Dancing Moon Expeditions is about opportunity -- the opportunity that a time-out in nature with skilled therapists and experienced instructors can provide to struggling children and adolescents....

Provides a small, high quality, rigorous outdoor adventure program with strong counseling support. ...

Wilderness therapy programs significantly improve self-concept, reduce aggressive and self-destructive behaviors, enhance an internal locus of control, improve general family functioning, build interpersonal skills, and increase the ability to form healthy relationships (Cason & Gillis, 1994; Sachs & Miller, 1992; Russell, 1999; Sakofs,1991). This is remarkable, considering that the majority of p...

Treatment at Three Rivers focuses on the whole child - emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual. Parent involvement is an essential part of treatment. Treatment philosophy is based on the principles of the individual's ability to make right or wrong choices, the importance of internal change, respect, honesty, and harmonious relationships. The therapist and field staff use an individualized, pos...

Wilderness Treatment Center is a 60 day inpatient chemical dependency treatment facility for adolescents / young men between the ages of 14 and 24. It combines a conventional 30 day inpatient stay with a 16-21 day wilderness expedition. As always, each of the expeditions is staffed by one of the counselors and a wilderness instructor for the duration of the trip. The two components and length of s...