Meet OURStaff
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Erin Bachman
Founder/Owner/CEO
Erin Bachman
Founder/Owner/CEO
Erin Bachman is the Founder/Owner/CEO for CCR-OTC along with the Program Director for Canyon Crossing Recovery. She is also the owner of both facilities. Erin and her husband opened Canyon Crossing Recovery in November of 2012. It had always been Erin’s dream to open a facility for women afflicted with addictions on all levels.
She wanted a place where women could come and find themselves. More than anything she wanted it to be a place that women could learn and be challenged to find out the true nature of their disease and leave equipped to handle life on life’s terms while fighting for their lives.
Erin created a program well seasoned in dealing with gender specific treatment for women since she knows one size does not fit all. She knew that although the journey and road would be tough she wanted to open a facility that was willing to take on the challenge of battling the disease and delusion that comes with it. Many say that Erin will tell you the truth despite what you want to hear and will not cosign the disease of addictions manipulation and bondage of self.
She has created a team of unique and honorable men and women ready to handle the daily challenges and miracles they face each day when dealing with their clients at Canyon Crossing. For many years Erin fought her own battle of addiction going from treatment center to treatment center and barely made it out alive. She was a chronic relapser and wondered for many years if there really was another way out there. When Erin finally surrendered and chose a life of sobriety it was like that magic of life began and life took on new meaning for her. She always knew that she wanted to help people especially women but at the time had hoped to continue with a sober and fulfilling life she had been gifted herself.
She finally made the choice to follow her dreams and she created a phenomenal program built for success. Success to Erin is helping as many women as she and her staff can in hopes that one may make it out of the darkness and into the light. Along with her own personal recovery experience, she has years of operations and management experience in the recovery field. Erin has worked in multiple treatment settings, from detox hospitals to both inpatient and outpatient programs and finds the work that she does extremely fulfilling and a gift from something greater than her. Erin has exceptional skills, abilities and one of a kind strategy in dealing with the issues that present themselves for women going through treatment. She is attentive, supportive and informative to her staff, clients and families. Her objective at the end of the day is to do her best to make sure the women of Canyon Crossing know their lives are totally worth fighting for.
Justin Bachman
Founder/Owner/CFO
Justin Bachman
Founder/Owner/CFO
Justin is an individual who is intensely committed to, and passionate about, helping others achieve a healthy, balanced, productive, and happier life in recovery. He is an active participant in his local recovery community and brings his passion for helping others to CCR-OTC.
Justin believes the transitional PHP/IOP model is a level of care necessary in order for the recovering addict and/or alcoholic to learn how to live life on life’s terms clean and sober. He understands that a firm foundation in the 12 steps, coupled with the tools necessary to confront and address irrational thoughts and behaviors, is the cornerstone to achieving sustained recovery and a better life. Justin himself is a member of his recovery community and an example of success in recovery.
Dr. Mona Amini, MD
Medical Director
Dr. Mona Amini, MD
Medical Director
Dr. Amini is a consulting psychiatrist and also oversees the medical staff as chief medical officer of a Metropolitan Phoenix behavioral health organization. She completed her residency training through Banner- University Medical Center Phoenix and has fulfilled a variety of clinical duties within the Valley with leadership roles including inpatient acute psychiatric care, consultation/liaison in medical settings, residential addiction treatment center consultation, telepsychiatry, outpatient therapy, outpatient community psychiatric care, and skilled nursing facility consultations.
A native of Arizona, Dr. Amini has served on the executive council of the Arizona chapter of the American Psychiatric Association (AZ Psychiatric Society) since 2011. She is also a member of other national professional associations, including the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Pamela Howard
Director of Operations and Family Communications
Pamela Howard
Director of Operations and Family Communications
Pam graduated from ASU in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science and started her career at the Family Crisis Center in Glendale AZ. She then contracted for CPS to remove children from sexually assaultive families and get them into a safe environment so they could be prosecuted.
After doing that for approx. 10 years, Pam decided to take a break and found herself in the Animal Welfare world as a Director of Operations for a small 501(c) that helped abused dogs and cats find a safe place to call home. Pam moved to Prescott AZ from Mesa AZ in 2018 and once again started working with teenage girls as a case manager at a residential treatment center in Prescott Valley AZ.
Dealing with addiction in her own family, she made the decision that she wanted to start working with adults that are focused on treatment not only for themselves but their families as well, which is what lead her to Canyon Crossing Recovery. In Pam’s spare time you can find her riding her horses, WarPearl, and Daisy Mae on her property in Prescott Valley.
Kelsey Norman
Residential Director
Kelsey Norman
House Manager
Kelsey came to Canyon Crossing Recovery in April of 2017. After a month sober, Kelsey knew she didn’t want to get high but would if she went home. She decided to try something new and went to Canyon for long term treatment. She was lost, broken, and hopeless when she first arrived at Canyon. She didn’t know who she was or how to live life. Through the amazing support and staff at Canyon as well as others in the recovery community, Kelsey learned who her authentic self really is, what she enjoys doing, and how to be a productive member of society. Kelsey is truly passionate about helping others and giving back to the recovery community.
Frank Collela
Nurse Practitioner
Frank Collela
Nurse Practitioner
Frank has been practicing family medicine here in Prescott at the local Community Health Center for nearly ten years. He has provided a comprehensive assortment of medical services from family medicine, to pediatrics, adolescent care, gerontology, women’s health and minor surgical services. Spending twenty years as a registered nurse, primarily in urban emergency departments around the country – in New York City, Newark N.J., Tucson, Phoenix, Arizona and Colorado Springs led him to graduate training as a family nurse practitioner. Frank has three grown, college-educated sons, is an avid outdoors person and an active competitive bicyclist and races multiple times each year. He provides comprehensive medical services for the women of Canyon Crossing Recovery.
