We are a collective so there will be visiting therapists collaborating with our workshops and groups. There information will be listed accordingly.
Meet The Team
Mark R. Broussard,
LCSW-BACS, EMDR,
TCTSY-F
Clinical Director
(he/him)
dix Moore-Broussard
M.A.A.T., AThR,
TCTSY-F
Director
(she/they)
Mark has years of experience working in Wilderness therapy, crisis intervention and management. He graduated from Tulane School of Social Work and has been working with RHD (Resources for Human Development) as Program Manager for both day and night team crisis counselors for over 10 years. He is certified in EMDR, Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive yoga & somatic-based trauma interventions.
Trained and certified Trauma Therapist
Polyvagal theory-EMDR-Wildnerness First responder (WFR)
Disaster Mental health Professional
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​dix Moore-Broussard is a certified specialist in trauma, traumatic stress studies, neurodivergent studies, an art therapist, and a generational New Orleanian. She studied dance in both the states and in Europe before shifting their focus to visual arts and psychology. Their international journey began in the 1980s when their family moved to the Middle East through the oil and gas industry, followed by attending high school in Europe. In the 1990s they returned to South Louisiana. There she completed their undergrad in Fine Arts and Psychology at the University of New Orleans and Master of Art in Art Therapy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana. Deeply influenced by South Louisiana's climate challenges and extreme weather events, thier work took a pivotal turn following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Profoundly impacted by the disaster and the city's slow recovery, dix began researching trauma, generational trauma, traumatic stress, racialized trauma, and disaster response. with a specific focus on the disconnect of community and the importance of collective healing and cultural humility.. This led dix to develop an innovative community-based approach to disaster recovery, aimed at fostering resilience and healing in the face of crisis through the arts and neuroscience.
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Polyvagal Theory - Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Disaster Mental Health Professional
Kathleen M. Benedetto
M.S.W., Ph.D.
Director of
Climate Science &
Community Collaboration
(she/her)
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Kathleen is a proud native of Baton Rouge, LA. She completed her B.S. in Psychology at LSU in 2010, and then her Master's in Social Work at Tulane University in 2013. In 2023, Kathleen obtained her Ph.D. from the Department of Geography and Anthropology at LSU. Kathleen’s research focuses on hurricane climatology, hurricane hazards, rapid intensification, population preparedness, participatory assessment/empowerment, and environmental justice.
Kathleen’s M.S.W. research involved creating and presenting a first responder family resilience curriculum to Louisiana police and EMTs. As a Ph.D. student, Kathleen studied temporal and spatial patterns of hurricane rapid intensification in the Gulf Coast region as well as participatory engagement with affected, socially vulnerable communities.
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Kathleen is currently an adjunct online Geography instructor at Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) living in New Orleans, LA with her family. She has developed educational curriculums for a multitude of age-groups focusing on sustainability, climate change, hurricane hazards, natural disaster preparedness, and educational empowerment.