Teens Bridge Cultures: Transformative Service Trips in Belize with Turning Winds
Ready to give your struggling teen a life changing experience? Turning Winds organizes international teen service trips abroad for our teen clients twice a year. These International service trip foster leadership, empathy and a global perspective. After a transformative experience in Morocco last spring, Turning Winds set out on an impactful journey to Belize for […]
Turning Winds: A Different and Better Approach to Teen Mental Health
Changing Your Life at Turning Winds As a teenager, Kendrick was struggling with serious mental health issues. He wasn’t stable enough to stay at home and his psychiatrist recommended a long-term facility. After briefly receiving treatment at a facility in Florida, Kendrick came to Turning Winds. We offer a full continuum of care for teens […]
Teen Stress Relief Tips for a Peaceful Holiday Season
Managing Teen Stress, Emotional Overwhelm and Holiday Pressures We often view the holiday season as a time for joy and celebration with family and friends, but for many teens, it’s a period filled with holiday anxiety and stress. There is a delicate balance in managing teen stress during the holidays while enjoying the season. In […]
Christmas Shopping as Clinical Assignment
Celebrating Holidays at Turning Winds Teen Treatment Center Family holidays are important—for kids and parents. Thanksgiving and Christmas are traditional opportunities to come together once a year and enjoy a meal as a family. Mental health issues and substance misuse can seriously disrupt this tradition. When your child needs help, such family events may need […]
Turning Winds Clients Get Ready For Another Service Trip
Turning Winds organizes international service trips abroad for our teen clients twice a year: after a successful trip to Morocco in the spring, this year’s second destination is Belize. The treatment team meticulously prepares the excursions offering a unique blend of travel, cultural immersion, leadership training, and adventure therapy. Destinations are vetted beforehand and sometimes […]
Teen Mental Health Strategies for a Relaxing Winter Break
Essential Teen Mental Health Strategies for a Restful and Peaceful Winter Break Parents are concerned about the holidays, shopping and family gatherings during the winter break. Rarely do we think of the winter break as a time to implement teen mental health strategies, practice emotional healing, and teach our teenage children about the importance of […]
Celebrating Gratitude For Thanksgiving
At Turning Winds, our teenage clients typically stay many months in the program—frequently an entire year. “It can be long enough to really help young people,” says John Gordon, MD, Turning Winds’ medical director. “A lot of the kids here have been in other programs before that either were not long enough, or there was […]
Family Bonds: Healing Together at Turning Winds
Families come first at Turning Winds. Our treatment approach focuses on increasing the healthy independence of adolescents in our care while promoting and strengthening the family bonds, ensuring a harmonious and successful reintegration post-treatment. Family connection is one of the 12 character virtues taught in our program: students develop a greater appreciation for the strengths […]
Preparing for Panama: Teen Leadership and Adventure Therapy
Empowering Teenagers through Global Service Turning Winds organizes international service trips abroad for our teen clients twice a year: this November, the destination is Panama. The excursions offer a unique blend of travel, cultural immersion, leadership training, and adventure therapy. Additionally, these international trips provide invaluable opportunities for personal growth. These trips have become a big part […]
Halloween Fun is Part of Teen Therapy
Celebrating Holidays in Teen Treatment: A Turning Winds Approach Being in treatment doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all the holiday fun. At Turning Winds, teenage clients typically stay many months, often a whole year. That means they may not be home for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, or Christmas. Or for Halloween! “In the summer, […]
