Podcasts by SKYlights

Episode 33: Understanding and Treating Disordered Eating | Kirsten Bolt from 2023-11-30T12:54:32.897115

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Disordered eating—different from eating disorders—is a condition we're seeing more and more often at Open Sky. While eating disorders may be more commonly understood in our societ...

Episode 35: Co-Parenting with a Child in Treatment from 2023-11-30T12:54:32.891295

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It's a challenging  time to be a kid and a challenging time to be a parent, and it's even more challenging to parent a child when there is conflict and discord in...

Episode 34: Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Students in Wilderness from 2023-02-22T11:00

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The world is becoming more open when it comes to inclusivity surrounding gender and sexuality. At the same time, many young people in the LGBTQ+ community are sti...

Episode 32: Supporting Treatment Resistant Students in Wilderness from 2023-01-25T11:00

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Open Sky works with many teens and young adults who may be resistant to traditional talk therapy. In this episode of SKYlights, Clinical Therapist Mark Sobel, LCS...

Episode 31: Treating the Unique Needs of Pre-Teens&Early Adolescents from 2023-01-11T11:00

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As early adolescents transition from childhood to adolescence, hormones emerge, body chemistry changes, and social and academic pressures increase.They might expe...

Episode 30: College Athletes and Mental Health from 2022-12-21T11:00

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An athlete may be winning trophies and medals, but sometimes we don’t know that they can be losing a silent battle that they don’t even talk about. Some athletes ...

Episode 28: Young Adults, Anxiety, and the Pandemic from 2021-04-07T09:00

PREVIEW: It has now been more than a year since our lives changed drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While we’ve learned to live with this new normal, the impacts on mental health and devel...

Episode 27: The Rise of Online Exploitation of Adolescent Girls from 2021-03-24T09:00

PREVIEW: With the closure of schools and the isolative nature of pandemic-life, the last year has clearly been challenging for teens, sometimes in unexpected ways. An emerging issue we’re seeing mo...

Episode 26: Where the Magic Begins: Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone from 2021-03-10T10:00

PREVIEW: We’ve all become familiar with our own personal comfort zones; where we operate and interact with the most ease and predictability. Some of us are more inclined than others to step outsid...

Episode 25: Parenting the Defiant Teen from 2021-02-24T10:00

PREVIEW: Defiance and opposition can be normal and even healthy signs of adolescence. When do these patterns become unhealthy? How can parents effectively respond to their teen’s defiant behavior?...

Episode 24: How to Stay Grounded During Times of Stress from 2021-02-10T10:00

PREVIEW: Stress is something we humans cannot avoid. From being cut off in traffic on our way to work, to navigating a global pandemic, we all face it regularly to some degree. So, how do we respo...

Episode 24: How to Stay Grounded During Times of Stress from 2021-02-10T10:00

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Stress is something we humans cannot avoid. From being cut off in traffic on our way to work, to navigating a global pandemic, we all face it regularly to some d...

Episode 23: How to Talk to Your Kids in a Way They Can Hear It with Clinical Therapist Nick Lenderking-Brill from 2021-01-27T10:00

PREVIEW: How often do we find ourselves in communication with someone where we realize we’re just missing each other? Where the person we’re talking to isn’t actually hearing what we’re trying to ...

Episode 22: How Can I Establish Boundaries When My Young Adult Child Is Struggling? with Clinical Therapist Mariah Loftin from 2021-01-06T08:00

PREVIEW: Many parents struggle with effective ways to set and maintain boundaries as their children transition from adolescence to young adulthood. Young adults are starting to seek more freedom a...

Episode 21: Strategies for Successful Transition Post-Treatment from 2020-08-05T18:25:28

PREVIEW: While your child is in wilderness therapy treatment, a big question mark can be: “what next?” The transition after wilderness looks different for every family. Whether transitioning home, ...

Episode 20: How to Support your Child in Wilderness Therapy Treatment with Clinical Therapist Mariah Loftin from 2020-07-22T20:57:04

PREVIEW: The first thing you can do after your child has enrolled in wilderness is BREATHE. Acknowledge this transition and the courage it took to get here. What next? In this episode, we give guid...

Episode 19: How to Build a “Communication Toolbox” and Improve Family Relationships with Clinical Therapist Nick Lenderking-Brill from 2020-07-08T18:03:24

PREVIEW: A “communication toolbox”…it’s exactly what it sounds like! It is a set of skills and resources at our disposal to access at any moment to practice healthy communication and strengthen our...

Episode 18: Understanding the Link Between Trauma, the Nervous System, and Addiction with Clinical Therapist, Brian Leidal from 2020-06-24T15:24

PREVIEW: Clinical Therapist Brian Leidal walks us through his understanding, research, and expertise on the topic of trauma and addiction, and the link between. The foundation to any conversation o...

Episode 17: Heroes and Legends of the Field: A Conversation with Robin Wolthausen from 2020-02-06T10:00

PREVIEW: Starting as Field Guide, moving up to Assistant Field Director, and now as Family QuestTM Guide and Transition Mentor—Robin Wolthausen has been fortunate enough to know dozens of the perso...

