Meet Our Staff
After struggling with the disease of addiction and losing a brother to an overdose, Tyler sought treatment and is now 7+ years sober and licensed as an advanced substance abuse counselor. In addition to working as the general manager at Steps Recover Centers he is earning his master's degree in social work at BYU and he works with the Utah County Sheriff's Office in the RISE program. He spends his off time with his family and credits them for his successes today.
Wendy Jensen is an accountant at Steps Recovery. She loves life and being outdoors. Spending time with her grandchildren is her favorite past time. Wendy's son was shot and killed while selling pills to some friends, so she is very passionate about and supportive of the clients here at Steps. Her favorite parts about her job are the hugs, and seeing families heal and once again have hope that their loved ones are not lost.
Dr. Keep has been in healthcare for 36 years. He was an advanced life support medic in central California for 5 years in the early 1980’s prior to attending medical school at Albany Medical College in Albany, NY. He completed Internal Medicine Residency and Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant Fellowship at he University of Utah followed by Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Arizona. He worked as a general and interventional cardiologist in Utah for 18 years. In 2008 his 7-year-old daughter Alissa died in a motor vehicle accident. Dr. Keep had to overcome grief induced medical issues as well as alcohol use while struggling to recover from the pain of his daughter’s death. Volunteer work as well as research, writing, and speaking on the medical ramifications of grief and loss, including adverse coping mechanisms such as substance abuse, were part of his recovery. He has spoken locally, nationally and soon internationally on the subject. It also led to working with alcoholics and addicts and becoming an Addiction Medicine specialist. He is board certified in Cardiology, a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and board eligible in Addiction Medicine. Sharing his experience, strength, and hope as well as training, medical knowledge, and research are part of his desire to “pay it forward” and help others to also recover from grief, loss, trauma and addiction.