Wilderness Therapy Programs for Troubled Teens in Spokane Valley, WA
Within the last few decades, America (including Spokane Valley, WA) 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 Spokane Valley, WA 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 Spokane Valley, WA 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 Spokane Valley, WA area
For moms and dads from Spokane Valley, WA 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 Spokane Valley, WA area, including:
- attachment disorders
- attention deficit
- eating disorders
- anxiety, depression
- self-destructive or antisocial behavior behavior
- adoption-related issues
We lead troubled girls from Spokane Valley, WA 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.
Counseling for Parents of Troubled Teenagers from Spokane Valley, WA
Families from Spokane Valley, WA have made Elk Mountain Academy their first choice for child restoration and assistance. Parents, seeking help for their child, can expect a team of compassionate, licensed therapists and leaders here at Elk Mountain. EMA operates from the understanding that "restoration" must come from the inside-out, not from the outside-in. We are committed to the life skills development and experiential education for all teens, who may be experiencing anxiety disorder, behavioral or process addiction (gaming, porn), or adoption (attachment disorder) trials, but also the entire family; with the assistance they need for lasting restoration.
It’s our absolute respect for every student (and family) that we work with that sets our therapeutic boarding school apart from the others. EMA’s therapists acknowledge and appreciate the common issues that teenagers from Spokane Valley, WA are faced with every day. With decades of collective experience in the residential treatment center industry, our therapists can quickly identify and help food addiction (binge eating, overeating) issues, trials related to bullying (or being bullied), and the causes for academic failure.
In short, Elk Mountain knows how to support troubled teens with lasting restoration; and how to forge a new path for proper help and purpose in life. We are considered a premier therapeutic boarding school, where we provide a variety of relevant residential treatment strategies (equine, life training, behavioral therapy) and outdoor recreation and adventure therapy that leads to a healthy, balanced life. If you are ready to take advantage of the leading therapeutic boarding school that Elk Mountain can offer, we encourage you to contact our family advocates; to begin the lasting change in your child’s life. We give assistance to struggling teenagers from Spokane Valley, WA. Call us at (208) 266-1122 to speak with one of our knowledgeable family advocates today!
Additional Institutions in Spokane Valley, WA
NATSAP FOR PARENTS: NATSAP is a volunteer membership authority who supports counselors and programs in Spokane Valley, WA with their efforts to help struggling teens and young adults; and their families. NATSAP realizes that, as a parent, this is an incredibly stressful and difficult time for you. This is why they strive to provide the necessary resources available to help you match the unique needs of your child with a particular therapeutic program for troubled adolescents or young adults in Spokane Valley, WA; that would best benefit them. Provided is a list of articles giving assistance to you during this difficult time, as well as suggested questions for you to consider before making a final placement selection.