The Willows treatment center is women led by a trauma informed and clinically diverse team passionate about helping our clients launch their life. Through evidence-based modalities, holistic opportunities and experientially based activities women can find hope and healing. Learn about the staff of our women’s treatment center today by calling us at 855.773.0614.
Becca Vines
Executive Director of Operations
Becca grew up in Connecticut and spent most of my free time adventuring in the outdoors and playing competitive sports. She became passionate about outdoor education after completing an Outward-Bound course in Montana when she was 17. This led her to move to the Blue Ridge Mountains where she attended Appalachian State University and graduated with a BS in Recreation Management.
Becca has been working in the mental health industry since 2005. She started as a direct care staff and has held many different roles in several companies.
She’s been with the Willows since 2016 and she believes that the compassion the staff have here, and our beautiful and serene campus contribute to the powerful healing that takes place. She feel like her purpose in life is to help others in any way possible and she can’t imagine a better place to do so than the Willows.
In her free time, you can kind Becca with her family, playing with her two children, having fun with her husband, and trying to get a run in whenever possible!
Jessi Herr, BA, BSN, RN
Director of Nursing
Jessi grew up in middle Tennessee and came to North Carolina when she attended Warren Wilson College, where she studied Plant Biology and Horticulture. After graduating, she worked in Asheville at Beanstreets, Salsa’s, and Lark Books. In 1999, she took a road trip and landed in Seattle, where she lived for five years. In that time, she got married, became a mom, and became certified as both a postpartum doula and a Pilates instructor. She returned to North Carolina in 2004 and started a small Pilates studio in 2005. In 2018, Jessi started the accelerated BSN program at Western Carolina University and graduated summa cum laude in 2019.
Jessi was drawn to the work at The Willows because of personal experiences with loved ones struggling with mental health issues and addiction. She feels humbled and grateful to be a part of clients’ recovery and healing.
She loves gardening, hiking, dinner parties, and reading. She lives with her husband, an acupuncturist, her son and daughter, a goofy golden retriever and a bossy cat, and they might have every yard game and board game ever created.
Brady Schroer, DO
Psychiatrist/Addictionologist
Dr. Brady Schroer obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology with an emphasis in Chemistry. He attended medical school at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. After medical school, he completed his general psychiatry residency at an internationally known psychiatric clinic. Dr. Schroer later worked in a large hospital setting for five years as a psychiatric hospitalist taking care of geriatric patients, caring for patients with psychiatric issues on the medical floors and ICU (intensive care units), detoxifying clients from alcohol and benzodiazepines, ECT treatment for depression, and served as Medical Director and Chief of Psychiatry.
Dr. Schroer moved to Western North Carolina in 2007 to become the Medical Director of the inpatient psychiatric unit and the detoxification unit at one of the areas top hospitals and served for seven years in that capacity. Most recently, he has been seeing clients ages 15 and over in sober living environments, residential treatments, and other outpatient settings.
He has vast experience from all different perspectives of addiction treatment and knows what it is like to be a family member of someone struggling with addiction. Dr. Schroer views addiction as a poor coping mechanism for past emotional pain and believes that the emotional pain that breeds hatred, anger, and resentment is what keeps us sick and looking for substances and behaviors to “numb it.” He is extremely compassionate and prefers to educate clients about their illness. He has learned a lot from the clients he has treated and uses that knowledge to help others move into a peaceful life.
Dr. Schroer is a Christian, loves car racing, golf, photography, and being out in the great outdoors. He feels especially fortunate to call Asheville his home!
Lynn Wadsworth, MS, LCMHCS, LCAS, CCS
Clinical Director
Lynn is a dually licensed mental health and substance abuse counselor supervisor in the state of North Carolina. She has over 25 years of experience working with adolescents, young adults and families.
Lynn came to Red Oak Recovery 9 years ago to start our family program. Since that time, she has served as clinical director of our women’s program, executive director of our women’s program and as director of clinical services supporting all 3 of our programs.
Prior to her work at Red Oak, Lynn worked with various populations in a number of different settings including inpatient hospitalization, HIV/AIDS, therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness programs and Intensive outpatient programs.
During the course of her career, Lynn has pursued advanced trainings in a number of different areas of our field including EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Family Systems and Addiction/Recovery.
Lynn’s passion for this work was ignited as a young person with her own journey. She approaches her work with a deep curiosity, understanding and empathy for families in crisis. Lynn is interested in the unique stories of all of her clients and believes it is important for us to view each person as unique in their experience of themselves and the world around them. Using all of the therapeutic tools available to her, Lynn strives to support the healing journey of each of our clients.
Maggie Cain, LCMHC-A
Director of Clinical Relations
Maggie is a native of Katy, Texas until collegiate tennis and a full scholarship took her to Arkansas. There she found her first career and love for helping people. Her first job landed her in the nonprofit fundraising sector for thirteen years. Maggie raised much-needed funds for children and families seeking support, hope, and love through programs for psychiatric, emotional, and behavioral care in Arkansas. After earning her Masters in Mental Health and Clinical Counseling in 2016 from Southern Arkansas University, she became a Licensed Associate Counselor in Arkansas and recently (2018) transferred her license to North Carolina as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate.
Additionally, for fourteen months beginning in December 2016, Maggie provided counseling for Bradford Health Services IOP in Little Rock. The time with clients at Bradford Health, and her love of helping people, led Maggie to a desire to stay in mental health and substance use treatment. Maggie found herself seeking through the clients’ strengths and desires for help to continue to be a part of a team that feels the same passion for helping and ensuring every client has an opportunity to find their community.
Maggie’s biggest strength is that she finds daily happiness in helping others and connecting others to that feeling of joy. Her passion for helping the whole family heal will live on through her work at Red Oak Recovery by connecting others to the resources Red Oak programs provide.
Maggie has been with Red Oak since 2018 and has made the Asheville area her home, with her husband, and three small and busy children.
Ashley Egeland, CADC-I, NCPSS
Director of Marketing & Alumni Relations
Ashley joined the Red Oak family in July 2017. Since this time, she has worn many hats in the company; Marketing Coordinator, Recovery Support Specialist, Women’s Team Lead, Admissions Director, Alumni Coordinator, and now, our Director of Marketing & Alumni Relations.
Ashley was born and raised in the suburb of Littleton, Colorado. In 2016, she made her way across the country and entered our women’s program. She is a proud Columbine shooting survivor and a powerful woman in recovery. Today, she continues to support other survivors of mass shootings and addiction to be a guide to those in need.
In her free time, she loves to dance, write, paint, play volleyball, and enjoy the beautiful trails and rivers that surround Asheville. She is currently in school with the hopes of one day being able to dive into the world of research around collective trauma. Her bucket list shifts and changes every day, but if you asked her what her perfect day would be, she would describe it as spending a day laughing with her parents and siblings about their days growing up together in Colorado.
Michael Carroll
Director of Business Development
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Josh Gunalda
Admissions Director
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Salli Lewis, PhD
Director of the Research
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