How to Open Up to Your Adoptive Parents
Even adults can struggle to explain or verbalize their emotions. As teens, you are still finding your way, so explaining how you feel can be difficult when you may not understand your feelings yourself. Still, it is essential to open up to your parents. Not only can they help you, but they can help you…
Read MoreHow Attachment Impacts Body Image in Teen Girls
Women have long been pressured to look a certain way, a societal tension that begins at a young age for most girls. Even cartoons can give children a skewed view of their own bodies. This highly-edited body image landscape only increases as girls grow into adolescents, watch television, and use social media. It is crucial…
Read MoreHow to Build a Healthy Attachment With Your Teenage Daughter
Parent-child relationships are vital to a teenager’s growth and maturity. However, this relationship can become problematic when a teen is rebellious or a parent lacks patience. Building a healthy attachment with your teenager is key to bettering your relationship and communication skills. Not only will building this bond with your daughter strengthen your connection, but it…
Read MoreShould You Let Your Teenager Mess Up?
As a parent, you don’t want your children to get hurt. You want to catch them before they fall. Kids get bruised knees, and they need your support to get back up and heal. When your kids grow into teenagers, they crave independence. That means they’ll make mistakes and wrong choices and probably get hurt…
Read MoreHow to Discipline a Difficult Teenager
No one ever said raising children was easy, but raising a teenager can be especially difficult. Even the most well-behaved child can become a destructive or rebellious teenager. Teens don’t need you to do everything for them, so setting boundaries and rules can feel pointless. You probably want to enact effective punishments as your teen…
Read MoreHow to Make Talks With Your Teen Judgment-Free
As an adult and a parent, you know more than your child. You’ve lived more life, had more experiences, and can make better choices. However, just because you have answers doesn’t mean you can expect your child to. They are still growing and maturing. They will make mistakes and need to learn. Your job is…
Read MoreAdvocating for Your Teen’s Mental Health
It is no secret that mental health is a vital part of one’s overall wellness. This is especially true for teenagers as they transition to adulthood. Not only are they facing school struggles, social balance, and new physical and emotional changes, they are going through a vulnerable stage in mental development. All of these factors…
Read MoreHow to Help a Teenager Struggling in School
When your child is struggling, your first instinct may be to help them, hold their hand, and guide them. Unfortunately, not all problems can be fixed with a hug and an encouraging word or two. When your teenager is having a hard time in school, there may be several causes that need to be addressed.…
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Eric Allred was born and raised in Rigby, Idaho. He grew up on a family farm where he learned the value of work. He graduated from Rigby High School and attended Rick’s College, now known as BYU-Idaho. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Utah State University, received a master’s degree in organizational behavior and human relations from the University of Phoenix and a second master’s degree in marital and family therapy from Phillips Graduate Institute. Eric has been involved in Rotary and was president of a local Rotary Club. He enjoys being with his family and doing outdoor activities such as fly fishing.
Chase was very fortunate to start in this industry as a struggling 17 year old kid looking for a mentor and something to be passionate about. Wilderness therapy was Chase’s first stop in this industry and was truly a transcendental experience for him. Chase has an enormous love for this line of work and the power that it has in creating change in everyone involved. Chase’s biggest belief is the power a mentor, strong, healthy relationships, and accountability can have on anyone, especially youth. Taking a very relational approach to his work, Chase has always been very relatable to the students he works with. Being able to understand and relate to a vast variety of the same struggles as a lot of the students he works with has been able to help him continue to grow, learn, and teach. Chase believes that with great rapport and trust, he can use his experience to continue to coach and train new staff, and has the ability to find those staff with the passion for this industry, and help them grow. His love and passion can be felt the moment you talk with Chase about this industry and he passes that on to others he works with. In his spare time you will find Chase cheering for the Eagles, Yankees, and Mavericks, hanging out with his brother, learning more about Eastern Psychology, and continuing to grow and learn.