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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you PP. They haven't offered an alternative because there isn't one when you get to that point. The poster who is lambasting wilderness programs is woefully misinformed about what quality programs exist and believes the Paris Hilton's of the world. Don't get me wrong. Abuse exists. But abuse exists everywhere sadly. And I would say it is even worse at the poorly staffed residential facilities. Sigh. I wish I had an answer. My heart hurts every day. [/quote]

how long do you think you can keep this line up? there are hundreds/thousands of Wilderness “Therapy” program survivor and their friends/relatives (like me) who know it’s not true. if there is a quality program name it, and we’ll see. [/quote]

And we’re still waiting for the alternative.

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the alternative is “don’t send your kid there.”[/quote]

No not an alternative. When your kid needs help and your kid and family are in danger, no treatment is not the answer. I stand by my decision and thank God we had the means to do it. [/quote]

bad treatment is worse than no trearment. obviously. the fact that you keep on engaging in this logical fallacy makes me doubt your truthfulness, maybe to yourself as well. clearly you believe that wilderness therapy actually worked for your particular child. if so, name the program, how they provide therepeutic and medicsl services, how long your child was there, and what your child is doing now. what I am saying is that the industry is full of abuse and bad actors. that doesn’t preclude there being good residential programs that use outdoor activities therepeutically in an appropriate way. so explain it, or not. but you can’t rebut the lengthy and horrific documented history of wilderness “therapy” just by saying “we had no other choice!!!”[/quote]

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