Beth Fogel, the Administrator of Expedition Therapy in Utah for young adults, joined Lon December 18, 2014 to explain how parent coaching is working to help families with a child in a wilderness therapy program. She explained that keeping parents in snych with their child while in a wilderness therapy program has many benefits. It helps the parents learn how to support their child's efforts, helps bring the family back together, helps the young adult directly by gaining better understanding and support from his/her parents and helps motivate them to be optimistic about looking forwred to a unified family.
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