By Mike Sullivan, Therapist Have you heard? The McRib is back at McDonalds!!!! Well if you hadn’t heard it yet, you have now. Fast food chains are extremely effective in marketing to the populous, especially youth. In fact, I didn’t learn of the re-emergence of the McRib from television or radio, I learned of it …
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Health & Wellness Talk Show Features PQ
Dr. Kimo Alameda, Director of the Hawaii Department of Health interviewed three key professionals from Pacific Quest wilderness therapy program in a weekly wellness talk show on the Big Island of Hawaii. The television program “Rise Above” invites speakers to share information on issues of importance related to health and wellness. This week’s show focused …
Adolescent Troubles–What to do?
If you are at your wits end in regards to a troubled teen in your life do not throw up your hands in disgust and relinquish the parenting of your teen to the teen themselves. Some teenagers are experts in manipulation and might attempt to convince you they can handle their life alone. This is …
“Aloha Aina”- To Love the Land
By Travis Slagle, Horticulture Therapy Director To love the land is the oldest and most essential way of life in Hawaii. The people who care deeply for the land know what it means to be “pono” (to have integrity); they respect the ancestors by continuing their work, by planting the seeds, cultivating the “kalo” (taro), …
Life is What You Make of it
By Kelly Weld, Therapist Being a counselor at an intervention program is a challenging and rewarding task. When students arrive they are lost and desperate, their families are in crisis, and it is our job to help re-align the system in a relatively short period of time. The process feels first like a roller-coaster (with …
Wilderness Therapy Program Pillars of Health: 2 of 5—Mind-Body Connection
By Pacific Quest The mind-body connection is a simple way of describing how the human body responds to the way a person thinks, acts or feels. In other words there are ways in which our bodies react to the activities of our minds. When emotional health is compromised (from a stressful event or an accumulation …
Wilderness Therapy Program Pillars of Health: 1 of 5—Diet & Nutrition
By Pacific Quest The word “diet” may throw people at first. We’re all on a diet because a diet is composed of whatever a person habitually eats. So for some, their diet is one of lots of cookies, soda and pizza. For others their diet is one of lots of meat and bread. Others only …
Pacific Quest’s Five Pillars of Health
By Britta Zimmer, Medical Director Every week at Pacific Quest wilderness therapy program we discuss and engage in the five pillars of health. This week we discussed the pillars of health and how they contribute to strengthening the immune system. The pillars of health are: 1. Diet/ Nutrition 2. Mind/ Body Connection 3. Sleep 4. …
Wilderness Therapy Program Benefits
To understand the great benefits wilderness therapy programs can offer struggling teens and at-risk young adults, it may be helpful to review the “Stages of Change.” The Stages of Change is a model created to track behavioral refinements in people. Known in its clinical form as the Transtheoretical Model, there are six stages to track. …
The McRib Is Back
By Mike Sullivan, Therapist Have you heard? The McRib is back at McDonalds!!!! Well if you hadn’t heard it yet, you have now. Fast food chains are extremely effective in marketing to the populous, especially youth. In fact, I didn’t learn of the re-emergence of the McRib from television or radio, I learned of it …
Dr. Zimmer to present at IECA – “Optimizing Mental Health: A Naturopathic Medical Approach in a Therapeutic Base Camp Environment”
PQ’s Naturopathic Doctor Britta Zimmer is presenting at IECA in Philadelphia! This is exciting news for the PQ team as we value the integral role of health and nutrition in the therapeutic process. For those of you attending the conference please make sure to check out Dr. Zimmer’s presentation on May 5 at 2:45 pm. …