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Wilderness Therapy Programs for Troubled Teenage Girls from the Allendale, MI Area

Wilderness Therapy for Troubled Teen Girls Allendale Michigan MI

Wilderness therapy for troubled girls from Allendale, MI is a clinically proven alternative treatment for behaviorally out-of-control young women (ages 12-17) and is provenly effective in treating teens considered 'treatment-resistant. Wilderness therapy programs challenge teens from Allendale, MI and beyond to navigate the vast natural wild while providing them with today's most effective forms of clinical behavioral and psychological therapies.


Why Should Parents from Allendale, MI Choose Wilderness Therapy to Treat Their Troubled Daughter?

As to why parents from Allendale, MI should consider utilizing the services of a wilderness therapy program, the answer is simple: Wilderness therapy is proven to effectively treat troubled teenagers' emotional, behavioral, and mental issues (including troubled girls and there from the Allendale, MI area).

According to the Outdoor Behavior Health Council (OBH) Study, the Youth Outcome Questionaire (YOQ), wilderness therapy is scientifically proven to treat troubled teens' underlying issues effectively. The YOQ year-long study included 858 graduated participants from numerous wilderness therapy programs and their families.

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Waiting a year after the teen participants completed their wilderness programs, the OBH Council contacted the randomly chosen participants' families (including families from Allendale, MI) and inquired whether or not their child's wilderness therapy experience yielded long-lasting results. Their findings were as follows:

  • Eighty-three percent were doing better, and 58 percent were doing well or very well. Seventeen percent were still “struggling.”
  • Eighty-one percent rated outdoor behavioral healthcare treatment as useful; 10 percent split between “not effective” and “not sure” or “partially effective.”
  • Eighty-six percent were in high school or college or had graduated from high school and were working. Six had graduated from high school but were living at home and “doing nothing;” only five had not graduated from high school, and these were living at home and working or “doing nothing,” and one was in prison.

Wilderness Therapy is Clinically Proven to be Effective in Treating Serious Mental Health Issues

There is no more significant threat to our nation's youth (including teenage girls from Allendale, MI) than mental health-related issues in today's America. Recent polls show that one out of five teens lives with depression, anxiety, or a mixture of the two.

These epidemic-like numbers are even more concerning because suicide is currently the third-leading cause of death among teenagers.

Luckily for parents of depressed teenage girls from the Allendale, MI area, wilderness therapy is a research-supported treatment provenly effective in treating depression, anxiety, and stress - more so than more traditional, indoor-based facilities.

As for why outdoor-based treatment programs are better suited to treat mental health-related issues than indoor programs, research says it combines several factors. For example, hiking (an obviously significant part of outdoor-based therapy) is clinically proven to reduce negative thinking patterns and harmful brain activity, known as rumination.

Studies have also shown that when immersed in nature, a teenage girl's brain improve her neuroplasticity, causing them to become increasingly open to receiving therapy.

Navigating the challenging environment of the wilderness also helps form bonds between teens and clinical staff. This organic relational development builds long-lasting trust between teen and their therapist. Developing and building upon the trust between camper and caregiver is crucial in a mentally ill teenage girl's willingness, ability, and overall likelihood of effectively treating their underlying mental health-related issues.

11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. - Ephesians 4:11–16

Allendale, MI Resources for Parents and Struggling Teenagers

MasterNet is the favored choice for parents from Allendale, MI, who are seeking an therapeutic boarding school to offer help to their troubled child experiencing ADD/ADHD (attentional disorder), pain medication abuse/addiction, or academic failure related trials. Here at MasterNet, parents and families from Allendale, MI can expect 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 makes our work a success! MasterNet’s serene and distraction-free setting helps even the most treatment-resistant teens find their way toward healing and restoration.

Our therapists are committed to not only giving assistance to our students in need, but also the whole family; with the care and commitment required for full restoration. It is our desire to assist, guide, and coach parents from Allendale, MI, with a struggling child, through a very difficult time. MasterNet is here to serve! There is hope... and you are not alone. The vision of MasterNet is to bring forth peace while remedying emotional health for troubled teenagers from Allendale, MI.

Our purpose is to see your struggling child make a successful transition into adulthood, while living independently as a dignified young adult. Don’t hesitate to contact MasterNet’s family advocates for more information regarding enrollment, tuition, and insurance options. For testimonials from current and past MasterNet families, reach out to our team; call one of our licensed family advocates at (435) 574-4518, and discover how we can offer a variety of relevant residential treatment strategies (equine, life training, behavioral therapy) for your troubled child today!

“Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.” Colossians 3:18-21