Walker has extensive experience in clinical mental health, counseling, and project management. Previously, she served as executive director of CommunityConnect, a social services organization in memphisand as Chief Operating Officer of Acadia Healthcare, also at memphis.
New hope ranch is a residential recovery center focused on prevention, assessment, treatment, and reintegration for people struggling with substance use disorder. Located on a 49-acre ranch 15 minutes from downtown Austin, the center offers a variety of treatment services including clinical, experimental and holistic therapies. It also offers specialized treatment programs for veterans and first responders.
Walker says she was inspired to pursue a career in behavioral health management by her own extended family’s experience with mental illness and her awareness of the lack of accessible and affordable treatment options available in her community.
“I am passionate about developing new policies and procedures that can make a difference in people’s lives. In pursuit of that goal, I have worked with patients in a wide variety of settings, from the military to youth centers, hospitals and prisons, and have I’ve inspired them,” she says.
Walker is a graduate of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a bachelor’s degree in business psychology/management. She then went on to obtain her Master of Science in Liberated Hardeman University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
“Khelsea’s experience in behavioral health management, combined with her strong management, organizational and communication skills, make her the right executive to lead New Hope Ranch into its next phase of development. It is with great pleasure that I welcome her.” to the Discovery Behavioral Health family of brands,” says John PeloquinCEO and president of DBH.
About Discovery Behavioral Health
Everyone deserves a happy and fulfilling life. That’s why Discovery Behavioral Health has made evidence-based, results-driven healthcare accessible and affordable from the ground up. With a comprehensive continuum of care: detox, medical residencies, residential treatment centers, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, psychiatric and addiction medicine, TMS, virtual and telehealth services, we can offer the right care at the right time for adults or teenagers. struggling with mental health, substance use, or eating disorders. We are a contracted provider with 100 payers and other managed care organizations. Our portfolio of more than 130 treatment centers includes service lines in successful operation since 1985. When treatment ends, our patients become part of Discovery’s growing family of alumni, connected through free aftercare programs, of support, activities and a caring community. Because when quality behavioral health care is within reach, so is happiness.
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