REHABILITATIVE HEALTH SERVICES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Billing Department Director
My name is Demi Echi-Aboli and I am the Billing Department Director for RHS, BHCC, SEIBCC and BEST LLC. I received my associates in Medical Billing and Coding from Ultimate Medical Academy in Florida in 2016. I enjoy using my knowledge and skills to contribute to the growth that happens at RHS every day.
I have spent most of my life in the Idaho Falls area and have worked at RHS for more than 10 years. In my free time I enjoy spending time with my 3 kids and husband, in the mountains, camping, traveling, baking cakes, running and watching football.
I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work in 2007 from Idaho State University. Upon graduation I was employed as a Psycho-Social Rehabilitation (PSR) worker. I greatly enjoyed assisting individuals and families in building better lives and reaching their personal goals. Over time, I realized I wanted to return to college and obtain my Master's Degree. I returned and subsequently received my Master's Degree in Social Work from Northwest Nazarene University in 2012. I completed further supervision and testing to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in 2015. Initially specializing in Co-Occurring disorders, I worked with individuals that struggled with mental health and addiction. As I worked with these great people, I became deeply aware that many of my clients had underlying and unresolved trauma and so I began to increase my knowledge in trauma treatment.
I am passionate about trauma-informed therapy and see daily the benefits it brings to my clients. I am trained in various disciples including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Recent Trauma Episode Processing (R-TEP), Group Trauma Processing (G-TEP), Trauma Focused and Traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), Play Therapy, and Art Processing Therapy.
Mostly I am inspired by and use the work of author and researcher Dr. Brené Brown as I work with clients. One of my great joys is facilitating group and individual sessions based on Dr. Brown's work. I am thrilled when I have the opportunity to help individuals and families heal shame and increase authenticity and resilience. Everyone experiences shame. [KJ1] Extensive and interesting research has revealed the antidote for shame is courage, compassion, and connection.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Josi moved to Idaho Falls in 2017 with her husband and two kids.
She has been in the RHS billing department since April 2022 and loves all things that require a spreadsheet.
Josi spends her time watching true crime documentaries and hanging out with her 4 rottweilers.
Job Titles:
- Quality Assurance Administrator
Job Titles:
- Community Outreach / Admin. Assistant
- Peer Support Specialist / Admin. Assistant / Community Outreach for Marketing Team
I have worked in Mental Health for 25 years. After being diagnosed at 16 with Major Depression and Anxiety and later at 28 with PTSD; I decided I wanted to work with others to help them not feel like I was feeling. Over the years I learned some positive ways to cope with the symptoms of my illness. It wasn't until I was in my 30's that I was able to apply those skills and I began to recover from my illnesses. I have worked with children, adolescents and now adults. Thanks to RHS, I have found my path to really making a difference in other's lives.
Being a Certified Peer Support Specialist has made it so I can truly stand beside someone as they take their own journey through recovery; because recovery isn't just returning back to "normal". It isn't even being someone without a mental illness or trauma either. It's being able to get up every day and do things you never thought you would be able to. It's healing to the point where the past no longer holds you. It's having enough control over your life that you can feel really, genuinely peaceful, even after everything you've been through! And recovery is an ongoing process. You have to work on every day; sometimes a lot and sometimes a little. But you have to make a conscious decision to work on you for you and not for someone else.
Over the last year, I have been able to apply other skills I have learned.. Recently I was given this opportunity as an Administrative Assistant and become a part of the Marketing Team.
Job Titles:
- Social Media / Website Maintenance
Taiya Reams started with RHS in 2017. She began as a part time billing assistant and social media helper. She was then brought onto the Hustle for Mental Health 5K Fun Run / Mental Health Symposium Team at RHS. Taiya enjoys working with this team as they have taught her a lot about our local community and how mental affects all our lives. In the recent years, Taiya has changed careers and now works as a rep. payee for FASI, a non-profit organization who helps many of RHS's clientele. She continues stay on with RHS as a social media helper, website management, and part of the 5K/Symposium Team.
Taiya grew up in Aberdeen/American Falls, ID and graduated from ISU with a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing. In her free time, Taiya enjoys spending time with her husband, stepson, her many dogs, and even her chickens.
Although a native Idahoan, it took moving around the country for nearly a decade before Zack really discovered his love for the East Idaho community. After earning his BS degrees at Utah State University in both Business Marketing & Human Movement Science, Zack moved back to his hometown of Idaho Falls. There he began working in the school district he grew up in; supporting children in Special Education to develop behavioral regulation skills. Inspired by this work- and coupled with the years he spent working alongside adults with learning disabilities at North Eastern Services in Utah- Zack developed a deep passion for the field of mental health. It was this fervor for helping others with their mental wellness that eventually brought Zack to work as a case manager at Rise Up: Teen & Child Crisis Center of East Idaho. Shortly after starting his work as a CM, Zack also began working as the Marketing Lead for both Rise Up and Rehabilitative Health Services . According to Zack, "the opportunity to support the kids of our region through their crises, as well as getting to network with other providers & local businesses in our community, is a dream-job come true; I love what I do!"