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Wilderness Therapy Programs for Troubled Teens Haverhill Massachusetts MA

Wilderness Therapy Programs for Troubled Teens in Haverhill, MA

Within the last few decades, America (including Haverhill, MA) 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 Haverhill, MA 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 Haverhill, MA 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 Haverhill, MA area

For moms and dads from Haverhill, MA 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 Haverhill, MA area, including:

  • attachment disorders
  • attention deficit
  • eating disorders
  • anxiety, depression
  • self-destructive or antisocial behavior behavior
  • adoption-related issues

We lead troubled girls from Haverhill, MA 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.

Haverhill, MA Mental Health Resources for Troubled Adolescents

Families from Haverhill, MA have made Elk Mountain Academy their top choice when it comes to the healing and rehabilitation of their troubled child battling trials related to ADD/ADHD (attentional disorder), alcohol dependence, or peer conflict. Parents can expect Elk Mountain to have a team of staff consisting of compassionate, licensed counselors and leaders. Our counselors operate with the understanding that rehabilitation must first come from the inside, rather than from external influences. Elk Mountain is faithful to the proper direction, not only for your troubled child, but your entire family as well.

Elk Mountain recognizes that the circumstances of one troubled child does not always apply to other teens. As a result, our licensed counselors are faithful to the administration of each teen student’s needs; a commitment illustrated by their expert professionalism and sympathy. Here at Elk Mountain, we include the entire family (especially the parents) in the process of our teen student’s therapy, rehabilitation, and progress.

Elk Mountain has served numerous at-risk teen students from Haverhill, MA, and we can provide direction for your child too. Don’t hesitate to contact Elk Mountain’s admissions specialists for more information regarding enrollment, tuition, and insurance options. For testimonials from current and past EMA families, connect with our admissions specialist at (208) 266-1122 today!

Additional Partnerships in Haverhill, MA

MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA (MHA): Mental Health America is one of the leaders in mental health support, rehabilitation, and advocacy. Founded in 1909, this community-based non-profit resource is faithful to assisting families from Haverhill, MA, and all Americans achieve wellness by living mentally healthier lives. Their services include prevention, early identification, and intervention for those troubled, and integrated care and treatment for struggling youth and young women in Haverhill, MA. They also advocate for improved methods of research, prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health and alcohol dependence conditions.