Therapeutic wilderness programs provide an alternative to short-term residential treatment programs. They provide clinical assessment and intervention while putting your child in an environment that will boost self-esteem and ego strength. At their heart, therapeutic wilderness programs are dedicated to building children through empowerment, accountability and insight-oriented, therapeutic experiences. They are among the most popular interventions of parents due the substantial amount of information gathered during this experience and the significant movement of their children who were previously stuck in a spiral of negative momentum.