>>1016209Basically you take people with psychological problems, trauma, ptsd, etc, put them in an expedition group together, and go on do /out/ shit with certified therapists who are also guides. They use the outdoors as a tool for healing and to teach people how to function again. It sounds like bullshit to a lot of people, but if its done right it can actually work really well.
Some programs like Open Sky in Utah are complete shit, borederline abusive, and need to be shut down, while others like SUWS of The Carolinas or the one I went to called Expedition Therapy Associates based in Utah can actually have a really positive impact. Most kids that go are forced by their parents to attend for 2-4 months, but I made the decision to go myself, and actually wanted to do it, so it was a much better and more constructive experience for me.
>girl who was raped by her dad and spent 9 months at the program>dude who'd done pretty much every single drug in existence but wanted to get clean>girl with bi-polar disorder>spoiled rich kid who smoked weed a few times so his parents freaked out and sent him to wilderness (we all hated that cunt)>And many others. These are they type of people I lived and traveled with for four months. Shit was intense but we helped each other a lot.
