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Marcus struggles with staying engaged and recognizing that he is wasting time as well as his parent’s resources. Learn how experiential therapy and his equine experience at Oxbow Academy are helping to change that! By: Maria Lewis, MRC, CRC, ACMHC...

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Troubled Teens “Our Sons”

This last mid October Saturday, while hauling in the last two loads of hay for the year with five of the Oxbow boys, we stopped in between loads with the boys to grab a doughnut at the local bakery. The boys were so excited to get the doughnuts they had...

Dewey HoustonNov 10 abuse, ADD, ADHD, adoption, equine, experiential therapy, families, family therapy, mood disorder, oxbow academy, parents, pornography addiction, RedCliff Ascent, residential treatment center, sexual abuse, sexual addiction, sexual trauma, therapy, troubled teen, troubled teens Comments Disabled

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“A Boy Who Was Broken” – A Family Who is Healed

Shwan Brooks, Oxbow’s Executive Director, received this letter this month from the parent of one of our graduates. We gratefully share it’s contents with our blog readers. To protect this family’s privacy, their names have been ommitted...

Dewey HoustonSep 09 abuse, ADD, ADHD, adoption, equine, experientail therapy, family, family therapy, horse, mood disorder, oxbow academy, pornography addiction, RedCliff Ascent, residential treatment center, sexual abuse, sexual addiction, sexual trauma, substance abuse, therapy, troubled teens Comments Disabled

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It’s Not Too Late

I went to Oxbow Academy today to shoot *equine imprinting. It’s a fancy term for the simple process of handling a new baby horse while it is only days old in order to help the horse feel comfortable with human touch. The theory goes that if the...

Dewey HoustonAug 11 abuse, adoption, equine, family, oxbow academy, pornography addiction, sexual dependency, therapy, troubled teen Comments Disabled

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Baby on the Way

I’ve been sitting by the phone, waiting for Brita to call. Her mare is about to foal – or at least I think that’s the correct terminology. Anyway, a baby horse is expected any day now. I’m a city kid and I’ve never seen the...

Dewey HoustonJul 01 adoption, equine, equine training, foal, horse, imprinting, oxbow academy, pornography addiction, residential treatment center, sexual dependency, therapy, troubled teens Comments Disabled

Experiential Therapy, Learning by Doing

Experiential Therapy, Learning by Doing

Troubled Teens “Our Sons”

“A Boy Who Was Broken” – A Family Who is Healed

It’s Not Too Late

Baby on the Way