by kayla | Mar 23, 2022 | Clinical, Program
While your child is the primary client we work with at Summit Achievement, we believe that a strong family program is an integral part of the overall treatment process and plays a significant role in the success of our students after graduating. The innovative Summit...
by kayla | Nov 10, 2021 | Admissions, Clinical, Program, Student Stories
It was 5 AM when the LOD (Leader of The Day), watch went off. My teammates were all sleeping, as were the guides. I woke up my guide, Whitney, who maybe was hoping I would sleep in. We packed day bags and headed up South Bald Face, almost running, so we could get to...
by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Admissions, Clinical, Program, Staff Stories, Wilderness Therapy Programming
by Will White, DA, LCSW, MLADC CSW, MLADC Over 25 years ago, I was part of the team that started Summit Achievement, the country’s first hybrid model wilderness therapy program. Before joining Summit, I practiced as a licensed mental...
by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Clinical, Program, Staff Stories
By Caitlyn Cook, LCPC, ATR-BC, Clinical Director of Summit Achievement Read the below blog post or watch this new video with Caitlyn talking about the benefits of wilderness therapy for teen girls....
by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Admissions, Program, Staff Stories
In this video Nichol Ernst, LCSW, Executive Director, Co-Owner of Summit Achievement reviews the value of our model. Watch the video or scroll below for a summary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUrrSkgBajA&t=22s We are an owner-operated residential...
by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Admissions, Clinical, Program, Staff Stories, Wilderness Therapy Programming
By Mike DeLuca, LCSW Since the days of vision quests in the wild by First Nation youth, or much later in the 1960s when the Colorado Outward Bound School first started using wilderness to foster resiliency, character, and compassion in American youth, humans have...
