Podcast
Weekly episodes return on June 7th
Wilder Wellness is a podcast all about exploring our relationship with our bodies, minds, and communities through an adventurous lens. Tune in each week as we navigate new topics around emotional health, physical health, and living life outside of the box. Join us, Kristen Ales and Kristin Mathes, two licensed therapists, and friends, for empowering and inspiring interviews with wellness professionals, outdoor enthusiasts, and big thinkers, dreamers and doers who are changing the prescription for true well-being.
Your hosts
Kristin Mathes, LCSW
Kristin is a psychotherapist specializing in trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety, and Depression. She owns and operates her own private practice where she works with women and adolescents who are finding themselves trapped by physical symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and depression. Much of her therapeutic practice is inspired by her time spent as a Wilderness Therapist guiding clients through wilderness expeditions. Nature has always shown her how much our present-day activities disconnect us from our Self, our body, and our relationships. And, importantly, how our physical and emotional health issues can arise from such disconnection.
Kristin’s clinical work puts relationship and connection at the core of all healing. She utilizes techniques such as Brainspotting, somatic experiencing, Heart Math, and Trauma Sensitive Yoga to help her clients find relief at a neurophysiological level. She is passionate about helping her clients (re)discover a sense of belonging within themselves. Her goal is to help her clients build capacity for emotional regulation and resilience in order to better enjoy all of life’s adventures.
Kristen Ales, LPC
Kristen is a licensed therapist who specializes in disordered eating and negative body image. After years of disordered eating and hating her body, Kristen built a more trusting and respectful relationship with her body through outdoor activity. Since her early twenties, Kristen has spent years guiding outdoor adventure trips which led to her receiving her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis in Wilderness Therapy.
Since receiving her Master’s degree, Kristen has founded her own company Wilder Wellness. She works with women of all sizes to help them build confidence in their bodies, on and off of the trail. In this work, Kristen has created and facilitated size-inclusive outdoor adventure retreats, designed online group programs, and courses, and works with clients individually in her clinical practice.
In her free time, she enjoys exploring new places, cooking, and finding new ways to bring her creativity to life.
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