Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katelyn Haruko Schmisseur is one of many former campers coming forward to share their experiences with wilderness therapy. They ...

In recent years, several lawsuits have challenged wilderness therapy program exclusions in health plans. Not only do members typically assert a claim for benefits, alleging a denial of wilderness ...

I wholeheartedly believe in the power of nature to help with mental health and addiction, but there is no room in this industry for abuse and neglect. I have cried around many campfires, and I have ...

Each year, hundreds of Colorado teens end up in wilderness therapy programs—but should recent calls for reform give parents pause? Photo Illustration by Eleanor Shakespeare. The Local newsletter is ...

The problems started early on. The young girl from a Denver suburb — identified in a recent lawsuit only as “I.” — had problems interacting with the kids at school. She got bullied. The oldest of ...

A North Carolina wilderness therapy group where a 12-year-old boy died earlier this month faces new allegations of mistreatment, this time from a former female participant who says a program therapist ...

At Newport Academy, we address the root causes of self-destructive behaviors, not just the symptoms. We guide teens and their families to achieve long-term, sustainable healing by treating the ...

Drug and alcohol addiction is the destroyer of intimacy, self-confidence, esteem, aspirations, and, most of all, relationships, both with others and with a higher power. We are here to point the way, ...