We offer NON-PROFIT outdoor therapy that restores self-worth, inspires change, and rebuilds family relationships.
Our approach honors one’s choices and is entirely free of force.
Scholarships are available.
The Anasazi Way is a way of “walking” in the wilderness and in life. Commencing in 1968, Larry D. Olsen and Ezekiel C. Sanchez gleaned and developed the Anasazi Way from years of trial, error, and experience walking in nature with thousands of young people. They attribute their learning and awakenings to the Creator, their families, perceptive YoungWalkers, discerning parents, and their associates at Anasazi.
Anasazi is not a boot camp. There is no force, manipulation or confrontation. Caring staff walk the trail with the same food and gear as the YoungWalkers and patiently wait for opportunities to teach. When the time is right they will teach skills and the principles of unconditional love, agency, repentance, forgiveness, and restitution.
Anasazi Foundation offers programs for adolescents (ages 12-17) and adults 18+. New admissions are accepted continually, year round, and scheduled by appointment. Before an applicant can be accepted for admission, the enrollment packet must be submitted and approved, and financial arrangements must be finalized.
The Anasazi Way is a way of “walking” in the wilderness and in life. Commencing in 1968, Larry D. Olsen and Ezekiel C. Sanchez gleaned and developed the Anasazi Way from years of trial, error, and experience walking in nature with thousands of young people. They attribute their learning and awakenings to the Creator, their families, perceptive YoungWalkers, discerning parents, and their associates at Anasazi.
Anasazi is not a boot camp. There is no force, manipulation or confrontation. Caring staff walk the trail with the same food and gear as the YoungWalkers and patiently wait for opportunities to teach. When the time is right they will teach skills and the principles of unconditional love, agency, repentance, forgiveness, and restitution.
Anasazi Foundation offers programs for adolescents (ages 12-17) and adults 18+. New admissions are accepted continually, year round, and scheduled by appointment. Before an applicant can be accepted for admission, the enrollment packet must be submitted and approved, and financial arrangements must be finalized.
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(480) 892-7403
We help young people discover their greatness and families rebuild trust.
Anasazi’s world-renowned, licensed, and Joint Commission-accredited outdoor behavioral healthcare programs are ideal for adolescents (12-17) and adults (18+) struggling with depression, anxiety, self-image, defiance, family conflict, mental health, lack of motivation, mild mood disorders, drug and alcohol experimentation, internet addiction, entitlement issues, and other self-defeating behaviors.
Anasazi’s world-renowned, licensed, and Joint Commission-accredited outdoor behavioral healthcare programs are ideal for adolescents (12-17) and adults (18+) struggling with depression, anxiety, self-image, defiance, family conflict, mental health, lack of motivation, mild mood disorders, drug and alcohol experimentation, internet addiction, entitlement issues, and other self-defeating behaviors.
Anasazi utilizes the best of this change-promoting environment, without using the wilderness as a tool of manipulation or punishment. The combination of our unique and engaging experiential wilderness curriculum with top-quality clinical methods and trained therapists provides a powerful, synergistic intervention that motivates lasting change.
Anasazi is a therapeutic and nature-based treatment program for adolescents ages 12-17 and adults 18+. Our residential treatment takes a comprehensive approach that is designed to promote a change of heart which often results in a lasting change in behavior. New admissions are accepted continually, year round, and scheduled by appointment.
We also assist families with insurance coverage options and obtaining scholarships.
Anasazi Foundation programs employ a holistic, bio-psychosocial-spiritual approach to treatment that involves the development of individuals and families.
Our admissions team is available to answer your questions about our program and how we can help.
Before an applicant can be accepted for admission, the enrollment packet must be submitted and approved.
More than half of the families participating at Anasazi do so with the help of scholarships made possible by generous donations.
Anasazi Foundation’s offices are located in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. We operate the program, however, in the beautiful Arizona wilderness.
After completing the therapeutic wilderness program, each family receives a comprehensive aftercare plan that includes monthly phone contact though our Alumni Services department and seven weeks of parent coaching calls, which review program intervention principles and allow parents to discuss their application in specific circumstances.
Anasazi is not a boot camp – it is a nature-based and confrontation-free program for youth. Participation in an Anasazi program requires personal responsibility and accountability; however, no force, contrived experiences, manipulation, confrontation, point or level systems, or other behavioral modification techniques or models are employed. Caring staff walk the trail with the same food and gear as the YoungWalkers and patiently wait for opportunities to teach. Through this accredited wilderness therapy program, they will teach skills and the principles of unconditional love, agency, repentance, forgiveness, and restitution.
Anasazi Foundation recognizes the difficulty parents face when seeking help for son or daughter in trouble. When parents’ efforts to intervene have had little or no effect, and home or community-based interventions have been unsuccessful, behavioral healthcare adventure therapy programs such as Anasazi can help save a young life.
Anasazi Foundation is a wilderness therapy program for youth at risk. The mission of Anasazi Foundation is to prepare parents and children to turn their hearts to one another, begin anew, and walk in harmony of the wilderness of the world.
The Anasazi Foundation offers outdoor therapy programs and behavioral healthcare programs designed for youth 12-17 years old. In addition to these programs, Anasazi offers intervention training for parents.
The Anasazi Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Program is a wilderness treatment program designed for youth 12-17 years old who are struggling with depression, anxiety, family conflict, substance abuse, and/or other emotional or behavioral concerns.
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