Tom Lindblade has been a Counselor/Therapist and Experiential Educator for over forty years. He began his experiential career working in summer camps while in college in the early sixties. Then he completed a Master's degree in Counseling and a post graduate certificate in Gestalt Therapy. Throughout his career he has been able to combine his skills as a therapist, career counselor and experiential educator.
For twenty five years Tom taught in and coordinated the Field and Experiential learning Program at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. As Coordinator, Tom facilitated the development and marketing of hundreds of interdisciplinary and experiential courses and since retirement in 2000, continues to teach at COD in an adjunct capacity. He developed and led field studies which have taken students to fifty countries and many wilderness areas of North America. Tom has visited Southern and Eastern Africa eight times, and has led students on expeditions to Europe, Asia, North, Central, and South America.
Since retirement in 2000, Tom has become active as a volunteer, and serves on the Board of the Association for Experiential Education, is President and Safety Chair of the Illinois Paddling Council and Training Director of Prairie State Canoeists.
Tom is an Instructor/Trainer for the American Canoe Association and continues to train Canoe Instructors for various organizations. He has a life long love for waters and for paddling. He spends as much time as possible in one of his five boats, and in recent years has become intrigued with the combination of travel, paddling, and digital video, with more than 100 videos posted on You Tube which can be accessed through his website at www.hauntedbywaters .com
Tom has been married to Peg for twenty seven years.
Congratulations Tom.