Tag: Parents

Understanding and Responding to Your Teen’s Defiant Behavior

Jonathan Mitchell, MA, LPC | Senior Clinical Therapist | Adolescent Boys

The Best Decision I Didn’t Want to Make: Alumni Parent Wendy Reflects on Family’s Open Sky Journey

Open Sky Alumni Parent

Leaning In and Looking Forward: How Parent Coaching Helps Families Tap into their Strengths, Resources, and Wisdom

Open Sky Family Services Team

The Power of Curiosity: Asking Questions to Foster Connection with Your Child

Liz Lucarelli, MS, NCC, LCMHC, RPT | Early Adolescent Clinical Program Director

Family Pathway Class: Essential Skill Building and Support for Parents

Open Sky Family Services Team

Social Resilience in Early Adolescence: How Wilderness Builds Communication and Relationship Skills

The Open Sky Team

Adoption, Attachment, and Wilderness Therapy

Parents considering Open Sky for their adopted child often have a unique set of questions pertaining to their relationships, family dynamics, and clinical concerns. Below, we aim to answer common questions regarding our work with adopted students and their families. Q: What is Open Sky’s approach to working with adopted students? A: First and foremost, […]

The Open Sky Clinical Team

Mariah Loftin Featured Speaker for Sky’s the Limit Fund Fall Speaker Series

The Open Sky Team

Thriving Together: A Q&A with Alumni Parent Katie M.

Open Sky Alumni Parent

Family Systems Therapy: What Is It, and Why Does It Work?

The Open Sky Team

A Parent’s Guide to Navigating Wilderness Therapy

Mariah Loftin, MA, LPC | Clinical Director & Senior Clinical Therapist | Young Adults

Family Pathway Class: New Opportunities for Learning

Open Sky Family Services Team

Navigating the Transition Process After Open Sky

  At Open Sky, students are immersed in a new environment and removed from many of the distractions that kept them from thriving at home. This is an essential part of stabilization, assessment, and initiation of real change. When students leave our program to return home or continue treatment at an aftercare program, they find […]

The Open Sky Team