Hybrid Residential Treatment Program | Adventure & Therapy | Legacy
Experiential therapies have become a popular treatment option for addressing substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring mental health issues. Legacy Outdoor Adventure offers a hybrid residential treatment and outdoor therapy program to help clients heal from the effects of SUD. Outdoor therapy combined with evidence-based residential treatment services reduces the risk of relapse and provides clients with additional skill development.
Residential Treatment & Adventure Therapy Hybrid Approach
Combining proven outdoor therapeutic techniques with residential treatment allows clients to learn and practice critical coping skills in real-world situations. People often feel more comfortable trying new routines and habits if they share them with others who have similar goals and life experiences. Living in a residential treatment facility provides clients with a welcoming environment where they can feel more comfortable opening up to peers and the care team. Legacy Outdoor Adventure encourages clients to support one another and use the many group activities to strengthen personal values and grow critical life skills.
The Legacy Hybrid: Blending the Best of Residential Treatment and Adventure Therapy
Addiction and mental health professionals at Legacy Outdoor Adventure use their experience to blend the best of residential treatment with adventure therapy. We carefully monitor client engagement and progress to ensure therapy sessions and treatment modalities complement one another and provide more comprehensive support. Every modality offered in our residential program reflects our dedication to providing the best care to clients struggling with addiction and mental health issues.
Beyond Traditional Residential Care: The Power of Integrated Treatment
Individuals with co-occurring SUD and mental health disorders may have more severe symptoms and benefit from integrative residential care. Combining different forms of treatment provides clients with additional support, guidance, and resources. We use psychotherapy, support groups, family therapy, prescription medications, adventure therapy, and other services to help clients heal from the effects of chronic substance abuse or mental health disorders.
Legacy’s Unique Hybrid Model: Combining Clinical Sophistication With Experiential Learning
Every aspect of treatment at Legacy Outdoor Adventure has been carefully researched to ensure that clients receive the most innovative and appropriate care. Our unique hybrid model of treatment uses sophisticated clinical techniques and experiential learning to teach clients effective strategies for managing SUD and co-occurring mental health issues.
The Residential Treatment Component: A Foundation for Healing and Growth
Many individuals with substance use disorder struggle to balance personal and professional responsibilities while participating in rehabilitation. Residential treatment gives clients a safe space away from distractions and triggers where they can develop a solid foundation for long-term sobriety. Spending time away from home in an environment dedicated to recovery reduces stress and encourages clients to focus more fully on their recovery.
Comfortable and Supportive Environment: A Home Away From Home
Residential programs allow people to spend time at a home away from home where they learn to navigate daily stressors without falling back into old habits.
Hybrid residential programs provide clients with the time and space to do the following:
- Learn new skills
- Develop relationships
- Actively participate in treatment
- Find healthy ways to manage stress
The comfortable and supportive environment fosters resilience and personal growth, ensuring clients feel safe building new routines and behaviors.
Access to Modern Facilities and Amenities: Supporting Physical and Emotional Well-Being
The world-class programs at Legacy Outdoor Adventure offer clients access to modern facilities and amenities. Individuals in treatment can access all the tools and resources they need to improve their physical and emotional wellness. In addition to frequent outdoor adventures, clients can use exercise areas, leisure activities, and community events to create healthier habits that support long-term sobriety.
Comprehensive Clinical Care: Addressing Core Issues and Building Skills
Many clients in residential care have multiple symptoms affecting their physical and psychological health. We offer comprehensive clinical care to address the core issues impacting client health and safety, including:
- Supervised support of any lingering withdrawal symptoms
- Integrative care for co-occurring mental health disorders
- Comprehensive addiction treatment
- Medication management
- Chronic pain management
- Nutritional coaching and education
- Evidence-based and holistic therapies
- Stress and anger management
Clinical residential care complements hands-on outdoor therapy to prepare clients for the future. The care team uses tailored treatment plans to ensure clients can access the services they need to heal and grow.
A Focus on Life Skills Development: Preparing for Independent Living
The primary goals of residential care include preparing clients for independent sobriety and community reintegration. Legacy Outdoor Adventure uses wilderness therapy and other hands-on experiences to teach clients essential life skills.
Some of the critical life skills people learn during rehabilitation include:
- Emotion regulation
- Effective communication
- Coping strategies
- Relapse prevention
- Crisis management
- Financial responsibility
- Time management
- Nutrition and physical health
- Accountability and responsibility
- Setting realistic goals
Professionals at Legacy Outdoor Adventure teach independent living skills to ensure clients feel confident in managing their condition.
The Adventure Therapy Component: Learning and Growing Through Experience
Adventure therapy involves a wide range of outdoor group activities that show clients how to challenge themselves in a healthy way. People learn and grow through experience. Hands-on learning is one of the most effective ways to build accountability, responsibility, stress management, and other skills. By facing challenges as a group, clients discover how to work together and use their individual strengths to achieve specific goals.
Wilderness therapy encourages people to become more active and exercise their minds and bodies. According to Brain Sciences, “Recent research underscores the efficacy of exercise in reducing substance cravings, promoting abstinence, and improving overall well-being.” Our adventure guides have years of experience helping people build essential life skills using outdoor activities.
