About Perimeter Health of the Ozarks

About

Vision

Perimeter of the Ozarks makes the daily commitment to improve our patient’s life by using a patient centered, collaborative approach to provide high quality care addressing both the physical and mental health of our residents.

Values

At Perimeter of the Ozarks, our staff is committed to improving the lives of those impacted by mental illness. Our patient promise is the core of everything we do and how we lead each and every day with:

Integrity
Compassion
Excellence
Responsibility

Perimeter of the Ozarks is in Springdale Arkansas, located in the beautiful Norwest part of the state, in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains and just outside of Fayetteville. The community is diverse and friendly and welcomes our residents. Our facility is small in size which allows for a strong family-like culture that is shared among residents and staff.

Hear from the CEO

On behalf of our Team at Perimeter Behavioral of the Ozarks, we want to thank you for your continued support and for allowing us the opportunity to provide care and treatment to your family, friends and loved ones.

Opening in November, 2017, Perimeter Behavioral of the Ozarks is committed to being a premier treatment center, providing individualized, quality behavioral health treatment and care to all of our patients. Our mission is to obtain the best staff and utilize state of the art, evidence-based treatment protocols, resulting in the best possible outcome to our patients.

Our entire staff takes unmitigated pride in providing this standard of care to your family and loved ones. Every day, our Team dedicates all of our resources to serve our patients. We are honored to participate in creating a solid, healthy foundation and path in which every patient can build upon throughout the years.

We look forward to a relationship built on trust and transparency with each family and patient.

Sincerely,

Derek Thompson
Chief Executive Officer

Meet Our Team

- Dereck Thompson, CEO
  
  CEO
  
  Dereck has been working with youth who have traumatic life experiences and problematic behaviors since 2010. He received his bachelor’s degree in Family and Child Development at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista Virginia, and his master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo Michigan and became a licensed therapist. Dereck worked as a therapist at a residential facility that served boys and girls ages 12-18 years old, and developed adolescent sex offender specific programming at the facility to more appropriately meet the resident’s treatment needs. He then transitioned to the role of Clinical Director of a 60-bed adolescent sex offender treatment facility in Mountain Home Idaho where he continued program development and ensured that the residents received best practice treatment. Prior to coming to Perimeter of the Ozarks, he worked in New York in a community clinic as a Sex Offender Treatment Specialist. It was during this time that he received additional training in Trauma Informed Care practices as well as in Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics which looks at effects of trauma on an individual throughout the lifespan. Dereck is licensed as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and will be obtaining licensure in Arkansas as a Licensed Professional Counselor. His favorite part of his job is seeing the personal growth that a resident experiences when they learn effective new ways to respond to life events, and that life does not have to be what it was. That who they are, and who they will become is not yet written. That it is in their power to decide how their story ends. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family. He also likes golfing, fishing, and most outdoor activities.
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- Randall Staley, M.D.
  
  Medical Director
  
  Dr. Stnaley is native to Arkansas. He went to Arkansas State University for undergraduate and then University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for his medical school training, which is where he developed his passion for mental health. He ended up in a combined residency program where he trained as a general pediatrician, general psychiatrist and child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Kentucky. He completed that program and has been practicing psychiatry in Northwest Arkansas since 2010. The most rewarding part of his job as a psychiatrist is seeing a child go from struggling on a daily basis with their self-worth and a desire to not be alive to them thriving and realizing their own worth in this world ajd helping children shed their past trauma and blossom into a new way of thinking. In his spare time he likes to smoke meats, play golf and spend time with his family and enjoys getting to the beach when he can.
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- Trevor England, RN
  
  Director of Nursing
  
  Trevor began his nursing career in 2019 after graduating from the nursing program at the University of Arkansas where he received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing and became a registered nurse in the state. He started at Perimeter as a Youth Care Worker and became a nurse at the facility once he received his license. Trevor is also a certified SAMA instructor. What Trevor enjoys the most about working with the youth at Perimeter of the Ozarks is being able to see the drastic changes with the residents and by helping them navigate their challenges with our trauma informed care program. When not working with the residents at the facility, Trevor enjoys spending time and biking with his wife and taking their two four legged friends to the dog park. He also enjoys playing the piano and bass guitar.
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- Sharnae Thomas
  
  Director of Clinical Services
  
  Sharnae has been working in Mental Health since 2012. She received her BS from the University of Arkansas and continued with her education with a master’s in human services from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Sharnae continued to work in a school-based setting as a paraprofessional and decided to pursue getting her MSW. She completed her master’s in social work in 2018 from Simmons College in Boston, MA and became a Licensed Social Worker. In September of 2019 she completed TF-CBT training and became a certified TF-CBT provider. Sharnae enjoys building relationships and establishing a connection with our residents to help set the foundation for them to be able to connect and trust again in the future. In her free time she spends as much time as possible with her two beautiful daughters who remind her to be present and always connected. She also enjoys reading.
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About

Vision

Values

Hear from the CEO

Meet Our Team

Dereck Thompson, CEO

Randall Staley, M.D.

Trevor England, RN

Sharnae Thomas

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