Group Homes for Young Adults Independence, MO
Expanse Wilderness is a top wilderness treatment program, providing life skills training, substance abuse recovery, and mental health treatment for emotionally challenged emerging adults from the Independence, MO area. During their stay at Expanse Wilderness, our adult wilderness students turn over a new leaf in life, and begin a new path to a life of sobriety and peace. Although Expanse Wilderness may be located outside the area of Independence, MO, we accept into our program young adult men or women from all over the country.
Historically, the term "Group Home" referred to shelters where house residents possessed some mental or physical handicaps. Today, the term "Group Home" is often used as a general term for "long-term residential rehab centers" or "rehab treatment centers." Expanse Wilderness is one such long-term residential rehab center and rehab treatment center, being a accredited outdoor therapy program for struggling young adults. During their stay in our program, young adult clients alternatively learn the skills for sobriety and acquire healthy ways to handle and resolve negative influences.
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Wilderness Therapy: The Best Alternative to Group Homes
At Expanse Wilderness, we believe that wilderness therapy is an effective form of treatment, based on the philosophies of the Arbinger Institute, we put into practice established therapeutic practices, and combine them with a wilderness environment that is healing in of itself. In fact, multiple studies have been done that prove nature improves physical and mental ailments and afflictions. By providing therapy and counseling in a wilderness setting, the programs provided through Expanse Wilderness are more effective than those provided by conventional therapy settings.
Additionally, wilderness therapy helps even the most resistant emerging adults from the Independence, MO area, to become open to treatment. It also helps those struggling with denial about their substance abuse to become aware of their addiction and willing to accept help. Furthermore, it supports those suffering from depression and anxiety, offering them with lasting peace and serenity.
Our family consultants at Expanse Wilderness are available to support and coach relatives of troubled young adult men or women. If you are ready to pave the path of remediation for your loved one, call (800) 685-3059 today!
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Expanse Wilderness is a premier wilderness outdoor therapy camp, as well as an affiliated member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. We deliver Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and Somatic experiencing therapy for struggling young adults from the Independence, MO area, who may be suffering from drug addiction (dependency), gender issues, failure to launch, or other behavioral afflictions. Expanse Wilderness is the optimal alternative to group homes for emerging adults, with proven treatment philosophies and successful experiences with youth remediation and change.
While some people may feel that therapeutic programs segregated by gender are the optimal choice, they may be misinformed. With single-sex programs and schools, there is a lack of educational focus, greater inequality between the genders, an increase in gender stereotypes, and more.
Co-ed environments, on the other hand, provide opportunities to build interpersonal relationships with members of the opposite sex in a healthy, productive manner. Gender stereotypes are nullified as both sexes work together on treatment and activities related to their recovery. In fact, 62% of students at co-ed schools feel they can participate in many activities with both same sex or opposite sex partners. This prepares them for the real world, and for their place in the workforce.
Benefits of a Natural Therapy Setting
Additionally, the wilderness setting for the therapeutic program provides the epitome of experiential treatment, happening 24 hours each day, and blended with traditional individual and group therapy sessions. This offers a stark difference from traditional settings, and provides greater opportunities for observation and intervention without the constant distractions afforded by traditional settings.
Studies have shown that natural settings result in a higher capacity for paying attention, which means the treatment will be far more effective than it would in an indoor environment. Our adult wilderness students are less distracted in a natural environment, and have the added benefit of nature being proven to have significant mental and physical health benefits.
Wilderness treatment center
Expanse Wilderness is one of the top wilderness treatment centers in the U.S., and is designed to support emotionally challenged young adult men or women who are suffering from alcohol abuse (dependency), learning differences, or personality disorders. As a result of the high success rates it has garnered, wilderness therapy is becoming an increasingly more popular treatment among psychologists and counselors, especially for young adults who have already experienced other treatment and recovery programs without much success.
About wilderness treatment programs
We now know that wilderness treatment programs have a considerable impact on struggling emerging adults, since they require the young adult client to be taken out of their comfort zone and placed in the distraction-free serenity of nature. Once the adult wilderness students are adequately assessed by the mental health counselors, the natural setting and the tailored therapy programs provided are a catalyst for growth.
The setting allows psychologists to work in fun and non-pathologizing ways, which means the young adult clients are likely to pay more attention. Furthermore, nature is devoid of the daily distractions offered by traditional settings. This means defensive barriers are broken down, and young adult men or women work their way through an avoidance stage, a learning phase, and a self-growth and self-efficacy stage. This allows for effective treatment, therapy, and change.
While under 24 supervision, our adult wilderness students learn the importance of responsibility and self-efficacy while also participating in adventure programs and outdoor activities. This experiential therapy helps them to develop positive relationships, builds trust, and helps them to learn the life skills needed to succeed in a life of sobriety and healthy thinking. Simply put, wilderness therapy is life-changing.
At Expanse Wilderness, our admissions directors are always available to support and coach any families with the next critical step. Call (800) 685-3059 today!