Sorenson Ranch School
Koosharem, UT

Trauma can lead to many mental health difficulties and behavioral problems. Some common traumas are natural disasters, serious accidents, and the death of a loved one, rape, sexual and/or physical abuse, domestic violence, divorce, and even a major move when a teen is uprooted from friends and the local community in which one is uprooted from one's friends and community. Trauma can lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD symptoms include being hyper-vigilant, over reacting to benign events that remind one of the trauma, emotional numbness, anxiety, anger, sleep difficulties, nightmares, and flashbacks. Sometimes trauma can lead to other mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and behavioral acting out.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a specific form of therapeutic treatment that has proven to be especially effective with troubled teens. EMDR is one of the few therapeutic techniques that have been demonstrated through evidence-based research to be effective. Sorenson's Ranch utilizes EDMR as one of the many techniques to achieve positive results for students. EMDR is based on a simple technique that gets both the left and right sides of the brain working while the student recalls the traumatic experience. With the facilitation of the therapist, the troubled teen is able to work through the trauma. EMDR is just one of the many therapies and techniques incorporated into the curriculum at Sorenson's Ranch School. Sorenson's Ranch combines therapy and real life experience to help troubled teens and troubled youth to overcome many different issues.

For more information visit Sorenson's Ranch on the web at: www.sorensonranch.com or call the admissions office at 1-800-455-4590.

About Sorenson's Ranch School:
Sorenson's is a second generation family owned school with over 30 years experience helping troubled teens. We were one of the first programs to combine therapy, experiential learning, academics and behavioral modification to help troubled teens.