Randi Blair

Review of WIngate Wilderness Therapy

Our 15 year old daughter just spent 13 weeks and 3...

Our 15 year old daughter just spent 13 weeks and 3 (she made sure to say the exact time) in Wingate Wilderness program to deal with her childhood trauma that she endured from her biological parents. Erin, our daughters counselor (the wilderness whisper) and the parent workshop truly changed the trajectory of our family dynamics. We had our first real conversation ever. Just imagine not being able to hold a real conversation for 10 years. We promised that we would go all in and change our way of being and it started by us reading Anatomy at Peace and having weekly conversations with our daughters counselor. This allowed us as parents to reflect on our parenting skills. Many parents send their hurt/fragile child to a wilderness program to get the child fix, however, for my husband and I we got fixed. We used the time away from our sweet daughter to learn, to grow as her parents to listen and to embrace the pain that she endured for years. Taken our daughter to Wingate was the hardest but the best decision we ever made. Our daughter is excited about her future, her head space is clear and her conversation is genuine. Wingate, thank you for giving us a second chance to be the parents we always wanted to be, also thank you for giving our sweet daughter a second chance to rewrite her forever story. Wingate has an amazing group of people who have dedicated their lives to saving our loved ones. Look not further this is place for second chances BUT YOU ALL HAVE TO WANT IT (parents included)!

Much Love, The Blair Family