Josh Beauchaine is known as a direct, insightful, and firmly supportive counselor. Integrating his 15 years of experience in the mental health field, Josh strives to help families implement a safe and effective approach to helping people find lasting recovery.

During his thousands of hours of experience in the counseling field, Josh has both intervened and offered treatment in almost every addiction category imaginable including alcohol, narcotics, marijuana, sexual behaviors, eating, pornography, spending, and gambling. He has held positions as the head counselor of an addiction recovery home, a psychotherapist, a pastoral counselor, a youth pastor, an assistant school counselor, and a mental health worker at a residential treatment center for severely emotionally disturbed adolescents.

Josh received his Bachelor of Arts in Applied Communications from Point Loma Nazarene University and his Master’s of Science in Counseling from California State University at Fullerton.

Dr. Turner received his medical degree from Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his Psychiatry Residency training at Loma Linda University. He’s also board certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Upon graduating from residency he was lucky enough to meet Dr. Jason Kellogg who, at the time, was contemplating creating a unique and enduring psychiatric group practice, which would later become known as Progeny Psychiatric Group.
Dr. Turner primarily works in general adult psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and addiction medicine. Everyday he strives to thoroughly understand human psychology and psychopathology with a hope to relieve suffering and foster the growth of those he treats.

Dr. Turner is a talented musician; he plays the guitar, piano, and drums. In his spare time, he also enjoys reading, bird watching, and traveling. He currently resides in Southern California with his wife and four children.

“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.” -Kahlil Gibran

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Anne Rushing is a board-certified family nurse practitioner that joined the First Steps Recovery team in 2017. She brings 17 years of nursing experience from a variety of disciplines ranging from emergency to obstetrics. Anne is a Fresno State University alum with a Master of Arts in Nursing. Prior to that, she graduated with a Master of Arts in Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from MidAmerica Nazarene University.
She is an active member of the California Association of Nurse Practitioners-Fresno chapter.

When individuals experience severe life stressors, it is not uncommon for their lives to unravel. Laura’s great passion is bringing healing to people struggling with addiction. As a utilization review supervisor, she is involved in the process of making decisions that can increase efficiency in the delivery of quality healthcare service.

Her typical job duties cover issues such as authorizations for appropriate levels of care, case appeals, discharge planning, and disease management. She works closely with both the medical and clinical teams to ensure that First Steps clients receive the services needed to provide them with peace of mind and enable them to focus on their treatment.

Additionally, she is in charge of the practicum and internship department developed by Dr. Mathew Tatum, Filipe Coronel, and herself. Students in this program get the experience, training, and supervision in the industry that they need to prepare them for their career. Lastly, she supervises the case management department where clients are offered help handling urgent medical appointments, legal issues, work and school-related tasks, and support to make the integration back into the community as smooth as possible.

Her education background includes an MS in Criminology from the California State University, Fresno. Her study on the relationship between performance on neuropsychological tests and the risk of violence as defined by the Static-99 among civilly committed patients in a forensic psychiatric institution was published and presented at the Central California Research Symposium. Also, she presented her study at the International multi-disciplinary research Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA). She has a BA in Psychology and a BS in Criminology-Forensic Behavioral Science from California State University, Fresno.

She spends her free time doing what she is most passionate about—playing soccer. She also likes to hike, travel, go to concerts, and eat!

Lisa brings over 20 years of multi-unit management in the retail and service industries to play in her role as operations director of First Steps Recovery. Her primary role is to create and implement policies, procedures, and training to facilitate continued operational improvement as well as oversee and direct the detox technicians and support staff. She cares most about providing a supportive, efficient, and safe environment for both the clients and the employees in her care.

Paula Seals is committed to helping people in her community find the services they need to help them get a clean and clear start. Her vast knowledge of the industry and many partnerships with treatment centers across California’s Central Valley she is ideally positioned to help families, adolescents, and adults get into inpatient and outpatient treatment programs that are suited for their individualized needs.

Along with being certified in mental health first aid training, Paula is the female UA tester for Aftercare program ran through Federal Probation and Pretrial, and she is currently attending the CCAPP to become a certified AOD counselor.

After gaining her certificate, she plans on staying in the community outreach field in order to help place families in treatment that best suits their needs.