| Staff |
| Ed and Barbara Curran Owners and Cofounders of Vista Taos Renewal Center |
| Beginning with a dream to have a small intensive alcohol and drug treatment program, Ed and Barbara planned and built Vista Taos Renewal Center over 15 years ago. The small intimate, 14-bed capacity rehabilitation program is located on the Mesa with a panoramic view of the Taos Mountains from every room. Their dream of promoting a comfortable, safe environment where patients can allow themselves to trust and work through the many issues that have devastated their lives is personified by the home-style environment of Vista Taos Renewal Center. Ed has been an Alcohol/Drug counselor for over 26 years. He is a graduate of Rutgers University Alcohol Studies in New Jersey and has been trained and worked with some of the leaders in the chemical dependency field. He was a guest therapist on the Montel Williams Show and has done numerous radio talk shows in Taos, Albuquerque and Connecticut. Ed and Barbara take a personal and active interest in the patients and the everyday routine of Vista Taos Renewal Center. |
| Felicia Lee Brooks, MA Therapist |
| Felicia has a Bachelor of University Studies with concentration in Psychology and Studio Art from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Arts and Art Therapy from Southwestern College in Santa Fe. Felicia's training provided her with an opportunity to work with individuals, couples, and groups addressing issues of addiction, mental health, grief, and gang affiliations. Felicia brings to the staff of Vista Taos an ability to combine traditional therapy and art psychotherapy as a source for treating addiction. |
| Leslie
S. Lundquist, MS, LADAC Clinical Director |
| Leslie has a B.S. in Psychology and Art from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, an ED.S Guidance Counseling from the University of Wisconsin and her M.S. in Guidance and Counseling Alcohol/Drug and Mental Health from University of Wisconsin Stout. She has worked in the Chemical Dependency field for 21 years. She has a wide variety of experience in the field of addictions and mental health including group and individual therapy, psychodrama, supervisor of adolescent programs, evaluations, intakes, and utilization reviews. |
| Marsha Carlson, LISA Therapist |
| Marsha is a Licensed Independent Social Worker. She received her Bachelors degree in Art from Mills College, Oakland, California. She received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of San Francisco in 1986. She has worked in the field of alcoholism and addiction since 1989. After seven and a half years as a social worker and trainer/mentor in the child welfare system in California, working with families suffering from addiction and alcoholism, she worked for the University of California, Berkeley developing a statewide training curriculum for child welfare social workers which addressed addiction and alcoholism, working with families and human development among other topics. Marsha has also worked in residential treatment programs for minors addressing issues of mental illnesses, addiction problems as well as familial issues. Currently Marsha serves as the family therapist at Vista Taos. |
| Daniel Clothier, LSAA, LPN II Family Therapist |
| Daniel began his work in the field of Mental Health at Kalamazoo, State Hospital in Michigan where he worked for 2 ½ years with children and maximum security patients. He later worked in Colorado as a social living instructor for Job Corps for 14 months. Daniel went to school to become a nurse in 1972. He was one of the first EMTs in Arizona. He later went on to become a paramedic for 13 years for the City of San Diego, California. This period of time also included 2 years as a flight medic with LifeFlight of San Diego, and 5 years as a Reserve Deputy with the San Diego Sheriffs Department. He has been an instructor in many fields of emergency services, and served in a law enforcement capacity on a state and federal level. Daniel went to school at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming for the new emerging field of Addictionology where he earned honors and was the founder and president of the Addictionology honors club. Daniel has worked with children at-risk in the high school level, and created a program utilized by the school system to alter perception of at-risk kids. He worked at a Boys Ranch in Northern New Mexico for 2 ½ years in multiple capacities including, Counselor, Phase Supervisor and Assistant Director. |