With its sweeping desert vistas, millions of acres of public lands to hike through and parent-friendly laws around who can make medical decisions for teenagers, Utah became known as the place to send ...

Programs called wilderness therapy or outdoor behavioral health care take many forms. But they usually involve taking groups of teens out into the woods, mountains, or desert for long periods of time ...

North Carolina health officials said Friday that they are removing all children from the care of a wilderness therapy program, Trails Carolina, nearly two weeks after the death of a 12-year-old New ...

In 2007, 17-year-old Sarah Stusek woke up at 4 a.m. The lights were mysteriously turned on. Her phone was gone. She looked up to see a man and a woman hovering over her on either side of the bed. They ...

In 1994, when I was fourteen years old, my parents, with considerable reluctance, accepted the recommendation of an educational consultant and sent me to an outdoor therapeutic program in Oregon.

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 ...

Wilderness therapy is an experiential form of therapy that combines outdoor experiences and therapy sessions. “Wilderness therapy can provide an encouraging and understanding milieu for self-discovery ...