WinGate Wilderness Therapy is located in Kanab, UT, and currently does not have a facility located in Savage, MN. Students from Savage, who wish to enroll in our program, will be required to travel and temporarily relocate to Utah.

Wilderness Therapy Camp Savage, MN

Wilderness Therapy Camp Savage, MN

WinGate's industry-leading wilderness therapy camp gives the highest level of care for troubled youth from the Savage, MN area. Our highly trained and experienced counselors can provide adolescent boys and girls with the help needed to experience optimal growth and success during their enrollment in WinGate's wilderness behavioral health program.

In addition, our team of expert therapists and clinicians can provide the critical care and direction teens from the Savage, MN area need to heal past trauma and find the path that will lead them to their most fulfilled life. Whether related to alcohol abuse, depression or even behavioral issues, our critical care and assistance can help.

WinGate Wilderness Therapy uses the most effective clinical approaches and modalities, including Experiential therapy, Alliance-based therapy, and Individualized clinical treatment, in order to offer the best help for our teen students in need of care and direction for optimal recovery.

As a result, WinGate's wilderness therapy camp has been guiding teenagers from the Savage, MN area reach their fullest potential since 2008. Our synergistic approach combines the life-changing elements of a wilderness experience with the best of proven therapeutic practices. We are here to say to all families in crisis, that "there is hope," and you will find it once again through the life changing experience at WinGate Wilderness Therapy.

Where to Send a Defiant Teenager?

Wilderness therapy camp Savage, MN

Finding support for defiant adolescent boys and girls can be a daunting task, especially when any help offered gives one more thing they can push back against. WinGate's wilderness therapy camp employs the most caring and clinically savvy staff of counselors in the industry, ensuring that Savage, MN youth experience the safest and most effective therapeutic environment and progress in their therapeutic journey.

With years of experience and expertise, our therapists know how to reach even the most defiant teens. WinGate Wilderness Therapy camp provides an environment free from screens and other distracting stimuli, allowing our most defiant teenage participants the space to explore what is underneath, and at the base of their destructive behaviors and maladaptive coping skills.

WinGate teaches our struggling teen students to push forward instead of pushing against. At WinGate, defiant adolescent wilderness participants learn to focus and channel their energy into productive avenues of growth and recovery. In addition, WinGate's wilderness therapy camp creates opportunities for success instead of obstacles to rebel against or resist.

Finally, WinGate believes that a personal and relational approach to resistant behavior is the optimal way to get defiant teenagers to see their real potential. Our life changing outdoor therapy offers a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment that gives hope and healing to families.

Wilderness Camp for Troubled Youth from Savage, MN

Wilderness camp for troubled youth from Savage, MN

Wilderness camp for troubled youth provides a viable option for adolescent boys and girls from the Savage, MN area to find the assistance and help they need to reach their goals and achieve continued success. At WinGate, we treat every teenage participants as an individual, focusing on what each emotionally challenged adolescent needs to heal and succeed on a more personal level.

Each teen student has a personalized treatment plan designed to meet their individual needs while offering the direction required to help them thrive in their therapeutic journey. Our purpose is to lead the family back to a pathway of harmony and balance, replacing resistance with responsiveness.

Accredited Wilderness Therapy Program

Accredited wilderness therapy program

The WinGate Wilderness Therapy program is a fully licensed treatment facility and outdoor therapy program. WinGate participates in evidence-based studies and programs and is accredited by AEE. WinGate is a member of NATSAP, and meets the highest standards set by the state of Utah for residential treatment programs. WinGate Wilderness Therapy programs ensure that it maintains best care practices beyond what is required to offer the best level of care for each teenage participant.

WinGate creates an environment built to counsel troubled teens with finding a new direction and purpose in life. This synergistic program combines the life-changing elements of a wilderness experience with the best of proven therapeutic practices. This combination creates distance from the turmoil and distractions, and gives a profound environment for recovery. With challenge, tranquility and professional assistance, adolescent wilderness participants and parents receive a much needed road map for the future.

WinGate is one of the premier wilderness therapeutic programs in the U.S. Our owner-operated wilderness behavioral health program is for struggling youth ages 13 to 17. Call a WinGate admissions director today, so we can help lead your emotionally challenged teen and family back to a pathway of harmony and balance.

Summer Camps for Hurting Teens from Savage, MN

You may be the parent of a troubled teen in Savage, MN. If so, you are likely experiencing the stress and anxiety of having a teenager in a situation you know is dangerous, but don't know what to do about it.


Your troubled teen might be able to be helped at River Valley Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, but that might not be the best answer for your son or daughter.

You may be in the same kind of denial that you’ve noticed in your teenage son or daughter. Perhaps you don’t see that the problems are creating a real stress in your family. The hard truth remains; the behavior and difficulties of one family member almost always create equally serious difficulties in other family members.

Equally critical to the successful restoration of your troubled teen is the support and cooperation of the rest of the family.

That can be a tough road to follow. The loved one who has caused such hurt and pain now needs your total and genuine support. Call WinGate Wilderness Therapy at (800) 560-1599 to get help today.

Summer Camps for Hurting Teens from Savage, MN

You may be the parent of a troubled teen in Savage, MN. If so, you are likely experiencing the stress and anxiety of having a teenager in a situation you know is dangerous, but don't know what to do about it.


Your troubled teen might be able to be helped at XXX, but that might not be the best answer for your son or daughter.

You may be in the same kind of denial that you’ve noticed in your teenage son or daughter. Perhaps you don’t see that the problems are creating a real stress in your family. The hard truth remains; the behavior and difficulties of one family member almost always create equally serious difficulties in other family members.

Equally critical to the successful restoration of your troubled teen is the support and cooperation of the rest of the family.

That can be a tough road to follow. The loved one who has caused such hurt and pain now needs your total and genuine support. Call WinGate Wilderness Therapy at (800) 560-1599 to get help today.