Wilderness Therapy Programs for Troubled Teens in Bountiful, UT
Within the last few decades, America (including Bountiful, UT) has seen the demographic of adolescents deemed, troubled, or out of control, reach epidemic numbers. While experts aren’t sure as to why our nation’s teens increasingly turn to negative behavioral patterns, modern-day issues such as easier access to drugs and the advent of the internet, social media and other screen-based distractions (to name a few) are most likely significant contributing factors.
But with the number of troubled teens rising each year, cities like Bountiful, UT so too is the number of residential treatment centers that advertise their services to parents seeking respite and therapeutic healing for their child.
And, while many of these treatment programs are well-intentioned and run by those who truly believe in their program’s treatment model and core curriculum, parents from Bountiful, UT and elsewhere are all too often duped into sending their teenage daughter to an expensive program that at best, is ineffective in treating their child’s behavioral and emotional issues, and, at worst, exacerbates said issues even further.
Among these detrimental programs are treatment facilities that pose as wilderness therapy programs for troubled teens when in reality, they are more akin to glorified outdoor boot camps.
With the wilderness industry's increasing popularity and recent mainstream exposure, parents sometimes unwittingly send their children to programs that omit the clinical aspects of wilderness therapy.
Though technically a wilderness program, these treatment facilities omit the very foundations that make wilderness therapy effective, and instead, utilize behavioral modification and punishments to enact change within their campers.
For example, instead of providing experiential group therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, and cognitive behavior therapy, like the most reputable, adventure-based programs, these facilities merely seek to exploit the natural environment as a means to 'break' their campers, before 'building' them back up again.
These tactics are not only deceitful and misrepresent genuine wilderness therapy camps, they often aggravate the very issues campers were sent there to correct, to begin with.
Considering the average wilderness program is $500 dollars per day with a $3,000 dollar enrollment fee (not including what it would cost to transport said teen through a transport company two or more times) choosing this route of treatment is quite expensive.
Legitimate and Cost-effective Wilderness Therapy Programs for teens from the Bountiful, UT area
For moms and dads from Bountiful, UT unwilling to pay double (or potentially triple) for a wilderness program for their teenage daughter, there are cost-effective and dynamic treatment options to consider - like that of Elk Mountain Academy.
Elk Mountain Academy is a Christ-centered wilderness therapy program and residential treatment center for troubled teenage girls.
Elk Mountain Academy offers affordable, expert treatment for life-controlling issues and disorders in girls from the Bountiful, UT area, including:
- attachment disorders
- attention deficit
- eating disorders
- anxiety, depression
- self-destructive or antisocial behavior behavior
- adoption-related issues
We lead troubled girls from Bountiful, UT to seek truth and to trust in the Holy Spirit, our Holy Comforter who was given to all believers in Christ. At EMA we coach and train our students to seek, trust, and rely on the Holy Spirit, who is their comforter.
For more information regarding our treatment program, please call us today at (208) 266-1122.
Mental Health Resources for Troubled Youth in Bountiful, UT
Families from Bountiful, UT, seeking assistance for their troubled child, trust the help that Elk Mountain Academy provides for teenagers who may be experiencing trials related to behavioral or process addiction (gaming, porn), adoption (attachment disorder), or anxiety disorder. Here at Elk Mountain, our experienced therapists have a deep and wise understanding of the issues that troubled teens from Bountiful, UT are experiencing every day. With dedication and expertise, our team provides help to our struggling students, so they may recognize and deal with their substance abuse (including marijuana) or pain medication abuse/addiction in a way that is both healthy and productive. We specialize in a variety of relevant residential treatment strategies (equine, life training, behavioral therapy), that is based on a solid trifecta of trust and respect. Through this approach, we inspire an internally motivated restoration that lasts a lifetime.
As a result, Elk Mountain is committed to meeting the particular needs of each teenager with the utmost professionalism and compassion. Elk Mountain’s therapists and field staff discourage the use of judgments and labels, and never condone one’s diagnosis to interfere with a struggling teenager’s sense of self or ability to form friendships with one another. Elk Mountain has provided assistance to numerous families from all over the nation. Our experienced therapists offer superior treatment to set the path of restoration for teens struggling with trials such as food addiction (binge eating, overeating), bullying (or being bullied), or even behavioral misconduct.
Because we specialize in a variety of relevant residential treatment strategies (equine, life training, behavioral therapy) and provide outdoor recreation and adventure therapy, troubled teenagers can grow to be healthy adults, and EMA’s students can emerge as strong people who are motivated to succeed. Elk Mountain recognizes that the entire family needs the assistance that our experienced therapists offer; so that your child can be rehabilitated and whole. Elk Mountain’s family advocates can be reached immediately at (208) 266-1122.
Additional Counseling in Bountiful, UT
Are you a parent of a troubled teen from Bountiful, UT and need help for issues pertaining to domestic violence? If you are in crisis right now, call the Bountiful, UT National Domestic Violence Hotline number listed here.
"And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
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