The Team

Executive staff

Josh Jordan

CEO/Founder

Josh Jordan

CEO/Founder

Josh Jordan founded Cardinal Recovery Center with a singular mission: to build accessible, effective mental health outpatient care in the DFW Metroplex. Drawing from his own journey in long-term recovery, Josh knows firsthand the challenges of early sobriety and the critical role that structure, community, and accountability play in lasting change. That vision has grown Cardinal Recovery Center from the ground up into a trusted outpatient provider serving men and women across North Texas.

Marty Younkman

COO/Founder

Marty Younkman

COO/Founder

“Cardinal taught me the true meaning of recovery. The sense of responsibility, togetherness, and the feeling of being part of a family made me realize that I wasn’t alone anymore.” Marty came to Cardinal House Recovery as a resident and found not just sobriety, but purpose. Today, as Chief Operating Officer at Cardinal Recovery Center, he oversees day-to-day operations across all locations and provides hands-on case management rooted in lived experience.

Dakota Closson

CAO/Founder

Dakota Closson

CAO/Founder

Dakota Closson serves as Chief Admissions Officer at Cardinal Recovery Center, leading the organization’s brand, digital presence, and outreach efforts. With a background in digital branding and marketing, Dakota is passionate about sharing the Cardinal Recovery Center story and connecting those in need with the resources and community that can change their lives.

Clinical Leadership

Nicholas Grainger, MA, LPC

Clinical Director

Nicholas Grainger, MA, LPC

Clinical Director

Nicholas “Nick” Grainger is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Director of Cardinal Recovery Center. Nick provides depth-oriented, relational therapy for adults navigating addiction, trauma, mood disorders, personality dynamics, and attachment wounds. His approach is rooted in psychodynamic and attachment theory, helping clients understand how early relationships and lived experiences shape current patterns of substance use, emotional regulation, and relationships. Nick believes lasting recovery begins with insight, accountability, and compassionate self-understanding. He works collaboratively with clients in IOP and outpatient settings to build self-awareness, strengthen identity, and foster sustainable behavioral change.

Ryan Eberst, MA, LPC-S

Clinical Director

Ryan Eberst, MA, LPC-S

Clinical Director

Ryan Eberst serves as Clinical Director at Cardinal Recovery Center and is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor. Ryan specializes in long-term relational and attachment-focused therapy for individuals struggling with addiction, trauma, anxiety, mood instability, and personality dynamics. Ryan believes recovery is not just abstinence—it is relational repair. His work focuses on identifying unconscious relational patterns, healing attachment wounds, and developing emotional regulation skills necessary for sustained sobriety. He provides clinical leadership to ensure that Cardinal’s programming remains depth-oriented, trauma-informed, and clinically rigorous.

Medical Leadership

Dr. Jackson

Medical Director

Luke Flood

Director of Integrative Health

Luke Flood

Director of Integrative Health

Luke Flood is the Director of Integrative Health at Cardinal Recovery Center (The Wayfinder). Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, he moved to Texas in 2017 as part of a life-changing journey that now fuels his work every day. A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Licensed Dietitian in Texas, Luke combines clinical expertise with a strong foundation in training and performance to deliver a results-driven, whole-person approach to recovery. Active in the recovery community since 2014 through his own sobriety journey, Luke believes transformation requires more than abstinence it demands discipline, ownership, and daily action. He challenges clients to rebuild from the inside out, developing the structure, accountability, and resilience necessary for lasting change. Luke’s mission is simple: help people become stronger in every area of life physically, mentally, and spiritually. Recovery is the starting line. From there, it’s about purpose, performance, and proving to yourself what you’re truly capable of.

Clinical Team

Blake Danner, MA, LPC-Associate

Counselor

Blake Danner, MA, LPC-Associate

Counselor

Blake provides person-centered, trauma-informed therapy for adolescents, adults, and couples in recovery. Blake works with clients navigating addiction, life transitions, perfectionism, relationship challenges, chronic stress, and grief. Within Cardinal Recovery Center’s structured outpatient model, Blake focuses on helping clients build emotional awareness, distress tolerance skills, and healthy relational patterns. Blake believes therapy should be collaborative and empowering, helping each individual develop a personalized recovery toolbox rooted in authenticity and resilience.

John Conrado, MA, LPC-Associate

Counselor

John Conrado, MA, LPC-Associate

Counselor

John works with adolescents and adults struggling with substance use, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, depression, and identity concerns. His therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, and insight-driven, helping clients understand how past experiences shape current behaviors and coping strategies. At Cardinal Recovery Center, John integrates relational and skills-based approaches to help clients stabilize, increase self-awareness, and develop healthier responses to stress. He is particularly passionate about working with individuals navigating neurodivergence, attachment challenges, and early recovery.

Jodi Hanna, MA, LPC-Associate

Counselor

Jodi Hanna, MA, LPC-Associate

Counselor

Jodi provides relational, psychodynamic therapy for adults navigating addiction, grief, anxiety, trauma, and major life transitions. Her work is deeply rooted in attachment theory and emotional processing. At Cardinal Recovery Center, Jodi supports clients in exploring the emotional drivers behind substance use, strengthening coping capacity, and rebuilding a sense of self. She believes meaningful recovery involves both behavioral change and emotional integration.

Amanda Bruner, MA, LPC-Associate

Counselor

Amanda Bruner, MA, LPC-Associate

Counselor

Amanda provides trauma-informed, attachment-focused therapy for individuals and couples in recovery. She integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR principles, somatic awareness, and relational work into her treatment approach. At Cardinal Recovery Center, Amanda specializes in supporting trauma survivors, LGBTQ+ clients, and neurodivergent individuals navigating substance use and co-occurring disorders. Her work emphasizes reconnecting clients with their bodies, emotions, and authentic identity to promote long-term healing.

Raihaana Peera

Practicum Student Counselor

Raihaana Peera

Practicum Student Counselor

Raihaana works with adolescents and adults navigating life transitions, anxiety, depression, and adjustment challenges. She brings a culturally responsive and attachment-informed lens to her work. Within the Cardinal Recovery Center, Raihaana supports clients in understanding relational dynamics, identity development, and emotional regulation as foundational elements of sustained recovery. She is particularly interested in perinatal and women’s mental health in the context of recovery.

Christal Garrison

Internship Student Counselor

Christal Garrison

Internship Student Counselor

Christal works with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, ADHD, and relationship challenges. She brings creativity and grounded presence into the therapeutic process. At Cardinal Recovery Center, Christal supports clients in early recovery as they learn to tolerate difficult emotions without substances. She focuses on helping clients develop insight, coping skills, and a stable emotional foundation for long-term sobriety.

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