Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
Second Nature Wilderness Program
Lain the Odd:
That's the basic idea with Second Nature.
My particular ordeal began with being kidnapped and shipped there as so many. My crime consisted entirely of.. being sad. I still love the idea that taking a depressed transsexual and shipping her to Mormon Utah, minus what few comforts did exist and plus sadistic staff and insane 'therapeutic' ideas were going to make it better.
As noted, the therapist (who was everyone there's therapist) was around at most once a week. This in contrast to the therapist I had at home, who I saw once a week, liked, and respected, and if something came up I needed to talk about he could usually be on call within a few hours at most.
I won't get into the gory details, but staff were every bit as sadistic as any other program, only they really weren't allowed to beat people up randomly - bad PR, I guess. They were perfectly happy with mind games, and those were about the extent of the "therapy".
Now, they get paid for processed meat turned over to more 'long-term' programs, so throughout this they were buttering up my parents to make me such afterwards, of course. They did, the 2 other places and 2 stints at Second Nature gave me PTSD, and that's a story for you.
Conclusion: While I don't doubt the value of doing so, I don't even need to trash Second Nature with its obvious faults and false advertising (which, I will confirm, is false as they come). My argument is a bit simpler: It DOESN'T WORK.
Buddha22:
Just one answer to consider.
kids at programs like where you sent your kid, have rules about talking down about the program to their parents.basically, if they say anything bad about the program over the phone, or by mail, they will get severely punished for it.
programs like those are infamous about their abusive treatment methods. like isolation, verbal,psychological, and physical abuse.
I will be typically not surprised if its an unlicensed facility with untrained staff members.
Anonymous:
The therapists at Second Nature are excellent- the best I have encountered. They are highly trained and many are PhDs. The kids are not punished for trashing or bad-mouthing the program and their letters to parents are not censored. It works well for many kids.
The kids at wilderness have reached the point where they won't GET in the car for the parents to take them to see a therapist.
Anonymous:
TheWho:
--- Quote ---My argument is a bit simpler: It DOESN'T WORK.
--- End quote ---
Correction: It didnt work for you!!
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