Wilderness Therapy Program
Mount Pleasant, UT
Established in 2005
Aspiro is licensed by the state of Utah as a youth treatment program. While Aspiro is classified as a wilderness program, the term "Wilderness Adventure Therapy" (WAT) more accurately describes our approach. Aspiro is a 6-8 week, clinically sophisticated, high-impact intervention designed to help struggling youth develop self-respect, experience healing, and return to basic core values. Students benefit from a highly effective, solution-focused ...read moreapproach through a combination of individual, group, and adventure therapy. WAT Programs combine best practices from traditional Wilderness Therapy and High Adventure Therapy.
Aspiro works with participants 13-17 years of age with gender-specific groups. Vantage Point by Aspiro works with the same ages, but participants often exhibit more significant learning, social, cognitive, psychological and
developmental challenges. Kairos by Aspiro works with young adults ages 18-28. Common behaviors and concerns include family conflict, manipulation,depression, substance use or abuse, low self-esteem, oppositional behavior, entitlement, mild learning differences, anxiety, school failure, and negative peer relationships.