{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"300: Wilderness Therapy Is Growing?! What 300 Episodes Reveal","description":"Wilderness therapy isn\u2019t dying. It\u2019s growing. In this milestone 300th episode of Stories from the Field, host Dr. Will White sits down with guest host Jake Weld to reflect on nearly a decade of conversations exploring wilderness therapy, outdoor behavioral healthcare, and the evolving relationship between mental health and the outdoors. Drawing from hundreds of interviews, download data, and personal experience, Will examines why episodes centered on controversy, trauma, and program closures continue to draw the most attention\u2014and what those patterns reveal about public perception of the field. But this episode isn\u2019t an obituary. It\u2019s a reassessment. Will argues that while traditional long-term wilderness programs for adolescents have narrowed, outdoor mental health is quietly expanding through outpatient care, coaching, retreats, community-based models, and new hybrid approaches. Episode 300 offers a rare long-view perspective on how definitions, power, and practice have shifted\u2014and why reports of wilderness therapy\u2019s demise may be missing the bigger story. This podcast is supported by White Mountain Adventure Institute (wmai.org), offering adventure inspired retreats for men and facilitated by Will White. ","author_name":"Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors","author_url":"http:\/\/storiesfromthefield.com","html":"