Owner-Operators Help Provide Quality Care
Each has dedicated their professional life to helping struggling youth and their families, and has a proven track record of success. Given the chance, the programs these owners have developed can have a profound impact on your child’s life and the health of your family.
Owner Operators
Our program owners are some of the world’s foremost experts in adolescent behavioral therapy, bringing decades of …
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These consultants have unparalleled knowledge of different therapy options available across the industry. They consistently evaluate…
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Therapists, doctors, and other therapeutic professionals offer key insights into client diagnoses, history, and individual needs. Their…
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While FHW provides a nurturing environment along with cutting-edge therapy, we cannot replace the guidance and love…
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- blueFire is an outdoor therapy program for youth ages 11-17. blueFire combines clinical expertise, wilderness, and adventure therapy in their educator and clinician-owned program, providing an approach to treatment which produces long-lasting, internalized change.
- WinGate is an outdoor treatment program serving all genders ages 13-26 through an immersive, clinically-focused, and uninterrupted therapeutic wilderness experience. This program specializes in helping individuals struggling with anger, low self-esteem, anxiety, trauma, loss, attachment, adoption issues, school refusal, executive functioning and co-occurring substance abuse.
- Trails Carolina is an outdoor mental and behavioral healthcare program for pre-teens and adolescents ages 10-17. This clinically sophisticated and time-tested program engages students through wilderness therapy, mindfulness and yoga, equine-assisted therapy, intentional transitions from wilderness expeditions to base camps, and academic engagement.
- Asheville Academy is a therapeutic boarding school serving girls ages 10-14 who struggle in their family system, schooling, or peer groups. This program specializes in relationship-based treatment—emphasizing high levels of family intervention, emotional safety, and healthy boundaries.
- Discover Seven Stars is a residential treatment program for teens ages 13-17 who struggle with neurodevelopmental delays and disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD. Seven Star’s model combines experiential therapy with residential treatment built upon the foundation of positive psychology, self efficacy, self determination and cognitive therapy.
- Elevations is an all-gender residential treatment program providing youth ages 13-18 with personalized, interdisciplinary care. Elevations offers psychiatric care, specialized and intensive clinical groups, accredited academics, and experiential therapy to students with trauma, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, suicidality, and self-harm.
- Equinox is a trauma-informed residential treatment program for young men ages 14-18 who struggle with relational trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. The clinical team at Equinox specializes in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) for long-lasting change.
- New Focus Academy (NFA) is a specialized school and residential treatment program for students ages 12-18 with Autism Spectrum (ASD) and similar neurodevelopmental difficulties, that include cognitive, organizational, and/or emotional challenges. At NFA research-based and pragmatic solutions are utilized to develop independence and self-esteem in their students. An overall relationship and brain based approach is woven into individual, family, group, and recreation therapy. Academically, individualized education plans, vocational learning, and project-based opportunities are targeted with each student.
- Red Mountain Colorado is a residential treatment program for teens ages 14-17 struggling with substance abuse, addiction, and trauma. This program utilizes clinical services and mindfulness based programming to holistically treat trauma, depression, anxiety, recovery from substance abuse, ADHD, or any combination of these issues.
- ROOTS Transition is a residential treatment program serving young women 15-18 years old who have attachment, relational, and/or developmental trauma. This program integrates outdoor adventure, intensive family support, and deep clinical work through the use of the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) to help individuals overcome trauma and maladaptive behaviors.
- Sandhill Child Development Center treats children, ages 5 to 14. The common denominator amongst admitted diagnoses is significant emotional dysregulation impacting the ability to function at home, in school, or their communities. This program’s holistic approach integrates a relationally-based, clinical approach that grounds the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) into every aspect of daily living.
- Solstice East is a residential treatment program serving adolescents (Female, Transmale, Non-binary) ages 14 – 18 struggling with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, substance abuse, and trauma and its associated symptoms.This program focuses on relationship-based treatment—emphasizing high levels of family intervention, emotional safety, and healthy boundaries.
- Solstice West is a residential treatment program helping adolescents ages 14-18 struggling with trauma, loss, attachment issues, and addictive behaviors. Trauma-focused, relationship-based treatment programs are specialized to support each student and family’s needs with a holistic approach.
- Triple Divide Lodge is a 90-day residential treatment program for adolescent males ages 14-19 struggling with a history of substance abuse disorder and possible co-occurring disorders. This program’s trauma-focused, family-centered, and transitional approach helps young men learn their strengths as they work toward recovery.
- Uinta Academy is a residential treatment program serving youth assigned female at birth ages 13-21 who struggle with attachment issues, mood disorders, maintaining interpersonal relationships, and/or healing after trauma. Uinta’s equine-assisted psychotherapy, trauma-informed therapy, research-based therapeutic milieu, and accredited academic program promote long-lasting change.
- blueFire PulsaR is a co-educational outdoor therapy program for young adults ages 18-28. Adventure therapy, equine therapy, academic opportunities, career counseling, and “family spark” help students open up and look at their life. This program is dedicated to helping students regain a better sense of the world around them while addressing their emotions by developing healthy coping skills and communication skills.
- Foundations Asheville is a residential community serving young adults aged 18-24 who are looking to acquire the tools to make the transition from adolescence to life as an independent adult. Therapists, teachers, and mentors work collaboratively to help students set and realize specific goals during their time at Foundations. Through local internships and jobs alongside traditional and trade skill educational opportunities, individuals are supported in establishing a strong base for future success. Foundations helps young adults aspire to find meaning, direction, relationships, and self-reliance in their lives.
- Journey Home is a residential program for young women and individuals assigned female at birth, ages 16-21. This program is a sister program to the Solstice programs. Here, young adults work with therapists, educators, and mentors to build upon the therapeutic skills they learned in their prior programs while learning life skills and healthy habits, all with the support of staff and peers.
- Red Mountain Sedona is a gender-inclusive program designed to help young adults, ages 18-28, with behavioral and/or emotional challenges “launch” and transition into a fulfilling and productive life. An outstanding academic program increases program graduates college admission rates and overall academic success. Individuals struggling with substance abuse or trauma are supported by licensed professionals to overcome these challenges and build resilience. Red Mountain Sedona works with the mind, body, and spirit using a multidisciplinary approach of evidenced-based therapies, mindfulness practices, life skills development, and executive function coaching.
- Trails Momentum is an adventure-based outdoor program for young adults ages 18-25 who are struggling to launch themselves into adulthood. Adventure programming, clinical services, family involvement, college coursework, and social skill development are interwoven to maximize the transference of important life skills and address clinical and behavioral challenges.
- The ViewPoint Center is a specialty psychiatric hospital for adolescents of all genders ages 12-17. Youth are immersed in an environment with passionate and dedicated professionals working round-the-clock to understand and treat the root of symptomatic behaviors and mental struggles. Patients engage in a full neuropsychological assessment with care and guidance provided by a highly specialized treatment team including psychiatric practitioners, registered nurses, a clinical psychologist, licensed and credentialed mental health therapists, and a licensed teacher. As a residential assessment program, clients and medical staff have the unique opportunity to safely assess which prescriptions are helpful versus hindering their health. This program provides comprehensive insights and diagnoses while establishing a strong long-term treatment plan.