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Wilderness Therapy Programs for Troubled Teens Medford Massachusetts MA

Wilderness Therapy Programs for Troubled Teens in Medford, MA

Within the last few decades, America (including Medford, 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 Medford, 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 Medford, 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 Medford, MA area

For moms and dads from Medford, 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 Medford, 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 Medford, 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.

Mental Health Assistance in Medford, MA for Struggling Adolescents

Elk Mountain Academy is the trusted choice for parents from Medford, MA who may be investigating the optimal therapeutic boarding school to offer assistance for their struggling child who may be wrestling with hypochondriasis, pain medication abuse/addiction, or poor academics related challenges. Here at EMA, parents and families from Medford, MA can expect only the best results from our compassionate and licensed therapists. Our research-validated approach to a variety of relevant residential treatment strategies (equine, life training, behavioral therapy) and outdoor recreation and adventure therapy has proven to deliver tremendous success!

The treatment facility at EMA is in a natural setting, providing a serene environment free of distractions. The objective here at EMA is to assist, guide, and coach parents with a vulnerable and at-risk child; through an incredibly difficult time. EMA is here to help parents and at-risk teenage girls from Medford, MA! There is hope... and you are not alone. EMA’s vision is to facilitate recovery and peace; all while healing the emotional and mental health of adolescent girls from Medford, MA. We strive to see your at-risk child make a triumphant and full transition into an independent adult, living a life of happiness and dignity.

EMA has served numerous struggling students from Medford, MA, and we can offer assistance for your child too. Don’t hesitate to contact EMA’s intake counselors for more information regarding enrollment, tuition, and insurance options. For testimonials from current and past EMA families, connect with our intake counselor at (208) 266-1122 today!

Additional Organizations in Medford, MA

NORTH AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ADVICE COUNCIL (NAMHPAC): The North American Mental Health Professional Advice Council is a non-profit partnership with a nation-wide membership that includes members of the mental health planning councils from Medford, MA. NAMHPAC gives support, policy development, knowledge products, and technical support to the nation’s Medford, MA-based mental health planning and advisory councils.