New Vision Wilderness  and Steve Sawyer, LCSW CSAC Invite you to the presentation of: Understanding Cutting Edge Brain-based Therapies and Advanced Trauma Work By Sandy Newes of Clear View Psychological Services  & Steve Sawyer of New Vision Wilderness Today's understanding of the brain has advanced, so has our understanding of the effects of chronic stress/trauma. This has led to the development of cutting edge brain-based psychotherapies. Expanding on previous workshops, we will examine the neuroscience of trauma and effective trauma treatment tools. Basics of traumatic material storage in the brain, dissociation, the adverse effects on neural integration and associated difficulties with self-regulation will also be discussed. An introduction to several new brain-based psychotherapies will be offered including EMDR, Brainspotting, and HeartMath. We will also explore neurofeedback and biofeedback, presenting research and case studies throughout. Now Including:  Trauma Sensitive Yoga Research and the Brain  Research by Bessel Van Der Kolk When FRIDAY February, 7th 2014 Session E-1 1:45 PM -3:15 PM Where The Annual NATSAP Conference in Henderson, NV Green Valley Ranchin E1 - Del Mar II

To learn a little more about Steve Sawyer and New Vision Wilderness watch the video here. New Vision Wilderness Therapy - Steve Sawyer: A Visit To The Field www.newvisionwilderness.com

Steve Sawyer Clinical Director and Co-Founder Visits The Field

Why Wilderness Therapy?

Steve Sawyer Explains his take on why wilderness therapy works and why he started New Vision Wilderness Therapy.

To learn more about Steve Sawyer or Our Clinical Resources to Help Your Teen click here.

New Vision Wilderness' strengths reside in the intensity of clinical interventions, its relational therapy and true Trauma Informed Care (TIC) model. New Vision Wilderness tailors the entire intervention process by the understanding that the field environment is a stressed environment. Focusing on advanced neural science allows for an effective and safe impact of teens. The safest measure for the human brain is strong attuned relationships. The relational model allows interventions to work their way up the brain stem to a state of overall healing.


Most residential treatments and wilderness programs offer 1 to 2 individual client sessions per week, at New Vision Wilderness we offer 3 individual sessions per week as well as multiple group therapy sessions each week. In addition to the individual and group therapy session our clinicians are trained in modern, cutting edge, and evidence based interventions.

New Vision Wilderness Offers interventions and programs including:

-Art Therapy
-Gardening
-Trauma Informed Yoga
-Body/Somatic Awareness
-And the Mastery System


New Vision Wilderness embraces that each client has a path, and the road to getting there can not be reached by a cookie cutter approach. NVW’s Mastery System was founded on helping individuals become a master of whatever they choose, and our therapeutic job is to assist in getting the blocks out of the way whether they are emotional, or historical. We foster independence through empowerment, knowledge and personal growth.


Credentials of our clinical staff are frequently updated here.


For more information on our therapeutic model or on New Vision Wilderness visit:

www.newvisionwilderness.com or email info@newvisionwilderness.com or call Admissions: 855.689.8326

A visit to the field with New Vision's own Drew Hornbeck, Co-founder and Owner

To find out more about New Vision Wilderness and our Outdoor Wilderness Therapy Programs

in both Oregon and Wisconsin

Drew Hornbeck founded the company in 2007 and has been with us ever since

New Vision WIlderness expands to Bend, Oregon

New Vision Wilderness expands... 

  

New Vision Wilderness - West Coast is happy to announce that we have relocated our offices and primary operating area to the high desert of Central Oregon.  With the changing of the seasons, and in preparations for the coming winter, moving our operations to Bend is an exciting development that will allow our team to have greater accessibility and better communications with our field operations. 

 

Drew Hornbeck, President and Co-Founder has relocated his family to Bend, Oregon as well.  "With the growth and success of our North Wood's program in Central Wisconsin. I'm thrilled to be able to join the dynamic and talented team that we've got here in Oregon. The move has allowed me to dedicate a substantial amount of my energy translating and growing all of the special elements that makes New Vision Wilderness an amazing therapeutic option for our clients." 

