Olivia Mason, MS, LMFT, CSAT, CPTT, Brainspotting practitioner, and working towards my AAMFT Supervisor credential

Olivia received her Bachelors degree from Louisiana Tech University in psychology. She went on to receive her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern Mississippi. While there, she received an internship with the Gratitude Program at Pine Grove in Hattiesburg, MS- one of the original treatment facilities in the nation for sexual addiction. Upon graduation, she went on to work for the Gratitude Program full time as a primary therapist. Olivia decided to move home to Louisiana and pursued a career in private practice, working primarily with couples and individuals impacted by sexual addiction, infidelity, and betrayal trauma. While working private practice, Olivia became connected with the Carpenter Shed and has since become the Clinical Director for The Carpenter Shed and Triumph Clinical Services.

She is trained as a Certified Sex Addiction therapist, Certified Partner Trauma therapist, a Brainspotting 1 and 2 Practitioner, and is currently pursuing her credentials to become an AAMFT approved supervisor.

Julie Holland, MHA, CEDS-C, f.iaedp

Julie Holland is a nationally recognized leader, strategist and speaker in behavioral health and eating disorder treatment. She currently serves as Divisional Vice President, Behavioral Health for UHS, where she provides strategic leadership on strengthening access to high-quality behavioral health care across multiple regions.

With a rare blend of clinical insight and executive-level growth and marketing expertise, Julie has spent her career advancing access to care, elevating professional education and driving sustainable program development across the continuum of treatment. She has partnered with world-renowned medical and mental health professionals to support the development, implementation and scaling of evidence-based and innovative therapeutic interventions. In addition to her executive leadership roles, she has worked directly with clients in top-tier eating disorder treatment centers and maintained a private practice in both the United States and Bermuda.

A respected thought leader, Julie is a frequent speaker and educator for professional audiences, families and communities, and has contributed to national conversations through media, conferences and continuing education programming. She is deeply committed to collaboration across clinical, operational and community partners, with a focus on ensuring individuals and families receive compassionate, ethical and effective care when they need it most.

Nate Geyer, MA, LPC, CSAT, CMAT-LA

Prior to his journey as a clinician at Begin Again Institute, Nate worked as a mental health technician for over six years in the behavioral health unit at Boulder Community Health. Stylistically, Nate’s clinical approach is a blend of experiential and narrative perspectives. As a clinician, he enjoys the emotive “in the moment” style combined with the narrative storytelling approach to illicit change in his clients. For Nate, healing is a synthesis of one’s stories and the way they make one feel and his specialties include working with depression and trauma. Supporting the population of men who come through the Begin Again Institute and being a part of their healing experience has been one of the most rewarding aspects of Nate’s career. Connecting with these individuals and seeing them experience feelings long thought lost is something Nate, in his own words, considers to be one of the most enriching experiences of his life.

Nate graduated from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2013 with degrees in creative writing and psychology and received his master’s degree from the University of Colorado-Denver in 2019 in clinical counseling.

Angie Buja, MA, LPC-S

Family Program Director at Burning Tree Ranch and Founding Partner at Sparrow House

Angie Knight-Buja is the Founder and Clinical Director of Sparrow House Counseling and has served as the Family Program Director at Burning Tree Ranch for over 15 years. She is widely regarded as one of the most seasoned and effective family program facilitators working with chronic relapse and multi-generational addiction dynamics.

Angie earned her Master’s degree in Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Texas Tech University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, with more than two decades of clinical experience working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families impacted by addiction, eating disorders, anxiety, and entrenched family system patterns.

At Burning Tree Ranch, Angie designed and continues to lead the Family Program, facilitating intensive, experiential weekends that confront denial, entitlement, and enabling while restoring clarity, responsibility, and relational integrity. Her facilitation style is known for its rare combination of warmth, precision, humor, and truth-telling. Angie excels at creating psychological safety while simultaneously challenging families to move out of survival mode and into honest engagement with reality.

In addition to her clinical work, Angie is a sought-after speaker and educator for professionals, organizations, and faith-based communities. Her work emphasizes that real change occurs in the context of relationships, vulnerability, and sustained accountability. Angie’s long-standing collaboration with Burning Tree Ranch reflects her deep commitment to families facing the most complex and persistent forms of addiction.

Collaborative Clinical Leadership

Together, Meghan Bohlman and Angie Knight-Buja form the clinical backbone of Burning TreeRanch’s family-centered treatment model. Their collaboration bridges executive clinical leadership and experiential family systems work, offering families a rare combination of structure, depth, and continuity. As co-facilitators, they bring complementary strengths that help families of chronic relapsers move beyond crisis management toward lasting, reality-based change.

