric care

A local psychiatric provider manages medication needs throughout the stay.

ii.

Wellness coaches & mentors

Trained staff lead daily routines, adventure programming, and community life.

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Equine & outdoor specialists

Guides for equine-assisted therapy, climbing, water time, and trail work.

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