Doug Nelson, who is a very early pioneer in developing what became Wilderness Therapy programs, shared his experiences concerning the early days of Wilderness Therapy for teenagers with talk show host Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio's Struggling Teens show
Doug Nelson
Doug Nelson got started with Wilderness Therapy as the Director of the BYU Survival Program in 1973, and he worked in that position all the way up to 2008. Throughout this period, he also established Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS). Later, while he was still a teacher at BYU, he began the Wilderness Academy which developed into Aspen Wellness Services.
Recalling the Early Days of Wilderness Therapy
The entire Wilderness Therapy movement grew largely out of scholastic experiments at Brigham Young College, in Provo, Utah, in the late 1960s, when Larry Dean Olsen provided a program for students teaching them all about wilderness living. His program was modelled on the structure of the highly successful Outward Bound program. Olsen took stressed and troubled students into the desert to find out how to live in the wild and develop survival skills, and he began noticing improved habits, behavior and scholastic success. One of his pupils was Doug Nelson, who really felt an instant affinity for the 30 day survival program. It reminded him of his childhood in a Southern Utah farm neighborhood, where he had spent a substantial quantity of his youth, teenage years, and very early adult years backpacking through the wilderness. One fortuitous event lead to another and within two years, he came to be the supervisor of the BYU Survival Program.
Describing the BOSS program, Nelson shared how students on a 21 day exploration would come home changed for the better, much more appreciative of their parents and compliant with their desires. As a result of this success, after he sold the BOSS program, Nelson developed a brand-new program for teens. This was the Wilderness Academy, which combined the 21 day program with a therapeutic part to integrate the numerous lessons learned in the wilderness with everyday life. Specialists in the field would draw parallels between a youngster's wilderness experiences with what was taking place in their home. Additionally, parents were urged to spend 3 days with their kid at trail's end, and they were reimbursed for part of the expenses if they were willing to make this extra effort.
Nelson shared stories regarding a few of the therapeutic experiences that emerged for kids and their parents. Usually, it was found that the child was acting out as a result of concerns associated with the parents. For example, in one case, the parents were thinking about a divorce. In another instance, the dad was too busy with his work as an attorney to invest much time parenting.
Nelson described how Steve Cartisano created an effective advertising program that made the Wilderness Therapy industry so popular. Nevertheless, there were many opportunistic programs run like boot camps as opposed to healing programs, and this resulted in fatalities, forcing various States to make new regulations to make sure safety factors were followed.
Now retired, Nelson has played a significant part in the early days of Wilderness Therapy, assisting it develop from an experiment at BYU to becoming a powerful restorative choice for distressed teenagers when absolutely nothing else helped them.
Doug Nelson
Doug Nelson got started with Wilderness Therapy as the Director of the BYU Survival Program in 1973, and he worked in that position all the way up to 2008. Throughout this period, he also established Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS). Later, while he was still a teacher at BYU, he began the Wilderness Academy which developed into Aspen Wellness Services.
Recalling the Early Days of Wilderness Therapy
The entire Wilderness Therapy movement grew largely out of scholastic experiments at Brigham Young College, in Provo, Utah, in the late 1960s, when Larry Dean Olsen provided a program for students teaching them all about wilderness living. His program was modelled on the structure of the highly successful Outward Bound program. Olsen took stressed and troubled students into the desert to find out how to live in the wild and develop survival skills, and he began noticing improved habits, behavior and scholastic success. One of his pupils was Doug Nelson, who really felt an instant affinity for the 30 day survival program. It reminded him of his childhood in a Southern Utah farm neighborhood, where he had spent a substantial quantity of his youth, teenage years, and very early adult years backpacking through the wilderness. One fortuitous event lead to another and within two years, he came to be the supervisor of the BYU Survival Program.
Describing the BOSS program, Nelson shared how students on a 21 day exploration would come home changed for the better, much more appreciative of their parents and compliant with their desires. As a result of this success, after he sold the BOSS program, Nelson developed a brand-new program for teens. This was the Wilderness Academy, which combined the 21 day program with a therapeutic part to integrate the numerous lessons learned in the wilderness with everyday life. Specialists in the field would draw parallels between a youngster's wilderness experiences with what was taking place in their home. Additionally, parents were urged to spend 3 days with their kid at trail's end, and they were reimbursed for part of the expenses if they were willing to make this extra effort.
Nelson shared stories regarding a few of the therapeutic experiences that emerged for kids and their parents. Usually, it was found that the child was acting out as a result of concerns associated with the parents. For example, in one case, the parents were thinking about a divorce. In another instance, the dad was too busy with his work as an attorney to invest much time parenting.
Nelson described how Steve Cartisano created an effective advertising program that made the Wilderness Therapy industry so popular. Nevertheless, there were many opportunistic programs run like boot camps as opposed to healing programs, and this resulted in fatalities, forcing various States to make new regulations to make sure safety factors were followed.
Now retired, Nelson has played a significant part in the early days of Wilderness Therapy, assisting it develop from an experiment at BYU to becoming a powerful restorative choice for distressed teenagers when absolutely nothing else helped them.
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Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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