Meghan Bohlman
LPC-S, LCDC, EMDR-Trained

Executive Clinical Director

Meghan Bohlman serves as the Executive Clinical Director of Burning Tree Ranch, the nation’s only long-term residential treatment center exclusively designed for individuals with chronic relapse histories. She provides executive oversight of clinical programming while remaining deeply engaged in day-to-day therapeutic work with clients and families.

Meghan holds a Master’s degree in International Disaster Psychology from the University of Denver and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Northwestern State University.

Her clinical background is rooted in trauma, addiction, and complex family systems, with early professional experience that included international and domestic trauma research, work with refugees and asylum seekers, and PTSD assessments in federal detention settings. She is EMDR-trained and licensed as both a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor in Texas.

At Burning Tree Ranch, Meghan leads multidisciplinary clinical teams, oversees trauma-informed interventions, and plays a central role in the Family Program and Aftercare continuum.

Known for her steady, grounded leadership style, she blends clinical rigor with clarity and compassion, helping families understand the realities of chronic relapse while guiding them toward accountability, readiness, and sustainable change. As a facilitator, Meghan is recognized for her ability to hold complexity, challenge enabling dynamics, and translate clinical insight into practical action for families navigating long-standing addiction cycles.

Collaborative Clinical Leadership

Together, Meghan Bohlman and Angie Knight-Buja form the clinical backbone of Burning TreeRanch’s family-centered treatment model. Their collaboration bridges executive clinical leadership and experiential family systems work, offering families a rare combination of structure, depth, and continuity. As co-facilitators, they bring complementary strengths that help families of chronic relapsers move beyond crisis management toward lasting, reality-based change.

Christi DeFrancesco, LCSW

AVP Clinical Operations, Odyssey Psychiatric Network

Christi is a Virginia native LCSW and has been in the field of behavioral health for over 17 years. She earned her Bachelor’s in Psychology from Radford University and Master’s in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She has experience in the acute psychiatric and residential treatment settings where she held leadership positions that included experience in program management and development, risk management, human rights advocacy, business development, and community relations. Christi has also has experience with growth and development of facilities including opening an adolescent RTC from the ground up. Christi serves as an adjunct professor at VCU on the virtual platform for concentration year MSW students in their practicum field placements. She is passionate about serving and healing using breathwork, somatic experiencing, and social integration. She is married to her high school sweetheart and mother of two young children. In her spare time, Christi can often be found in the kitchen experimenting with recipes and baking, walking her dogs, or reading in her favorite cushy spot on the couch.

Aaron Roldan, ASW, SUDRC

Aaron Roldan, ASW, SUDCC is a therapist and doctoral student at the Institute for Clinical Social Work, specializing in liberation-focused and identity-affirming care for marginalized communities. Their clinical work centers on relational psychodynamic approaches, with training in Gestalt Therapy, IFS, and psychodynamic group work. They have worked extensively with LGBTQ+ clients, particularly Transgender and Neurodivergent individuals navigating disordered eating, trauma, and systemic oppression. Their approach integrates clinical theory, social justice, and lived experience to support healing and transformation.

Misty Wainwright MA, LPC, NCC, LLC

Misty is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Board-Certified Counselor, with over 25 years of experience in the field of psychotherapy. She is licensed to provide in-person and teletherapy counseling in the state through the Louisiana State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors.  Misty earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in student services and counseling from Northwestern State University.  For the last 20 years, she has operated a private practice and specializes in women’s mental health with a specific focus on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Over her professional career, Misty has received extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of women experiencing antenatal/postpartum depression, postpartum obsessive-compulsive intrusive thoughts, postpartum psychosis, birth trauma, high risk pregnancies, infertility issues and fetal/infant death. To date, she has taught hundreds of clinicians, nurses and doctors through continuing education courses and lectures on the proper diagnosis and treatment of disorders surrounding pregnancy and the postpartum period. Misty also guest lectures in the nursing program at Southeastern Louisiana University each semester, teaching Senior nursing students about the diagnosis and treatment of antenatal and postpartum mental health disorders. In addition to her private practice work, Misty provides consultations with OB/GYNs and other healthcare providers who seek her opinion on developing treatment plans for their patients. 

Misty is a founding member and past President of Postpartum Support International, a member of the Louisiana Counseling Association, and the National Board for Certified Counselors. In 2023, she was appointed to serve on the state of Louisiana Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review Board, which reviews maternal deaths that occur during pregnancy or within one year following pregnancy.