Ana Lucia McNabb, ARNP
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Ana Lucia McNabb, ARNP
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Ana Lucia McNabb is a dual certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She has 19 years of healthcare experience. She is also the director of Family Nurse Practitioners at a Metropolitan Phoenix Integrative Community Health Center. Her previous education includes Communication and Physiology degrees from the University of Arizona and her BSN from Northern Arizona University. While working in Case Management, she earned her MSN from Simmons Colleges in 2015 and earned her certification as a Family Nurse Practitioners. In 2020, she earned her post master’s certificate as Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners from University of Cincinnati. Her work as a Registered Nurse at a Residential Integrative Treatment Center for eating disorders and co-occurring disorders in Tucson, Arizona inspired her passion for mental health.
Teri Sebastian, LMFT, LISAC
Clinical Director and Family Therapist
Teri Sebastian, LMFT, LISAC
Clinical Director and Family Therapist
Teri holds licenses as a Marriage and Family Therapist(LMFT) and Addiction Counselor(LISAC) in Colorado and Arizona. She is also a Certified Transformational Life Coach. Teri has been working in the field of mental health and addiction for 32 plus years. Her expertise in this field is increased by her own addiction and recovery. Teri has been facilitating Family Weekend Programs for over 5 years.
Victoria Abel
Nutritionist
Victoria Abel
Nutritionist
Victoria is a nutritionist specializing in working with addiction, both process and chemical. She began her work in 1994 inpatient treatment, being trained as a therapist working with trauma, family systems and all types of addiction. During this time, she received her first Master’s degree in Counseling, specializing in Depth Psychology. From there she worked with clients with severely compromised eating disorders. After the birth of her daughter, she moved north and began teaching at Prescott College in the Human Development department.
In 2004 she became a full Instructor there and her life path changed. Her daughter became critically ill and not satisfied with what the doctors assessment, Victoria found naturopathic medicine. Though raised with a more natural and holistic approach to life, this was a test of Victoria’s faith in alternative medicine. The course of action for her daughter was supplements and a dramatic change in diet. Within days, her daughter improved 75% after removing gluten and dairy from her intake of food. Victoria was hooked with the healing power of food.
She started the Master Nutrition Therapist program through Nutrition Therapy Institute and within two years, she was able to integrate nutrition therapy into her counseling practice. She now works with all of our clients at Canyon Crossing providing didactic material in lecture form as well as hands on cooking classes. Due to her clinical background, she meets with clients who have disordered eating to help create a plan for wellness and recovery.
Celeste Holly
Yoga Instructor and Art Teacher
Celeste Holly
Yoga Instructor and Art Teacher
Celeste began practicing yoga in 2007 and became a RYT 200 hour certified yoga instructor in 2014, followed by a RPYS 85 hour prenatal yoga instructor certification the same year. She recently received a 20 hour certificate of continuing education hours in PTSD and trauma training for yoga. Her yoga classes include reflections on materials from 12 Step programs for addiction and those affected by addiction in their lives. Celeste began her career in jewelry making in 2002. She is self-taught in jewelry making and has many life experiences in other forms of artistic creativity. She taught jewelry making for 10 years in Wisconsin and has carried her talents to Arizona teaching in treatment atmospheres and private workshops. Celeste absolutely loves working with people in recovery and has discovered an amazing ability to hold space and heal while teaching yoga and creating art.
Sydney Schueler
House Manager
Sydney Schueler
House Manager
Sydney went through the Canyon Crossing Recovery program and is extremely grateful to be giving back to the program that saved her life. The program brought her so much hope and joy. She spent her addiction with her brother and they have both been able to heal their toxic relationship and become support for each other in their sobriety. Sydney loves spending her time in nature and hiking to connect with her higher power and the universe.
Heather Micholofki
House Manager
Heather Micholofki
House Manager
Heather was born in San Diego, California and raised in Florida. She has spent the last nine years in Prescott, surrounded by the recovery community. Her drug use started at 12 years old as a means to escape life. Despite struggling for half of her young life, Heather is a true testament to strength and hope. She now has over a year of sobriety and is a mother of three boys. She hopes that by working at Canyon Crossing Recovery, she can ultimately share with the women that come to us that it is possible to achieve sobriety and create a life worth living. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and enjoying a good laugh.
Kat Skye
House Manager
Kat Skye
House Manager
Kat was born in Minnesota and has lived in Arizona for 14 years. She love cats and conspiracy theories. She have been in recovery for 3 years. She has taken multiple classes on Addictive Behavior, Anger Management, Drug Counseling, Parenting and more. Recovery has saved her life and she believes that it is very important to share the skills and tools she has learned to next women who is seeking recovery.
Cortni Taylor
House Manager
Cortni Taylor
House Manager
After losing her father on Father’s Day 2013, Cortni’s addiction really spiraled out of control. With the help of rehab, sober living, all of her support, and the dream of giving her daughter a better life, she has found a new way of navigating through life and all of its obstacles. She continues to keep her sobriety strong for herself as well as giving back to the recovery community by working at Canyon Crossing Recovery. She looks forward to empowering women who have been through similar situations and sharing her experience, strength, and hope. She wants to show these women that it does get better and that they are worth every good thing that life has to offer. When she’s not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, making music, and finding new ways to spiritually grow.
John Ellis, MSW, BCC
Compliance Officer - Consultant
John Ellis, MSW, BCC
Compliance Officer – Consultant
Specialty areas : Over 25 years of Behavioral Health Organizational Consulting, Specialization in National Accreditation/Compliance, Performance Improvement, Human Resources, Native American treatment service and Family Education and Intervention