Episode 16: How Healthy Expression Fosters Healthy Masculinity with Adolescent Boys Therapist Morgan Seymour, LCSW from 2020-01-23T10:00

PREVIEW: Today we talk with Clinical Therapist Morgan Seymour about how societal expectations can discourage or prevent boys from developing emotional awareness, the skills to express emotions and ...

Episode 15: Emerging Adults: Supporting the Unique Needs of 18-20 Year-Olds from 2020-01-09T10:00

PREVIEW: Turning 18 is one of the biggest milestones young people experience. Overnight, one goes from being labeled a child to an adult. However, the growth that occurs in that one day is not comm...

Episode 14: “Winter Safety: Best Practices Promote Opportunities for Empowerment and Resilience in Wilderness Therapy” with Program Director Danny Frazer from 2019-12-19T10:00

PREVIEW: Program Director Danny Frazer discusses Open Sky’s winter course area in Utah. He describes what the winter climate is like, explains how our base camp infrastructure enhances the student ...

Episode 13: Understanding EMDR with Clinical Therapist for Adolescent Girls, Kirsten Bolt, M.Ed., LMFT. from 2019-12-05T19:43

PREVIEW: Today we talk with Clinical Therapist Kirsten Bolt about the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. EMDR is a treatment that has been used to addres...

Episode 12: “Nature-based Expressive Arts Therapy” with Clinical Therapist and Education Director Melia Snyder, PhD, LPC, REAT from 2019-11-14T10:00

PREVIEW: Today we talk to Clinical Therapist and Education Director Melia Snyder, who’s not only an expert on nature-based expressive arts therapy, she wrote the book on it! In our conversation wit...

Episode 11: A Conversation with Open Sky Clinical Director and Therapist, Sebastiaan Zuidweg, MA, LPC from 2019-10-17T09:00

PREVIEW: SEBASTIAAN ZUIDWEG, MA, LPC Sebastiaan Zuidweg knew early on that his calling was a life of being in service to others. Sebastiaan believes in Open Sky’s holistic family systems approach a...

Episode 10: Understanding Self-Harm and Treating It in Wilderness with Kirsten Bolt, M.Ed., Lmft from 2019-10-03T09:00

PREVIEW: Clinical therapist Kirsten Bolt explores the reasons people self- harm and the steps involved in treating self-harm. With assessment and reassessment, we start to understand the history, s...

Episode 9: Supporting Young Adults with Gender and Sexual Issues with Senior Clinical Therapist, Mariah Loftin, MA, LPC from 2019-09-19T09:00

PREVIEW: Senior Clinical Therapist, Mariah Loftin, MA, LPC explores the often-misunderstood differences between gender and sexuality, including sexual orientation and gender identity; how unaddress...

Episode 8: 20-Minute Guided Meditation with Norman Elizondo, BS from 2019-09-05T09:00

PREVIEW: In this episode of the Open Sky Wilderness Therapy podcast, Family Wellness Counselor Norman Elizondo will guide you through 20 minutes of meditation. The premise of meditation is learning...

Episode 7: Preparing the Child for the Road (Not the Road for the Child): How Challenge Cultivates Resilience in Young People with Jonathan Mitchell, MA, LPC from 2019-08-22T09:00

PREVIEW: We hear a lot of buzz terms today: “lawnmower parenting”; “helicopter parenting”; or even “bubble wrap” parenting. At the route of these terms, the common theme is a parent-child relations...

Episode 6: How will Wilderness Therapy benefit me? from 2019-08-08T09:00

PREVIEW: Clinical therapist Mariah Loftin explains the benefits of therapy conducted outdoors. Among them, with wilderness therapy, instead of returning after a therapy session to the same ruts and...

Episode 5: Deconstructing Motivation with Aaron Wallis from 2019-07-25T22:22:49

PREVIEW: One of the most common frustrations expressed by Open Sky clients and their families is the struggle to understand and “fix” a lack of motivation. In this episode of SKYlights, Dr. Aaron W...

Episode 4: 10-Minute Guided Meditation with Family Wellness Counselor, Norman Elizondo. from 2019-07-11T09:00

PREVIEW: Family Wellness Counselor, Norman Elizondo leads us in an extended 10 minute embodied mindfulness meditation that provides us with tools to help us be present, disrupt repetitive thoughts,...

Episode 3: 5-Minute Guided Meditation with Family Wellness Counselor, Norman Elizondo. from 2019-07-09T09:00

PREVIEW: Family Wellness Counselor, Norman Elizondo leads us in a 5 minute embodied mindfulness meditation that provides us with tools to help us be present, disrupt repetitive thoughts, use breath...

Episode 2: Mindfulness, Meditation, and other Superpowers! from 2019-06-27T09:00

PREVIEW: The premise of meditation is learning how to have a healthy mind. Studies have shown that this can occur even on a biological level, recording the physical healing of the brain. In this ep...

Episode 1: Game Changer: Utilizing Wilderness Therapy to Treat Adolescent Gaming Disorder With Open Sky Wilderness Therapy Clinical Therapist Morgan Seymour, LCSW from 2019-06-13T09:00

PREVIEW: As electronic screens become ever more pervasive, researchers and parents wonder: How much is too much? Studies show that adolescents who use screens excessively experience an increase in ...

Welcome to SKYlights from 2019-05-09T19:24:22

Welcome to the new podcast from Open Sky Therapy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.