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Using the Integrated Care Model in Wilderness Therapy
Using the Integrated Care Model in Wilderness Therapy A common question in mental health treatment is, “Where does treatment start?” Should therapists focus first on healing trauma and mental health issues to stop drug use? Should they resolve physical health concerns to alleviate emotional problems or vice versa? In a seamless cycle of coexisting issues,…
Read MoreHolidays At RedCliff
Special Ceremonies For Special Days As a wilderness program for at-risk youth, celebration and ceremony are a big part of life at RedCliff Ascent. Staff members have flexibility in how they make sure that special days are kept special. However, over the more than two decades RedCliff Ascent has been helping troubled youth, RedCliff Ascent…
Read MoreSeparating To Come Together?
Separating to Come to Together It seems counterintuitive. The thing you want most in the world is to bring your family together. Then why on Earth would you send away your troubled teen to the Utah desert? How could being away from your teen for weeks at a time help anything get better? However, sometimes…
Read MoreHow Does RedCliff Ascent Reveal Potential?
By Kaitlyn Jones Because you cannot become acquainted with what you cannot discover, revealing potential is important. Revealing potential opens the door to the possibility of change. At RedCliff Ascent, revealing potential allows troubled teens to find the person inside who they were always meant to be. Sometimes students have never opened that door and…
Read MoreHow RedCliff Ascent Inspires Families to Put Hope into Action
How RedCliff Ascent Inspires Families to Put Hope into Action “We have to put hope into action,” said Clinical Director Jennifer Hedrick. “Hope is just a thought. So unless we put it into action, we aren’t really going to inspire much of anything.” Many parents of troubled teens who come wilderness attitude come with the…
Read MoreAutism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Wilderness Therapy [youtube]https://youtu.be/OrcXgWTkoUo[/youtube] The video above includes a testimonial from one of our former students with ASD who expressed how Redcliff Ascent’s wilderness program helped him. RedCliff Ascent, an Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (OBH) program for teens and young adults, serves many different populations and diagnosis. The following article will highlight Autism…
Read MoreCelebrating 20 Years of Wilderness Therapy
by Phillis Cooper In October 1993 Redcliff Ascent was born as a therapeutic wilderness program. From those early beginnings its’ mission has been to help troubled teenagers and their families in a wilderness environment away from all the disruptions of daily life. Hundreds of young adolescents and their families have marked the RedCliff wilderness experience…
Read MoreGetting Your Child to RedCliff
How Do I Do This? Getting your child to RedCliff may seem like a huge challenge. Once parents have made the decision to send their child to RedCliff, getting them here can pose a new set of problems. Students can threaten to runaway or harm themselves if they are sent away for treatment. You may simply feel…
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