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Academic Challenges: How Overcoming Adversity Leads to Success
For some students, academic challenges aren’t just struggling to get an A on an exam or passing the SATs—for some, it can seem like an impossible obstacle that can’t be overcome. Students with learning...
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Helping Teens Struggling With Trauma Through EMDR
EMDR: A Unique Technique Helping Girls Heal From Trauma Healing symptoms of trauma using eye movement may sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but it’s actually a very effective...
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More Than Stretching: Benefits of Yoga Include Lowering Depression
Yoga–it’s become a huge trend, especially among those who love pumpkin spice lattes and leggings, but new research is showing that it’s much more than a trend. Benefits of yoga should now include...
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Alumni Event Brings Former Students And Families Back To Solstice
First Annual Alumni Event Reinforces the Importance Of Solstice In Lives Of Students Solstice West held their First Annual Alumni Event on July 28th & 29th, 2017. This event was held in conjunction...
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College Prepared: Solstice Students Earn Higher Scores Across the Board
At Solstice, education is a huge part of our programming. We understand that most of the girls that come in our doors are college-bound; therefore, we strive to provide them with excellent academic...
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When Teens Refusing School Has More to Do with Anxiety Than Rebellion
Teens refusing school isn’t exactly a new thing–ever since school began, teens have been trying to get out of it by feigning sickness or skipping class. But what about when the reason behind teens...
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Father-Daughter Trip to Moab Brings Families Closer Together
What happened when seven boisterous dads & daughters joined with a team of creative & committed folks from Solstice RTC West and Aspect Adventure in Moab for a three day Father-Child Retreat...
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Year in Review-2015
It has been an amazing year for Solstice! We have seen so much growth, healing and improvements, both in our program and in our residents. Here are just a few of the amazing things that have happened...
View ArticleAll Team Cabin Camping Trip
Each quarter, Solstice students get the chance to go on an Adventure Therapy camping trip. While these camping trip are normally attended by one team at a time, earlier this month all of our students...
View ArticleCoping with Loss Shows Itself in Different Ways for Teenagers
Here’s a fact that many parents forget: coping with loss as a teenager is much different than dealing with it as an adult. It’s relatively common to have lost at least one close person in your life or...
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Academic Challenges: How Overcoming Adversity Leads to Success
For some students, academic challenges aren’t just struggling to get an A on an exam or passing the SATs—for some, it can seem like an impossible obstacle that can’t be overcome. Students with learning...
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Helping Teens Struggling With Trauma Through EMDR
EMDR: A Unique Technique Helping Girls Heal From Trauma Healing symptoms of trauma using eye movement may sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but it’s actually a very effective...
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More Than Stretching: Benefits of Yoga Include Lowering Depression
Yoga–it’s become a huge trend, especially among those who love pumpkin spice lattes and leggings, but new research is showing that it’s much more than a trend. Benefits of yoga should now include...
View ArticleRisky Teen Behaviors: Differences Between Positive and Negative Risks
The teenage years are the years in which one develops the desire to fit in. This desire may come with a high cost. During the adolescent years, opportunity and risk seem all the more appealing. A...
View ArticleSeasonal Affective Disorder in Teens: Everything You Need to Know
Seasonal Affective Disorder in teens is a type of depression that has a reoccurring seasonal pattern. This type of depression typically sets in during late fall or early winter. Seasonal Affective...
View ArticleSeasonal Affective Disorder in Teens: Everything You Need to Know
Seasonal Affective Disorder in teens is a type of depression that has a reoccurring seasonal pattern. This type of depression typically sets in during late fall or early winter. Seasonal Affective...
View ArticleSensory Processing Issues After Traumatic Events
Childhood trauma has a significant impact on shaping one’s self-concept and view of relationships, but it also changes perception of social stimuli on a physical level. Many people become hypervigilant...
View ArticleYear in Review-2015
It has been an amazing year for Solstice! We have seen so much growth, healing and improvements, both in our program and in our residents. Here are just a few of the amazing things that have happened...
View ArticleWhy Send Your Daughter to a Residential Treatment Center for Girls?
We’ve all heard the horror stories. Military-style boot camps. “Scared Straight” programs. But this couldn’t be farther from the truth. In reality, a residential treatment center for girls is an...
View ArticleWorking Through Emotional Struggles in Teens
Ah, puberty. The time when every problem seems like the end of the world. And the time when a child begins discovering their individuality. Unfortunately, growing up is never easy – not for the child,...
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