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Woodbury Reports, Inc
Bonners Ferry, ID
Digging a New Path
for Wilderness Therapy
Contact:
Lon Woodbury, MA, CEP, IECA
208-267-5550
lon@woodbury.com
www.strugglingteens.com
Featuring:
Dr. Katie Kasenchak, PsyD
Therapist at Pacific Quest
808-937-5806
drkatie@pacificquest.org
www.pacificquest.org
Travis Slagle
Land Supervisor at Pacific Quest
808-937-5806
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The guests on Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, September 17, were Travis Slagle and Dr. Katie Kasenchak hailing from the big island of Hawaii. They shared with Lon the impact of Sustainable Growth™ on their students at Pacific Quest, an outdoor therapy program. Students focus on mindfulness and improve their executive functioning through the activity of organic gardening, in addition to acquiring sustainable life skills and learning to apply these skills to their lives back home.
Unlike wilderness therapy, Sustainable Growth™- horticultural therapy has a greater focus on community, systems and giving back. As Dr. Katie explained "Sustainable Growth™ is working with nature as opposed to battling nature. Wilderness therapy is a more rugged-man survival to the elements and learning to overcome its obstacles, whereas horticultural therapy promotes a greater sense of harmony, looking at the life cycles and creating a deeper sense of connection. By growing plants, we are creating oxygen and promoting the health of the person."
Travis went on to explain that "gardening is non-judgmental, it is a space with a relationship with another living thing and will respond to your care. By raising vegetables, the students get to see the results of their work, from selling the produce at the local farmers market, to seeing that the proceeds of their work goes to the many charities in the area. It allows them to look at what we give rather than what we take." Healing the land has identical connections to healing ourselves…the simplicity of 'because we come from nature we respond to nature' rings true and taps into something that is timeless. Gardening allows the students to focus outside of themselves, to focus on the plants and where they can learn to nurture, to give back to future generations of students to come, to being responsible within the community and understanding that when they take something from the land, they have to give something back.
To listen to the full interview go to Digging a New Path for Wilderness Therapy on LATalkRadio.
Also available in Podcast 
Lon Woodbury is the owner/founder of Woodbury Reports Inc. and www.strugglingteens.com. He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984 and is the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens.
Dr. Katie Kasenchak is one of eight therapists at Pacific Quest. Earning her BA in Psychology and Sociology from Pepperdine University and her Doctorate in Psychology from the Wright Institute, Dr. Katie has over 15 years of experience working with high risk youth in outpatient clinics, residential treatment centers, inpatient hospitals and specialized academic settings as well as in the outdoor environment.
Travis Slagle has over ten years of experience working with struggling teens both in wilderness and residential treatment programs. He is a life coach and motivational speaker, a master gardener and an active member of the American Horticultural Therapy Association and the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association. He is a currently the Land Supervisor at Pacific Quest.
This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, www.springridgeacademy.com, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.
Stay Tuned...Upcoming Programs:
September
September 24:
Mary Romero, author, child advocate and active Life Coach:
"Boundaries: How to Set Them and How to Keep Them"
October
October 1:
Andy Sapp, founder of Cherry Gulch, therapeutic boarding school:
"What do Boys Need?"
October 8:
Dr. Thomas Kimball, an Associated Professor at Texas Tech University and the Associate, Managing Director for the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery:
"Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery"
October 15:
Gary Hees, the Clinical Director at Spring Ridge Academy for Girls:
"New Approaches in Helping Troubled Teens"
October 22:
Brenda Baer, from Blueprint Education and Jennifer Blackstone, from Hope High School:
"Just What Is Blended Learning?
Parent Choices For Struggling Teens on on LATalkRadio, Mondays at 12:00pm, Pacific Time, Channel One.
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