Director of Therapeutic Care and Formation (part time/remote)

Applicant Letter (job description below) 

Dear Applicant, 

Seeds Wilderness Way (formerly Seeds Wilderness Therapy) is seeking a spiritually grounded and clinically trained leader to help guide transformation and restoration. Our work includes heart-level ministry and therapeutic support for a diverse population: youth at risk, parents, community mentors, youth pastors, missionaries, and others seeking deep renewal. Each respective group engages with Seeds through different programing throughout the year, and requires thoughtful, individualized approaches to healing and growth.

About Us

We believe wilderness expedition accelerates spiritual formation and restoration in profound ways. The rugged mountains of Colorado create a unique environment for trust, dependency, experiential discipleship and counseling. The beauty and awe of the mountains create a deep awareness of God’s presence with us. Restoration is additionally enhanced by a transformational peer cohort in the field and a family/community network at home.

While many of those we serve arrive with previous diagnoses, trauma histories, or mental health challenges, our approach prioritizes identity, peace, joy, and wholeness in Jesus. We value clinical understanding, but we emphasize a Kingdom-centered model shaped by prayer, scripture, spiritual disciplines, and relational discipleship. Our clinical staff work collaboratively with our pastors and chaplains to support holistic transformation.

About You

We are looking for someone with a deep, devoted walk with the Spirit of God—someone who leads from intimacy with Jesus and discernment from the Lord. Your clinical training (Marriage and Family Therapy, LPC, Social Work, or seminary-based counseling) equips you to navigate complexities of identity, narrative, trauma, addiction, behavior, and mental health. Your trust in Jesus allows your clinical training to have Kingdom fruit.  

You value both spiritual formation and clinical wisdom, and you are comfortable integrating them in ways that honor Jesus and support real change. You understand the power of relationships in heart growth and have a vision for how community, family, and the Church can participate in long-term transformation.

You resonate with the principles found in works such as Soul Care (Reimer), Breakthrough (Warner), or Living from the Heart Jesus Gave You (Wilder), and you believe in experiential learning—especially in wilderness settings. You appreciate the role of rites of passage or ceremonial experiences to mark growth in maturity.

Regarding Compensation and Time Commitments 

Currently this position is set as part time, averaging 10-15 hours of key strategic leadership engagements (and/or supervision) per week. This would allow you to work remotely with specific travel engagements to Colorado. 

We anticipate this part time position attracting a few different candidate profile types:

The First Type: You are in a private practice or a flexible work environment where you can call your own hours. This allows you the freedom to add a part time position as a leader in a beautiful Kingdom engagement and create a legacy for others to follow. You are a bit of an entrepreneur and start-ups or pioneering are things that come naturally to you. Compensation requires both of us to trust the Lord to provide what’s needed and offset other work engagements you will have to say no to in order to take on this new part time ministry venture. 

The Second Type: You have engaged missionally in the past and serving in God’s Kingdom is a calling deep in your bones. This is a labor of passion for you and you are either already on ministry support or willing to entertain such endeavors. This may turn into a full time position for you, and/or you have considered moving to Colorado already. In this camp, you would be willing to be the “boots on the ground” as the primary therapist in addition to clinical leadership and oversight. You have a clear ministry calling and will do whatever it takes because God is your provider. 

The Third Type: You are retired or have other engagements. You believe your purpose is to train up the next generation of Kingdom builders. Cash is not a concern for you as your kids are fully grown or your house is paid off. Perhaps you have additional passive income somewhere. If you fall into this category, you are likely more interested in training and leaving a legacy than you are in the day to day grind of face to face ministry. In this camp, strategy and creating a great path for others to run on is exciting to you.

We are confident God has led us to this relational, experiential style of transformation. As we have asked Him how He wants to fund this position, we hear his invitation to be creative based on the needs of the candidate. As we are trusting the Lord together for His provision, financial creativity could be some combination of high student enrollment and salary, corporate fundraising, personal ministry fundraising, or some combination of all three. We’d love to invite you to a conversation here.

We suspect this “open” compensation plan will create anxiety for some. We believe this position is more of a calling than a job, and we are committed to navigating how to trust the Lord together to supply all the needs of the person who feels that calling.

Trusting the Lord with you, 

Dean Reynolds

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Director of Therapeutic Care and Formation

Seeds Wilderness Way (formerly Seeds Wilderness Therapy)

The Invitation

Seeds Wilderness Way is seeking a spiritually mature and clinically experienced leader to guide transformation and restoration in the lives of teens, families, and ministry leaders. This is not a standard clinical role. We are looking for a partner who bridges professional therapeutic excellence with deep, Spirit-led ministry—someone who longs to advance the Kingdom of God rather than secular modalities.

Our ideal candidate is a Clinical Shepherd who brings high-level training under the submission of the Holy Spirit, shaping both the spiritual and clinical culture of Seeds.

