Dr. Graham Husick has pioneered Lakeside’s advanced clinical assessment process. Utilizing his proprietary “Tailored Assessment for Realistic Goals and Effective Treatment” (T.A.R.G.E.T.) system, Dr. Husick ensures that every patient who comes to Lakeside is primed for success. Dr. Husick also serves as a primary treatment team lead for select Lakeside patients and their families!

I grew up in the beautiful Coeur d’Alene area, served in the United States Air Force, and completed my bachelor’s degree in psychology at Whitworth University. I am currently a graduate student in a clinical mental health counseling program through Liberty University. My military service helped cultivate important values, such as resilience, teamwork, remaining calm under pressure, and a deep curiosity and respect for people from a variety of cultural backgrounds and beliefs. I am an avid musician, lover of philosophy, standup comedy, good movies, and good food. Most importantly, I am a husband, father, and friend, and am deeply passionate about the ways that meaningful human connection can help us experience growth, healing, and positive transformation.

I grew up along the Shiawassee River in central Michigan, where my first classroom was the wild and my earliest teachers were painted turtles and bullfrogs. Wandering woods and meadows—gathering wild berries, tending bug bites with jewelweed, and playing in swamp clay—shaped how I understand growth, healing, and connection.

That early bond with the natural world eventually led me to North Idaho. At Lakeside Independence, I draw on this lived relationship with nature, along with ancestral wisdom and embodied practices, to support regulation, resilience, and self-awareness. As an herbalist and certified yoga instructor, I hope to help clients—especially young people and families—reconnect with themselves and the living world around them.

Andrea Fowler staffs our front desk, and her enthusiastic self will be the voice on the line when you call! Along with being responsible for all day-to-day administrative tasks at Lakeside, she has also taken the responsibility of fostering a homey atmosphere in our waiting area. Patients are encouraged to use our space as a “check-in and hang out” area, and Andrea makes sure our space is cozy, tidy, and welcoming.

Chuck brings 30+ years of experience with at-risk adolescents and young adults facing mental health challenges. He has served as a Level One Police Officer and Sheriff’s Deputy for 17 years, managed special services at a major therapeutic school and treatment center, and instructs in low confrontation crisis intervention techniques and CPI certified. His work includes over 100 runaway locations and interventions, short-term care, life skills mentoring, and he has flown over a million miles in successful transports.