True North Wilderness Program - (802) 583-1144

True North Wilderness Program is a small, individualized, hiking based wilderness program in Waistfield, Vermont. TNWP works with teens and young adults.

True North Wilderness Program is located in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Our goal is to provide opportunities that inspire and empower our students and their families to reach their full potential. We work with Adolescents 14-17 and Young Adults 18-22. True North students typically present with mild depression, anger, anxiety, oppositional defiance, learning differences, academic difficulty, problems with peer and family relationships, and experimentation with substance use. Our groups are limited to six students with a 3:1 student to staff ratio. The average length of stay for adolescents is 8-10 weeks and 10-12 weeks for our young adults. Adolescent groups are single gender and Young Adult groups can be co-ed.
Our program is a hiking based model throughout the year on the National and State Forests of Vermont with base camp lodging in heated cabins during the winter months on the Windridge Camp campus located in Roxbury, Vermont. Master’s level therapists work together with field guides, students, and families to create individualized treatment plans. Students engage in individual therapy twice a week and group therapy multiple times per week. Students work on primitive wilderness skills throughout their stay and complete a personal portfolio to help them to stay connected to new skills and confidence as they transition to the next step. Our Parent Program allows parents to engage in weekly parent curriculum assignments and phone calls as well as a two-day intensive parent workshop. Our sophisticated clinical team works with students and families from all over the world to meet their individual needs year round on a rolling admission basis.

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