Wonderness
Wilderness Aftercare
Wonderness Aftercare is an individualized 3 month wilderness aftercare program. We have designed effective ways to integrate the hard work teens, young adults, and their families have made in wilderness programs into everyday life ensuring ongoing, long lasting change.
Key Tenets of Wonderness Wilderness Aftercare include.
- Mastering healthy relational skills takes practice in the real world. Being with clients day to day allows for the natural trial, error, and repair of communication which creates a safe space for youth and parents to learn together.
- Gaining mastery in different real world environments. Using experiential support activates clients to integrate the concepts of therapy into concrete skill sets
- Interweaving local coaches and community for long term, ongoing skill integration and development. Using local clinical teams creates a home base of support for clients and families resulting in an end to clinical work and beginning of healthier living.
- Finding the sense of play and adventure in everyday life. Boots on the ground support extends the sense of adventure in wilderness to everyday life
We integrate the work from wilderness programs through:
- Teen/Young Adult therapy and activity based coaching
- Parent coaching
- Family therapy at home
- Individual and family wilderness excursions
We reached out to Wonder for help in supporting my 20 year old son. He was struggling with confidence which contributed to little success with getting a job and keeping it. As his parent, I felt a little at a loss because I tried to support him in all the ways I knew, but nothing seemed to help. Nigel was instrumental in my son's progress. He was able to connect with my son and help him build the confidence and self identity necessary to secure the job! I only wish that there had been a resource like this when my son was younger - someone who could come into my home and observe the patterns that weren't serving us! I'd highly recommend Wonder's services to any parent looking for an innovative and effective support for their family.
K.SParent 
I was more focused on finding the “right” person to be our son's mentor, which we did but did not give a lot of thought to the person that would coach us. Little did I know that the parent coach was going to be my lifeline for the first couple of months after our son got home. She listened and talked us through a couple of very stressful situations, told us when we should stay strong vs. doubting ourselves and giving in and making suggestions based on what our son's mentor was telling her. Having our parent coach and our son’s mentor operating in such a close working relationship gave us insight to our son’s needs that enabled us to hear and support him the way he needed to succeed.
S.M.Parent
Wonder is truly wonderful. When we needed help transitioning our daughter home from her therapeutic boarding school, Wonder provided a professional and fun “friend” who picked her up from school, spent time doing fun things, and most importantly, asked the right questions. Wonder saved us a lot of worry and served as a great support for the whole family.
L.R.Parent
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Our Approach
Modern + Dynamic Approach = Family System Healing and Evolution
Wonder’s approach changes the dynamic of therapy. We individualize our programs and continually assess as we ebb and flow with the needs of our families. We work collaboratively with families while staying rooted in clinical plans and goals.
