Resources

Wilderness Program Philosophy
Staff Reading Suggestions

Beattie, Melody. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (1986)

Chapman, Gary. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate (1995)
Cline, MD., Foster and Jim Fay. Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood (1993)

Dudman, Martha Tod. Augusta Gone: A True Story (2002)

Eldridge, Sherrie. Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make (2003)

Eldridge, Sherrie. Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew (1999)

Family IQ and Parent Check-In (Refer to Admissions packet for access information)

Ferguson, Gary. Shouting at the Sky: Troubled Teens and the Promise of the Wild (1999)

Frankl, Victor. Man’s Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy (1984, 2000)

Gottman, John; Joan Declaire, and Daniel Goleman. Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child (1998)

Hendrix, Ph.D, Harville. Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples (1988, 2001)

Hendrix, Ph.D, Harville and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. Giving the Love that Heals: A Guide for Parents (1997)

Hotchkiss, LCSW, Sandy. Why Is It Always About You? The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism (2003)

Jones, James J. Let’s Fix The Kids! Creating a New Environment at Home (1997)

Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships (1997).

Levine, Madeline. The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids (2006)

Leslie, Katharine. When a Stranger Calls You Mom: A child development and relationship perspective on why abused and neglected children think, feel, and act the way they do (1994)

Luov, Richard. The Last Child in the Woods: Rescuing Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder (2006)

Marcus, David L. What it Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out (2005)

Millman, Dan. The Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives (1980, 2006)

Pipher, Mary, Ph.D. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (1995)

Sells, Dr. Scott P. How to Parent Your Out of Control Teenagers to Reestablish Authority and Reclaim Love (2002)

Shandler, Sara. Ophelia Speaks (1999)

Verrier, Nancy Newton. The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child (1993)