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10 Things You Should Know About the Troubled Teen Industry

10 Things You Should Know About the Troubled Teen Industry "We were forced to endure verified brainwashing and abusive methods. For typically two days at a time, we were deprived of sleep and water." - Anonymous Survivor "Our letters were censored, read, and occasionally fully [...]

May 29th, 2023|Blog|

Hidden Lake Academy: Unveiling the Dark Reality of Institutional Abuse

Hidden Lake Academy: Unveiling the Dark Reality of Institutional Abuse If you’ve been watching the news cycle lately, you might have seen a flurry of stories published about Clarence Thomas. One of the more significant stories published was an investigative piece by Propublica that [...]

May 22nd, 2023|Blog|

Unsilenced CEO Meg Appelgate fights for HB 218 in Montana

Unsilenced CEO Meg Appelgate fights for HB 218 in Montana In March, Unsilenced CEO Meg Appelgate traveled to Montana to speak at a hearing for the Montana Senate about HB 218. While there were dissenting opinions about the bill in the hearing, Meg passionately pleaded the case [...]

April 30th, 2023|Blog, Legislation News|

How My Childhood Was Stolen From Me: Speaking Up About the Troubled Teen Industry and a Call for Change

How My Childhood Was Stolen From Me: Speaking Up About the Troubled Teen Industry and a Call for Change Originally shared via Linkedin by Meg Appelgate “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” one of my abductors towering over my bedside remarked. As [...]

September 3rd, 2022|Blog|

Lifetime’s ‘Cruel Instruction” – Based on the Troubled Teen Industry

Cruel Instruction Review By Meg Appelgate Summary Cruel Instruction tells the story of 16-year-old Kayla Adams whose mother, Karen, is advised by the school’s counselor to send Kayla to get treatment at a youth residential treatment center after she gets expelled from school. Kayla arrives at [...]

March 15th, 2022|Blog|

Untangling the digital ties of Family Care

Untangling the digital ties of Family Care In early October 2021, Paris Hilton wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post calling for greater oversight and regulation for congregate care facilities in the United States. A couple of weeks after her post, Katharine Weymouth, a former publisher and [...]

March 6th, 2022|Blog|

Tips for Talking with Others About Your Experience

Tips for Talking with Others About Your Experience By Beth Matenear, LPC Look, we all want validation. We are human and it is important. However, If you are going into this conversation with family or friends about your experience looking for them to be the only ones [...]

January 19th, 2022|Blog|

America’s controversial ‘troubled teen’ wilderness therapy camps

America’s controversial ‘troubled teen’ wilderness therapy camps Kyra Frankowski was 14 years old when her parents decided they didn’t know what to do with her. Four days after entering the new year in 2014, she was ripped from her home in Ohio and dropped off at a [...]

January 17th, 2022|Blog|
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