Woodbury Reports

Cyber bullying and how social media and available technology has changed that and some of the results of a longer adolescence that extends into the twenties with suggestions for parents and how parents and adolescents can better relate to each other.

How we can tell when anxiety crosses the line to where the child needs professional treatment, some of the causes of increased adolescent anxiety in our society and methods used to treat anxiety.

Brainspotting is a neuro-biological process involving body sensation, eye position and current psychological practices, allowing for clients to process traumatic events, attachment distress and performance concerns.

Rob Neilson talks about how his interest in Karate, hypnotherapy and teens with emotional and behavioral problems led him to establish Cedar Ridge Academy 16 years ago, a therapeutic boarding school.

Allen Cordoza of West Shield Investigations recalls his early career experience as a 19-year-old discovering a runaway girl being exploited by the sex trade in this country.

Adult weight loss management program for ages 20 – 29 designed by famous fitness expert John Taylor on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Stories of the various origins of wilderness therapy, starting with a New England summer camp founded in the 1880s, the Salesmanship Club of Dallas founded in 1944, with modifications from the Boy Scouts and Outward Bound.

Computer gaming from the view of the impact on brain development, impact of violent and gory graphics on especially the very young, and speculation about what it means as the younger generation learns from gaming what can be called systems literacy.

Sanchez and Olsen talk about their pioneering experience in developing the basic concepts of wilderness therapy in a BYU program in the late 1960s. Their work is usually credited as the original work developing wilderness therapy programs.

How the basics of professionalism in working with struggling teens is putting the needs of the child first, and the ways that NATSAP and IECA are enhancing professional conduct to the members.