Our Staff

Steps Recovery Centers has a great staff that is eager to help you on your path to recovery. Many of them have conquered addictions themselves and understand your journey. Our qualified specialists will provide you with medical treatment and tools for lifestyle changes to restore your health and well-being.

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Steps Recovery Center Stgeroge Team

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Drew Wilson

Marketing and Admissions

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Julie Jackson

Director Outpatient Services

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Cheli Webb

Clinical Director

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Jared Miller

Clinical Therapist/Family Programing

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Blake Rappier

Medical Detox Provider

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Nicole Stratton

Nurse

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Paul Walkenhorst

Owner

Paul began battling addiction during his days of playing college football. Due to multiple injuries he was given prescription painkillers to deal with the pain. He began his journey into recovery on his sobriety date, which is May 11th 2012. Paul graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors of Science. He and his wife started a foundation in 2016 called Hope of Recovery. The mission of the foundation is to provide housing and treatment for those that cannot afford it. Paul started with Steps Recovery Center in 2014, providing housing and outpatient treatment. That led into management and now ownership. Paul and his wife Angela have 5 children. He enjoys spending time with his family and anything outdoors. Paul’s personal motto is “ There is always hope.”
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Tyler Hansen

Co-Owner

I am a person in long-term recovery. I spent years battling and eventually overcoming my own substance abuse demons. I work in this field for one reason, to help people.

I grew up in Utah and spent most of my life feeling separate, alone, and different. My addiction got the best of me for years and it wasn’t until I spoke up about my problem that I found people who had gone through the same struggles as me, found a way through them, and were willing to show me a new way to live. I call this recovery.

When I was hopeless it was people in recovery that we’re able to show me that hope was possible. I try every day to pass this along to the clients I work with. Hope is never lost and recovery is possible. Recovery is a lifestyle. I honor my recovery by speaking about it to anybody that may need to hear it.

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Kevin Thacker

Marketing Director

I am a person in long-term recovery. I spent years battling and eventually overcoming my own substance abuse demons. I work in this field for one reason, to help people.

I grew up in Utah and spent most of my life feeling separate, alone, and different. My addiction got the best of me for years and it wasn’t until I spoke up about my problem that I found people who had gone through the same struggles as me, found a way through them, and were willing to show me a new way to live. I call this recovery.

When I was hopeless it was people in recovery that we’re able to show me that hope was possible. I try every day to pass this along to the clients I work with. Hope is never lost and recovery is possible. Recovery is a lifestyle. I honor my recovery by speaking about it to anybody that may need to hear it.

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Micah Niles

Marketing Director

Micah struggled with drugs and alcohol for over 20 years before he found recovery as a new way of life. Today he is a contributing member of society. He is on the board of directors for a non-profit organization called Soap 2 Hope that assists people who are trapped in sex trafficking.

Micah started working in the treatment industry in 2016. Since then, he has had the opportunity to work with some of the best people in the business. His own journey to recovery has given him the opportunity to be part of the change he experienced himself. Micah found a passion for helping others to alter the course of their life, and he loves being a part of their journey.

Micah and his wife Kat have an amazing son. In his free time, you can find him camping and playing in nature.

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Julie Watson

House Manager

After a 15 year battle with drugs and alcohol, Julie found recovery in October of 2012. Shortly after she reached her one year milestone, free from all substances, she was brought on with Steps Recovery Center as a line staff tech. Right away she found her passion in sharing hope with those who were struggling with addiction as she once was. She has stayed devoted to the Steps team throughout the years and now does the hiring for line staff techs as the St. George Residential House Manager. She takes great pride in her team of techs who all have the same passion as she does, providing hope for the hopeless. When she’s not a work she is running, hiking and playing with her family as she works on her daily living amends by being the mother, wife and daughter she always knew she could be!