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New Vision Wilderness Therapy

Also known as New Vision Wilderness

Closed Medford, Wisconsin

At a glance

Address: 133 W State St, Medford, WI 54451
Type: Wilderness Therapy
Operated: Opened 2007; source
Serves: Ages 12 to 18; source
Capacity: 40
Operator: Embark Behavioral Health
Memberships: NATSAP (former member; member from 2013, last listed 2020-21)

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New Vision Wilderness Therapy was a wilderness therapy in Medford, Wisconsin, operated by Embark Behavioral Health. It opened in 2007.

About New Vision Wilderness Therapy

It was owned by Embark Behavioral Health (formerly New Vision Wilderness Programs).source

Stays lasted about 90 days.source Steve Sawyer, Founder and Chief Clinical Consultant (2007, r/troubledteens wiki).source

Clinical services licensed through the Wisconsin Department of Family and Human Services; authorized to operate in the Chequamegon National Forest through the US Forestry Service.source It was a member of NATSAP since 2020.source

Staff

Administration

Drew Hornbeck

Former Executive Director, Admission and Co-Founder (2008-2014)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Rogers Memorial's Child Adolescent Center Lead experiential therapist, before 2008
Rob Koning

Former Executive Director (2012, r/troubledteens wiki)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Catherine Freer Wilderness Program Executive Director, before 2012
Leah Madamba

COO
Elsewhere in the industry
- InnerChange Business Development Manager and Vice President of Clinical Integration, 2014
- SUWS of the Carolinas Program Director
- New Visions Wilderness Chief Operating Officer
- Aspen Achievement Academy Former Therapist (2000)

Notable staff

Steve Sawyer

Former Founder and Chief Clinical Consultant (2007, r/troubledteens wiki)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Vista at Dimple Dell Canyon Clinical Director, 2009
- Utah State Hospital Staff, before 2009
- Day Spring Staff, before 2009
- Odyssey House of Utah Staff, before 2009
- Lad Lake Therapeutic Line Staff, 1996
- Alternatives in Psychological Consultation Clinical Director, 1998
- Vista Adolescent Treatment Centers Clinical Director, 2007
- New Vision Wilderness Clinical Director, 2008-2013
- Deschutes Wilderness Therapy Founder
- Embark Behavioral Health outdoor programs chief clinical consultant
- First Light Wilderness Therapy cofounder
- Developmental Trauma Training Institute founder
Summer Hornbeck

Former Admissions Directorsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- College Excel Program and Education Director, 2021
- Dragonfly Transitions Director of Admissions and Outreach, 2022
- First Light Wilderness Therapy admissions director
Lauren Lingenfelter

Former Field Directorsource
Nicole Prescott

Former Clinical Directorsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Timberline Knolls RTC Primary and Family Therapist, 2018
- First Light Wilderness Therapy clinical director
Bryan Daniels

Former Clinical Directorsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- the Lead Wilderness Therapist and Family Service Director at New Vision Wilderness Therapy
- Discovery Ranch South Primary Therapist, later Clinical Director, Clinical Director (2015)
Jacob Thomason

Former Lead Wilderness Therapist and Family Service Director (2023, r/troubledteens wiki)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Foundation House Staff
- Trails Carolina Family Therapist
- Passages to Recovery Therapist, Wilderness Therapist, 2010-2012
Joanne Coddington

Former Primary Wilderness Therapist (2022, r/troubledteens wiki)source
Deveney Marshall

Former Field Instructor (2002, r/troubledteens wiki)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Aspen Acheivement Academy Staff, before 2019
- Tresslercare Staff, before 2019
- Project Discovery Staff, before 2019
- New Leaf Academy of Oregon Executive Director, Program Director, 2007-2019
Erika Mackey

Former Admissions and Outreach (2018, r/troubledteens wiki)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Carolina Collaborative Educational Consulting LLC Educational Consultant, 2013
- New Vision Wilderness Admissions and Outreach, 2018
- Lake House Academy Admissions Director, 2019
Josh Prince

Former Logistics Coordinator (2019, r/troubledteens wiki)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Maple Hall Academy Therapist, 2021
- SUWS of the Carolinas Field Instructor

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Documents

Documents on file (7)

Woodbury Reports Mentions (4)

From the Unsilenced archive

8 documents about New Vision Wilderness Therapy that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: New Vision Wilderness.

Wiki entries

New Vision Wilderness Therapy Medford, WI | 2007-present

Materials and links

External links

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newvisionwilderness.com (archived copy) live site

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Reporting this program

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