New Vision West Coast serves adolescent 14-17 and young adults 18-25.  Our Trauma Informed Care model is a sensitive approach to working with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, relational and adoption issues and dual diagnosis.  By combining the healing power of nature with advanced brain based clinical techniques and bio-feedback, our highly trained therapists are able to help instill lasting positive change with our clients without harmful behavioral modification strategies.

"New Vision is more than just a name" says Rob Koning, Executive Director.  "It's a new approach to wilderness therapy which continues to rewrite what's possible working with clients in the outdoors."

New Vision Wilderness offers two locations with programs for adolescents and young adults in Oregon and pre-teens and adolescents in Wisconsin.

  

Please contact admissions for more information,  info@newvisionwilderness.comor 855.689.8326.

www.newvisionwilderness.com

Celebrating Our First Adolescent Graduates

New Vision Wilderness – West Coast (Oregon)

Celebrating Our First Adolescent Graduates

“Inspiring Change… by Nature.”

In early 2013, New Vision Wilderness’ highly successful wilderness challenge program in Medford, Wisconsin, deemed “North Woods,” was expanded to a new region. The Pacific Northwest was long-researched as a supreme location to conduct our wilderness therapy and mental health intervention programming. As Summer 2013 approached, West Coast was granted a license allowing the intake of preteens and adolescents. As the program evolves into a larger force, it permits us to continually increase the daily census.

The first three clients have completed and graduated from New Vision Wilderness (West Coast)! These three graduates emerged from the wilderness successfully, and ready to move forward into a productive life ahead of them. We memorialize this event as the culmination of the hard work our program has put forth in the mental health of our countries’ youth, and for the blood, sweat, and tears that our staff has given in the name of progress.

Thank you for reading and keep following New Vision Wilderness social media for more news, updates, and events.

A Parent Speaks Up

“I am sure many parents feel the same apprehension when sending their child to a wilderness program. Did I do the right thing? Will my child resent me?  When I picked my son up from his graduation he said to me ‘Mom, thank you for making the decision I needed, not the one that I wanted.’ Having my son back, seeing him smile, the clarity in his eyes, his sense of humor coming back to life is all the assurances I needed. Having the time to focus on the things I needed to work on without the worry of wondering if my son was ok and knowing he was in good hands allowed me the time I needed to work parallel on being ready to start a new relationship with him when he came home and it also allowed me the opportunity for the first time to see that I wasn't alone and that many other parents had gone through what I had, made the mistakes I had made, felt confused and lost as to what to do. That in itself allowed me to put my own defenses down and look at not only myself but my family as a whole and see how we can all work together towards a peaceful and happy home again. I also learned to hear my son in the way that he needs to be heard by me. I gained immense insight into who my son is and what he needs in order to live a happy sober life from working with his therapist who gave me the tools that I needed to be there for him without rescuing him and allowing him to take responsibility for his own life.” – (mother)

A Word From Our Clinical Team

“They were the pioneers in our program and took that to heart. Within the beginning growth of the West Coast program they were able to transform, grow and be an integral part in the culture of the group. Through the development of the group, they too developed as young men with direction, excitement and meaning for their future. Their journey at NVWC showed strength and an inspiring ability to look for insight. They showed what it meant to challenge themselves and what you receive from that challenge physically and emotionally. They were able to gain insight and be able to exhibit the insight via with artwork, peer feedback and modeling how to take the opportunities to move forward and find that new path.” – E. Deardorff, APSW MSW, Assistant Clinical Director

“It is such a great feeling to see my first NVW-West Coast graduate feeling proud and ready for the next step of his life. What a thrill to be able to bring the magic of NVW to the Pacific Northwest, my home. It has been an exiting, challenging and a very fulfilling endeavor to be a part of the clinical team responsible for getting the West Coast program up, running, and thriving. The amount of energy, commitment and pride that the West Coast Program and staff bring to the New Vision philosophy has been inspiring and makes me proud to be a part of the most clinically intense and effective wilderness therapy out there!” – R. Becker, MSW, Lead Field Therapist

“Inspiring Change… by Nature.”