Outdoor Therapy Programs for Troubled Teens and Troubled Young Adults

By Logan Mazzettia

Many parents struggle with the hardships of raising and dealing with troubled teens and troubled young adults.

Outdoor therapy programs are based on the belief that a program that causes resistance can greatly hinder the therapeutic opportunity. Outdoor therapy is a unique experience that automatically creates an unresistant, responsive environment that allows troubled teens and troubled young adults to experience a therapeutic intervention. Outdoor therapy programs are unique and unlike any other traditional program available for troubled teens and troubled young adults. These troubled individuals are taken completely out of their comfort zone and removed entirely from all hindrances.

Typically, outdoor therapy programs believe that it's not about giving consequences to teens and young adults for behaving poorly. Instead, these individuals face consequences that are created naturally from the environment. This gives the troubled teen or troubled young adult a chance to see how "what they do" brings them immediate consequences. Through common sense, they are able to distinguish what works for them and what works against them.