About Seeds Wilderness Way

Seeds Wilderness Way uses wilderness expeditions and community-based discipleship to accelerate spiritual formation and healing. We seek to serve a diverse population—at-risk youth, parents, community leaders, youth pastors, missionaries, and families in crisis. While our flagship offering is a 40‑day backcountry expedition for teens, our ministry extends far beyond that single program to include:

• 40‑Day Wilderness Expeditions for teens (Retreat–Restore–Revive model)
• Parenting Workshops at diverse or home locations across the country
• Parent and Family Intensives, a 4 day seminar for repair/prevention of deeper issues
• Spiritual Development for Ministry Workers and Missionaries
• 3 Year Aftercare Follow-Up Programs, helping build transformational relationships for long term restoration
• Community-Based Discipleship & Church Partnerships

The ideal candidate will seek to advance the Kingdom of God, utilizing secular therapy models to increase understanding and treatment under the Lordship of Christ. Many of our clientele are coming in with previous diagnoses, complex traumas, and/or mental health disorders. Therefore, we honor clinical understanding, but we prioritize Kingdom approaches—prayer, scripture, spiritual disciplines, and identity formation in Jesus—over the standard “assess–diagnose–treat” model.

The Role

You will serve as a key restoration leader shaping both the spiritual and clinical DNA of Seeds. The role is primarily remote, with strategic travel to Colorado for field engagement, leadership meetings, and relational connection with staff and students.

You will operate at the intersection of:

• Spiritual authority
• Clinical oversight
• Organizational leadership
• Regulatory compliance

You will report directly to the Executive Director and work closely with the Field Director, primary therapists, and pastoral staff.

The Ideal Candidate: Spiritual DNA

• Deep intimacy with Jesus and a life led by the Holy Spirit.
• Believes experiential learning in the wilderness is a more powerful teacher than traditional talk therapy.
• Alignment with the principles of Soul Care (Reimer), Breakthrough (Warner), and/or Living from the Heart Jesus Gave You (Wilder).
• Recognizes the relational roles that biological family, adoptive family (legal or spiritual adoption), the Church, and the community play in transformation. 
• Ability to hear from God and lead with spiritual authority.
• Adheres to Elder standards as described in 1 Timothy and Titus and as understood in the Life Model stages of maturity.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

 -Spiritual & Strategic Leadership

• Lead subordinates with spiritual authority, prayer, discernment, and a Kingdom mindset.
• Shape the spiritual and clinical culture of the organization.
• Participate in leadership strategy sessions, planning, and decision-making.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the board’s leadership and the organization’s other leaders, engaging with them in a posture of mutual relational submission.
  

-Admissions & Client Vetting

• Oversee the admissions pipeline, evaluating clinical fit and making acceptance or referral decisions.
  

-Program Development & Field Engagement

• Develop and implement curriculum for students, parents, and ministry leaders. This may also include contribution to the staff manual and training materials.
• Support and/or supervise on site therapists. On site therapists will in turn disciple and shepherd students in the field and/or mom and dad at home.
• Lead or contribute to clinical meetings, in-service trainings, webinars, and situational teaching engagements.
• Support communication with parents through partnership with the parent coordinator.

• Be onsite in Colorado for strategic trips to facilitate ministry or leadership engagements. This may include a mid-course parent week, training, or graduation ceremony. Additional conferences or key strategic events can be discussed
  

-Oversight & Compliance: Spiritual & Clinical

• Review and approve all treatment plans, ensuring discipleship objectives, SMART goals and state licensing requirements are met. 
• Ensure Seeds adheres to evidence-based therapeutic practices while integrating Christ-centered ministry.
• Maintain documentation compliance with Colorado DHS childcare facility regulations.
• Monitor progress using tools such as YOQ and other outcome measures.
• Oversee the professional development of the staff, both from a spiritual shepherding and clinical perspective.
  
  

Professional Qualifications

• Master’s-level training (LMFT, LPC, LCSW, or equivalent seminary counseling degree).
• Licensed or license-eligible in Colorado (required).
• Ability to supervise LPC or LMFT is preferred. 
• 3–5 years of clinical experience preferred.
• Experience with trauma, addiction, identity work, and complex family systems.
• Meets and maintains biblical elder standards.
• Loves the wilderness and understands its transformative power.
  
  

Work Expectations

• Minimum of 10 hours/week for part-time;
• Weekly video meetings, including:
  • 1:1 with the Executive Director
  • Level 10 leadership meetings
  • Weekly clinical meetings (with additional supervision hours potentially to follow). 
• Flexibility for webinars, trainings, and occasional travel.
• Keep up with emails, phone calls, and/or other professional correspondence (i.e. admissions updates). 
• Primarily remote with strategic trips to Colorado for relational and programmatic impact.

Why Join Seeds Wilderness Way?

• Impact: Move beyond symptom management into true identity restoration in Jesus.
• Community: Join a team that values prayer, discipleship, and the presence of God as the primary change agent.
• Calling: Step into a role that blends clinical excellence with Spirit-led ministry.
• Flexibility: Work remotely while staying deeply connected to wilderness transformation.

How to Apply

Please submit your 

1.) Resume/CV

 2.) A short cover letter outlining:

• Your spiritual journey
• Your experience with wilderness and/or how Creation has lead you to the Creator
• Your clinical /spiritual formation experience

3.) A 3-5 page paper on your philosophy of ministry, and why you think wilderness retreat might enhance this.