Mario Lopez

Review of WIngate Wilderness Therapy

If you are reading this, more than likely you are ...

If you are reading this, more than likely you are a concerned parent at the end of your rope. You have no where to turn and you desperately need help. Around mid March 2016 I was in your shoes. My daughter had a history of trauma, add/adhd, generalized anxiety, defiance behavior, parent-child conflict and emerging borderline characteristics. This eventually culminated in substance abuse and dangerous, self-harming behaviors in her teen years. After years of individual therapy and partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient services, we had no where else to turn. I found Wingate on Dr. Phil's website in a period of desperation as I scrambled to find solutions to our out of control problems. Wingate was a GOD SEND! It opened the door to solutions beyond anything I could have ever imagined. It is the definitely the hardest, most difficult decision you'll ever make as a parent. But for most teens/pre-teens who are not responding to all efforts at home, it is absolutely essential to begin the healing process and the road to recovery! It is the only way a kiddo can detach from the distractions of their everyday life and take a hard look at themselves, their issues, and the way it is impacting their family system.

The Wingate staff are my angels. My daughter, wife and I connected with our daughter's therapist, KJ, at such a deep level. She is modest and says the wilderness did it. But I think it's both, the wilderness and the top notch staff Wingate hires. I've heard similar stories from other parents in the tremendous support system you will inherit if you join the Wingate Family. Wingate is just that, from the bottom of my heart, Family.

I can go on an write pages upon pages in this review. I'm just so grateful for this experience and how it has changed the life of my daughter and our family.

Thank you Wingate for everything you do. God bless you!