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On Friday, February 6, 2015 from 1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m., Pacific Quest’s Medical Director, Dr. Britta Zimmer and Primary Therapist, Dr. Brian Konik will present “Quirky Kids In the Great Outdoors: An Integrative Approach to Assessments and Interventions for Students Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder” at the 2015 NATSAP Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Pacific Quest is …

Pacific Quest is excited to announce the addition of longtime wilderness therapist, Will Twombly to its clinical department. Will Twombly will join PQ for a three-month period (to run an adolescent group) during our peak, winter enrollment season! Will will begin accepting students January 19. Will earned a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of …

Pacific Quest is excited to welcome Dr. Ryan Shelton to the Wellness Team! Dr. Shelton received his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. Prior to that, he received a Master’s degree in Philosophy and obtained his BA in Biochemistry from the University of Kansas. Pacific Quest Medical Director, Dr. Britta Zimmer …

BIG THANKS to all who offered support for Program Guide Miriam Gleckman’s efforts in running in the 42nd annual Honolulu Marathon this past Sunday.  Miriam’s goal was to raise $4,000 in grant money for the Sky’s The Limit Fund organization to provide more students the opportunity to attend Pacific Quest.  Sky’s The Limit Fund is …

Pacific Quest is excited to welcome Kellyn Smythe to the Admissions and Outreach Team! Kellyn comes to Pacific Quest with extensive experience working with families and professionals in the field of special needs education. Kellyn earned his Masters of Science in Applied Mathematics from the University of Washington in 2006. His passion for helping people …

Tom received his Bachelor of Science in English Literature from Radford University in 2003 and his Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Western Carolina University in 2012. Tom is a National Board Certified Counselor. Prior to joining the Pacific Quest clinical team, Tom was a Primary Therapist at Chrysalis School Montana. From …

Please take a moment to share a bit about yourself…and what brought you to Pacific Quest? Having been born on O’ahu and coming from several generations of Hawai’i-born Portuguese and Spanish, I’ve always had a connection to the islands. And while I was raised on the Mainland, including spending my formative years in California, Nevada, …

Pacific Quest is pleased to announce alumni student, Daniel Wallock will be a featured speaker at Sky’s The Limit Fund’s 5th Anniversary Breakfast, Thursday, October 30 in Palo Alto, California. Daniel will share his story and how his experience at Pacific Quest changed his life. Daniel is an award-winning, published author, presently attending college in Vermont. His nonfiction …

By Yvette Slagle, Communications Coordinator On Saturday, September 20th, 28 Pacific Quest employees participated in the Ka’u Coffee Trail Run–The Southernmost Coffee Trail Run in the USA!  The goal of this event was to help raise money for the economically depressed community, via the non-profit organization O Ka’u Kakou.  O Ka’u Kakou’s mission is to …

On September 1, the clinical team at Pacific Quest began a year-long training process to achieve site certification in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics™ (NMT), an evidence-based practice developed by Dr. Bruce Perry. NMT is a developmentally sensitive, neurobiology-informed approach to clinical problem solving (www.childtrauma.org). NMT training will develop capacity for clinicians to assess students …