Wilderness Programs for Troubled Teens in Louisiana

 

Wilderness Programs in Louisiana, also known as troubled teen Outdoor Therapy Programs, emphasize therapy and positive behavioral change over discipline. While students must follow strict guidelines to ensure safety, nature serves as the ultimate teacher. Troubled teens in Louisiana are particularly impacted by the realization that the wilderness cannot be manipulated by them. The group environment teaches them the value of cooperation and joint effort.
The wilderness is an outstanding method used in treating troubled teens. Leaving behind the ongoing distractions of computers, cell phones and unwise peers, teens feel free to discard their "image" and understand themselves in a deeper way. Moving outside their comfort zone, these teens start learning new skills and begin to see life from a different perspective. While in a wilderness program, teens have 24-hour support from field guides and therapists who encourage them to begin replacing negative thoughts and habits with positive ones. As the trip progresses, the teen begins to see a natural environment teeming with positive life and beauty. Soon, the same sense of a proper environment can transfer to the living system of the troubled teen.

The wilderness is an outstanding method used in treating troubled teens. Leaving behind the ongoing distractions of computers, cell phones and unwise peers, teens feel free to discard their "image" and understand themselves in a deeper way. Moving outside their comfort zone, these teens start learning new skills and begin to see life from a different perspective. While in a wilderness program, teens have 24-hour support from field guides and therapists who encourage them to begin replacing negative thoughts and habits with positive ones. As the trip progresses, the teen begins to see a natural environment teeming with positive life and beauty. Soon, the same sense of a proper environment can transfer to the living system of the troubled teen.

Currently there are not any wilderness programs in Louisiana. There are many other alternatives for troubled teen help besides wilderness programs in Louisiana. Residential treatment centers offer services including constant staff supervision, therapists and counselors for both male and female teens who have mental disorders or drug problems. They provide a safe environment where the troubled teen is away from negative outside influences. Boarding schools provide a facility where teens live together and are monitored by teachers.

If you need questions answered for your concerns as to where to place your teen please call Abundant Life Academy at 888-305-6729. Abundant Life Academy's child placing specialists are dedicated to helping families of troubled teenagers find the very best possible solution.

Many cities in Louisiana do not have Wilderness Programs, here are a few of those cities:

New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Metairie, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Kenner, Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, Marrero, New Iberia, Houma, Chalmette, Laplace, Slidell, Terrytown, Opelousas, Harvey, Ruston, Sulphur, Natchitoches, Hammond, Gretna, Shenandoah

For immediate help with placing your child in the correct program or school please contact ALA, (Abundant Life Academy) to talk to a child education specialist at 888-305-6729.
 



Abundant Life Academy is among Christian boarding schools with residential therapy and behavioral therapy for troubled teen girls and boys with teen counseling for girls and boys to improve behavior of teenagers struggling with anger, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), attention deficit, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance abuse, depression, reactive attachment disorder (RAD), intermittent explosive disorder (IED), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, self-harm, or rebellion.

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Abundant Life Academy provides troubled teens with teen counseling for girls and boys and adolescent therapy. Our Christian boarding schools serve girls an boys from in Texas, in Utah, in California, in Oregon and in Washington State in the West Coast and in Arizona, in New Mexico, in Oklahoma and in Nevada in the Southwest. In the southern and central states we serve teens in Arkansas, in Kentucky, in Tennessee, in Missouri, in Louisiana, and in Mississippi, in Michigan, in Ohio, in Indiana and in Illinois and in the northern states in Montana, in North Dakota, in Minnesota, and in Idaho in the north, and along the east coast from in Georgia to in Florida, in Virginia, in New York, in North Carolina, in Pennsylvania, and in New Jersey.