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Processing Parental Grief: When the Concept of a ‘Normal’ Family is Shattered

By Deschutes Wilderness Therapy | February 4, 2022

As parents, you may have held a standard of what you want or hoped for your family. You had a pretty clear idea of how you’d like your family to grow together. Having a child or children with mental health challenges can turn your expectations on its head. There is nothing shameful about the grief…

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How Parents Can Help Destigmatize Their Teen’s Mental Illness

By Deschutes Wilderness Therapy | December 8, 2021

Most parents of teens grew up during a time where mental illness was something to keep quiet or was considered shameful. You didn’t feel cool telling your friends about your anxiety attack or being depressed. Your parent’s generation was more likely to ask you to keep such details quiet, or they minimally acknowledged it. The…

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ACE Test Aids in Depression, Suicide Awareness in Troubled Youth

By Deschutes Wilderness Therapy | September 8, 2021

Depression and suicide in the United States among troubled youth have been on the rise prior to 2020. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are proving to be key factors that influence these events in teens and adolescence. ACE Test Factors – A Breakdown ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) are those that occurred before a child’s eighteen birthday.…

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Nature Immersion – The Ways and Whys It is Important to Integrate It Into Daily Life

By Emily Fritz | August 7, 2021

For decades, studies spoke about the importance of our exposure to nature and the benefits. However, it seems like it took a global pandemic to magnify nature as an important essential that the general public treated mostly as a leisurely pursuit, was content to view from an office window, or considered a ‘nice to have’…

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Nature is Medicine — Even for Indoors-y Types. Let Us Count the Ways.

By Emily Fritz | July 29, 2021

Research has shown that nature is indeed a form of medicine and contributes to what Deschutes Wilderness Therapy is today. However, for those who are less inclined to seek nature — even during a pandemic, getting those benefits may seem out of reach. These people may have bad memories of camping/hiking expeditions gone sideways and ongoing challenges…

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What is Anxiety Disorder and What It’s Not. Know When Your Teen Needs Treatment.

By Emily Fritz | June 28, 2021

Identifying anxiety in your troubled teen may not be a straightforward assessment.

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