Meet Our Team - Journey Home Young Adult

We understand that this is a big decision, and we are here to support you every step of the way! With staff dedicated to your experience and success, you will always have a team of experienced, compassionate professionals right there with you. Our people are what make our program special, and we can’t wait for you to meet everyone. We have years of cumulative clinical team experience, and over a decade of experience creating programs that work with young women. With our passionate team and high staff to client ratio, we know we can give you the individualized support you need.

Keoni Anderson, MS, ASUDC

Executive Director
Kami Black, MSW, LCSW

Executive Clinical Director
Rachael Groves, MSW, LCSW

Journey Home Director, Therapist
Jenn McMurry

Admissions Director
Julie Sheppard

Director of Business Development
Kim Peterson

Admissions Director
Folola Finau

Program Director
Latu Barton

House Manager
Jane Peterson, MSW, LCSW

Primary Therapist, Journey Home Young Adult

Keoni Anderson, MS, ASUDC

Executive Director

Keoni has a Masters Degree in Psychology, and is an Advanced Substance Use Disorder Counselor for the state of Utah. He has worked with adolescents for over 17 years and is experienced with many different skills for helping teens with addiction problems. Keoni has presented at several professional conferences about the many different approaches available for addiction treatment.
Keoni has been married for 25 years, and has one daughter and one son. He is fluent in the Spanish language and enjoys movies, fishing, hunting, singing, writing songs, and playing guitar.

Kami Black, MSW, LCSW

Executive Clinical Director

Kami received her Master’s degree in social work from The University of Utah. She has over 17 years of adolescent treatment experience and her areas of expertise include trauma, attachment, identity, self-worth and promiscuity. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She utilizes this modality as one of her many tools to address the core issue that feeds the behavior. She’s also trained in Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (TF-EAP) which she utilizes with the clients and training for staff. Kami strongly believes in the family therapy approach and loves working with the whole family to help improve relationships. Kami has a great love for camping with her 3 children and husband, biking, yoga and hiking in Utah’s beautiful mountainside.

Rachael Groves, MSW, LCSW

Journey Home Director, Therapist

Rachael received her Master’s degree in social work from the University of Utah. She has over 15 years’ experience working with youth and their families. Having worked with people from diverse backgrounds, from all different walks of life, Rachael has come to believe in the human spirit and has adapted a strengths based therapeutic approach; focusing on building on the unique strengths of each individual leads to mind, body and spiritual healing. Rachael has extensive experience in treating trauma, abuse, domestic violence, substance abuse, self-harm and other women’s issues. She has a certification in trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) and Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT). Rachael loves spending time with her family, adventure and her culture. Rachael is an enrolled member of the Ute Indian Tribe.

Jenn McMurry

Admissions Director

Jenn has over 16 years of experience working in residential programs—serving positions as a human resource director, as well as operations director. Her vast experience in the field, along with her exceptional relational skills, make her a great fit as our director of admissions. Jenn loves the warm family feel at Solstice and the relational approach we take with our students. Most of all, Jenn enjoys spending time with the families from the beginning (through all of the difficult emotions) to seeing healing unfold, and their child reach completion of their Solstice journey. Outside of Solstice, Jenn enjoys spending time with her daughter and son, along with her fur & feathered children.

Julie Sheppard

Director of Business Development

Julie is new to both Solstice West and the residential treatment industry. She came from a large medical corporation where she worked for over 16 years and focused on Customer Service, Marketing & Sales. Julie was drawn to Solstice because of the warm, small, nurturing family environment it provides and is excited to be part of something so special.

Julie has been married for 16 years, has two teenage boys as well as a dog, Bruno that is very much part of the family. Julie likes to work hard but play harder. She loves spending time with her family & friends, traveling, biking and being outdoors. She loves going to the mountains with her boys to camp, ride four-wheelers or hike with her friends as often as possible.

Kim Peterson

Admissions Director

Kim has a Bachelors of Science degree in Political Science & Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Corrections from Weber State University. She has been employed at Solstice since February 2011 as a Mentor and is now Admissions Director at Journey Home Young Adult. She has traveled extensively around the world and has enjoyed calling various destinations home. This has given her the ability to empathize with the young ladies who may be at times homesick for home and family. Her hobbies include reading, writing, and socializing with friends and family.

Folola Finau

Program Director

Folola has worked in the residential treatment field for 12 years and is excited to be joining the staff at the Journey Home. She looks forward to growing and learning alongside the amazing individuals at the Journey Home. Folola is from Utah and enjoys spending spare time outdoors exploring. She loves a good book, movies, biking, trying new and different foods but mostly, loves having family dinners and game nights with her extensive family.

Latu Barton

House Manager

Latu has 6 years of experience working in the residential treatment field, Latu believes that everyone deserves to live their best life, and gives her best to help make that manifest for everyone she comes in contact with, she is currently working toward her Associate Degree in Marriage and Family Studies. Latu lives in Utah with her husband and three children, two boys and one girl, she is from a big Polynesian family and loves spending time with them, she enjoys being outdoors and playing volleyball, and laughter is must in her life.

Jane Peterson, MSW, LCSW

Primary Therapist, Journey Home Young Adult

Jane received her Master’s degree in social work from the University of Utah. She has over 30 years of experience working with children, adolescents and their families in all levels of care including residential, day treatment, IOP and outpatient. She has developed and managed programs in addition to directing treatment teams and supervising students, and is on the faculty at the University of Utah College of Social Work. She has also provided extensive clinical care during this time treating children, adolescents and providing family therapy. Jane has treated a variety of diagnoses including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, complicated grief, PTSD, ADHD, ODD, ASD and attachment issues. She is trained in DBT and EMDR and uses many approaches in her practice including CBT, developmental approaches, systems theory, trauma focused CBT, Theory of Mind and attachment based therapies. Animal assisted therapy has also been a part of her work with clients to help with attachment issues. Additionally, she has experience running many types of therapy groups including mindfulness, psychotherapeutic and psychoeducational ones. She emphasizes mindfulness practice to promote emotional regulation, as becoming and staying healthy requires a mind/body approach. Most importantly, she emphasizes a strength-based, relationship approach with clients. She has been married for 27 years, raised two children, enjoys reading, cooking, traveling, walking her dog and spending time with family.

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