Experiential Education in the Natural Environment: Learning Through Action and Reflection
Outdoor activities and experiential therapy give clients a new perspective on specific behaviors and ideas. People in recovery benefit from increasing self-awareness by practicing mindfulness and self-reflection. Spending time outdoors encourages learning through action and reflection. For example, caring for horses can give people greater emotional awareness. Mountain climbing or hiking helps people overcome fears, build confidence, and develop creative problem-solving skills. Every activity is tied back to therapeutic exercises and techniques, giving clients multiple perspectives on important topics related to addiction recovery and mental health.
Therapeutic Challenges and Opportunities: Building Resilience and Overcoming Fear
Fear may become a barrier to recovery for some individuals. Outdoor therapy builds resilience and puts clients into structured scenarios where they learn to overcome fear using practical coping skills. Identifying and addressing concerns using outdoor activities helps people learn to overcome fears in other areas of their lives. For example, someone with a fear of heights may go mountain climbing and find a positive way to face their fear, giving them confidence to face fears related to recovery. Our hybrid treatment programs teach clients to use their skills to overcome challenges they face in long-term recovery.
Connecting With Nature: Reducing Stress and Enhancing Emotional Regulation
The beautiful setting and serene natural environment at Legacy Outdoor Adventure reduce stress and enhance emotional regulation. People often feel calmer, more centered, and focused after connecting with nature. According to Frontiers in Psychology, “Exposure to natural environments, such as parks, forests, and green areas, is often linked to a decrease in stress, anxiety and depression, while contributing to improved emotional wellbeing.” We give clients time in nature alone and as a group. Clients spend time outdoors practicing self-reflection and other mindfulness-based techniques.
Transferring Learning: Integrating Adventure Experiences Into Everyday Life
Rehabilitation prepares clients for managing cravings, intrusive thoughts, and other symptoms of SUD in the real world.
Each skill taught in experiential therapy can translate to everyday life, including:
- Learning to manage stress, emotions, and moods
- Recognizing personal triggers
- Identifying patterns between thoughts and behaviors
- Developing the ability to overcome challenges
- Practicing staying engaged with everyday activities
- Expressing thoughts and emotions clearly
- Taking ownership of actions and their consequences
- Learning to accept change
- Replacing maladaptive behaviors with positive alternatives
- Building motivation
The skills practiced in group activities can also translate to other relationships. For example, learning to communicate effectively and set boundaries with peers during treatment will help clients connect with their loved ones and build healthier family dynamics.
The Benefits of a Hybrid Program: Maximizing Treatment Effectiveness
Every treatment program has different strengths and priorities. Our hybrid programs use experiential modalities and residential support to ensure clients feel comfortable and safe processing trauma, exploring self-expression, and adopting healthy lifestyle changes. Clients learn to build a solid foundation for the future alongside peers with similar life goals.
A hybrid program offers more adaptability and maximizes the effectiveness of treatment services. Some of the primary benefits of integrating wilderness therapy with residential care include the following:
- Practice and Integration: bridging the gap between treatment and real life by providing clients with controlled environments for practicing coping skills
- Enhanced Transition Skills: preparing for successful re-entry into the community through skill development, aftercare planning, family services, and peer support
- Increased Patient Engagement and Motivation: a more dynamic and engaging treatment experience
Most individuals in early recovery worry about how to transition back into their everyday lives without backsliding into past behaviors. Our hybrid program allows clients to practice responding to triggers in a safe environment where experts guide them through developing healthier routines and behaviors.
Who Benefits From a Hybrid Approach?
Everyone has different needs and preferences during rehabilitation. Therapy, peer support, community-based services, and other resources provide clients with multiple options for addressing addictive behaviors and mental health disorders.
Hybrid programs are ideal for individuals who may not respond to more traditional residential or outpatient programs, including:
- Young adults seeking a more engaging and effective treatment experience
- Individuals struggling with severe effects of substance abuse and addiction
- Those with mental health challenges (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, trauma, etc.)
- Individuals with behavioral issues (e.g., oppositional defiant disorder, aggression, difficulty engaging with peers, etc.)
Outdoor therapy and residential programs ensure that clients learn practical coping skills while receiving additional support. Individuals who may not thrive in other treatment programs benefit from the flexibility and tailored rehabilitation experience at Legacy Outdoor Adventure.
Our Legacy Difference: Our Commitment to Excellence
The compassionate experts at Legacy Outdoor Adventure are committed to providing essential recovery services to individuals and families affected by substance abuse or mental health disorders.
Our commitment to excellence involves providing the following:
- Access to an experienced and compassionate team of clinicians and adventure guides
- An outcome-informed approach that makes it easier to track progress and refine treatment
- A focus on family involvement that heals and strengthens family relationships
- Comprehensive planning and aftercare that supports continued growth and lasting sobriety
We treat every client with respect and dignity. Everyone deserves to feel heard and valued as they learn to retake control of their lives. Experts at Legacy Outdoor Adventure have decades of combined experience guiding clients through recovery. The hybrid residential and outdoor therapies allow clients to develop additional skills to prepare them for independent sobriety.
We use wilderness therapy and other therapeutic modalities to treat clients with substance use disorder. To learn more about the residential programs and services at Legacy Outdoor Adventure, call us today at (435) 836-2272.
