Elizabeth (Liz) Lucarelli, NCC, M.S. -
Community Counseling
Provisionally Licensed Counselor
Elizabeth’s
understanding and commitment to the positive development of young women was
nurtured while attending Onaway, a unique seven-week camp program for girls
located in northern New Hampshire. For one hundred continual years, Onaway
has provided girls with diverse backgrounds from both the United States and
various countries the time, space and guidance, in a wilderness setting, to
develop their physical and spiritual strengths to meet the challenges of the
changing world. Through her seventeen year involvement at Onaway, she
discovered that an all-female setting enabled young women to develop
supportive relationships, built the confidence to overcome adversity whether
it was family or socially related, and to increase self-efficacy. This has
culminated in Elizabeth’s directing Onaway’s four-week advanced summer
Wilderness Leadership program for adolescent females for the last four
years.
Elizabeth’s love for the wilderness was the driving
force to attend Brevard College in North Carolina where she earned a B.A. in
Experiential Education and Wilderness Leadership.
As a result of
working at Second Nature, Blue Ridge, N.C., Elizabeth realized firsthand the
value of a wilderness experience as a powerful therapeutic tool to encourage
insight and personal growth. She also learned the value of family
involvement after leading Transition, a shared wilderness experience for
parents and students transitioning to boarding schools.
