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Residential Treatment for
Adolescent Depression
There
are many unique programs available to help teens
struggling with depression. From short-term
wilderness programs, alternative
summer camps, to boarding
schools.
Program
Spotlight: Aspen
Ranch of Utah
This
working ranch uses the unique approach known as
equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP). EAP uses
horses as a tool to promote emotional growth in
struggling teenagers.
EAP
is a collaborative effort between a licensed therapist
and an equine specialist in which the goal is
to generate a positive engagement with the students
utilizing an experiential, animal-based modality.
Students at Aspen Ranch learn about themselves
and others by participating in structured activities
with the horses, then processing their feelings,
behaviors, and patterns. EAP essentially reveals
insights through analogy and metaphor. By relating
their experiences with the horses to other people
and issues in their lives, our students can begin
to examine their negative behaviors and understand
how to change them into positive behaviors.
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