Meet the Team Behind Back2Basics

Throughout his academic and professional career, Roy J. DuPrez, MEd has worked with a multitude of young adults and at risk youth. He has done an extensive amount of work with Flagstaff community organizations, such as Americorps, The Indigo Movement Inc., Weed and Seed Community Development and The Guidance Center Adolescent Unit. Roy co-founded and developed various community programs that focus on academia, life skills and personal development, community and cultural awareness as well as drug abuse prevention and alcohol abuse prevention and rehabilitation. Roy’s professional career has taken him through the classroom, the outdoors, jails, juvenile, adult drug and alcohol treatment centers for 20 plus years. He has been a resident of Flagstaff for 35 years – as an NAU graduate, professional, and father.

Dr. Teresa Buot-Smith discovered her love for the sciences as an undergraduate at the University of Arizona, where she majored in Biochemistry. Afterwards, she completed her medical training at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, where she served as the Vice President of the local chapter of the American Medical Students Association, the Coordinator of the National Geriatric Task Force, and the Student Body Vice-Chair of the Honors and Awards Committee. After medical school, Dr. Buot-Smith completed her residency in Psychiatry at the Banner — University Medical Center Phoenix (formerly Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center). She has done presentations on Dual Diagnoses, Outpatient Detoxification and Closed Head Injuries.

Today, Dr. Buot-Smith operates a highly successful private Psychiatry practice, which she opened in 1994. She also currently serves as the Medical Director at Mark Allen Foundation, an adult behavioral health residential facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Her practice focuses on sensitivity, patience, communication, acceptance, and understanding, and she takes pride in her holistic, compassionate, and humanitarian approach to patient care.

In her free time, Dr. Buot-Smith enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cooking, crafting, traveling and walking.

Dr. Natalie Randolph completed her BSW from Northern Arizona University in 2000, while her MSW was obtained from Arizona State University in 2005. In 2016, Ms Randolph completed her Doctorate in Behavioral Health from Arizona State University. She is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Dr. Randolph has served in private, non-profit, and government agencies for the past 24 years; individual, family, group, leadership and consultation work was demonstrated within these roles. Despite, the variety of roles Dr. Randolph has assumed, she developed an area of specialty in the field of substance abuse through her various roles working with: families and adolescents involved in the child welfare system, collaborating discharges with patients on an adult psychiatric unit, providing consultation services with behavioral health staff on a remote reservation combating severe substance abuse issues, and serving as a school social worker in an alternative school setting. She has collaborated with NAU for over a decade to oversee internships for BSW students, in addition to serving as an adjunct professor for the BSW Department. As of August 2017, Dr. Randolph assumed the role of an Assistant Clinical Professor for the BSW Program. The subsequent year, Dr. Randolph aided with the development and implementation of NAU’s MSW Program. Since 2017, Dr. Randolph has been providing psycho-education, individual, group, and family therapy at Back2Basics, while more recently assuming the role of the Clinical Director. In this role, Dr. Randolph also provides oversight of graduate level interns at Back2Basics to incorporate experiential learning opportunities to expand students’ skill sets in this helping profession. Dr. Randolph also engages in community service work through her role as a board member at Cummings Graduate Institute.

Please welcome our newest team member, Cade. He’s our outdoor guide and he says by working with addicts and alcoholics in the wilderness he is able to see growth in his clients on a weekly basis. Cade believes that when people complete hard, challenging tasks they gain self confidence and self esteem.

Keelyn began her work in mental health while completing her Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work at the University of Georgia in 1994. At that time Keelyn’s specialty was family intervention and adolescent treatment. In 1997 Keelyn began deep studies in somatic based therapies in Flagstaff, Arizona. Keelyn is a pioneer in the mind-body health community with a specialty in Yoga Therapy and Mindfulness.

Keelyn began work at Back2Basics Outdoor Adventures in 2009. She served as primary therapist and clinical director for the 11 years. While serving as Clinical Director she played a pivotal role in developing the clinical component of Back2Basics treatment model. Returning from 3 years of sabbatical full of adventure and travel, Keelyn has returned to Back2Basics. “I am excited to be part of the clinical team with new insights and offerings” Keelyn Riley. Keelyn’s therapeutic approach is integrative and holistic while emphasizing the importance of practical tools and personal insight. She enjoys working with families and has a special interest in the topic of Family Recovery.

For fun, Keelyn enjoys being active in the outdoors, fitness, gardening and writing unpublished books:).

Jeanine Yates, FNP-C, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner who has been practicing since 2015. She began her nursing career after earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Portland. For the next 18 years, she served as the Clinical RN Supervisor at a private urology practice in Southwest Washington, where she is originally from.

 

In 2011, Jeanine returned to school to pursue advanced training, earning her Master of Science in Nursing from Washington State University with a certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Following her graduation in 2015, she spent three years working in orthopedics, gaining valuable experience in both clinical and surgical settings as a first assistant to an upper extremity specialist.

 

After relocating to Arizona, Jeanine returned to the field of urology, joining a Phoenix-based group practice. In 2022, she transitioned into locum tenens work, taking on diverse assignments in Parker, Williams, Scottsdale, and back in her home state of Washington.

 

More recently, Jeanine has focused her professional interests on promoting healthspan and longevity. She is passionate about educating and guiding patients on evidence-based strategies to enhance quality of life, including the use of emerging therapies such as peptides. She believes that healthcare should prioritize not just extending life, but improving the way we live it.

 

Jeanine is excited to be part of the Back2Basics team, viewing her role as an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to patient care and outcomes. Now proud to call Flagstaff home, she enjoys spending her free time with family and friends, and traveling whenever possible.