Take care of yourself first and you will do better with your kids. You will realize where the healthy boundary is between you and your kid.

How do you role model self-care? What are you willing and not willing to do? Where do you find your willingness?

Relapse is a part of recovery. The old dragon will show up in some form or another after your treatment. The goal is to see it!

Mirror, Validate, and Empathize. A strategy to deepen a conversation with your teen at risk. This is a communication only strategy! How...

How do you balance staying connected and giving freedoms to at-risk teens? When suicide becomes an issue, how do you give space AND stay...

There are 2 different kinds of changes in recovery. How they both work, who is responsible to guide the resident through the changes, and...

Using MVE (Mirror, Validate, Empathize) as a strategy is very useful to create a powerful conversation with your teen. What do you do...

The cycle of addiction is important to understand. At Fire Mountain, we take a different approach to addiction. Addiction is related to...

The coming home contract is an important document for everyone involved in the recovery, teens, parents, therapists, and us. It teaches...

In this video a parent describes how the changes his teen experienced at Fire Mountain helped him and his family. Lasting changes are...

This video was taken from a recent discussion with parents. The ideas are based on Love and Logic principals applied to teens at risk. ...

This video was taken from a recent discussion with parents. The ideas are based on Love and Logic principals applied to teens at risk....

In case you missed it, here is a link to a video by Rock Mountain PBS on the risks of high-potency marijuana. It is worthwhile to watch...

Below is a brief video showing a couple of aspects of what we do at Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center. It was originally...

This story by ITV features a brief comment by Aaron on the effects that pot legalization on the teens of Colorado. It is a good idea to...

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) is a newly classified medical disorder that stems from smoking too much pot. “Cannabinoid...

What is it that makes this special bond? Horses feel people. They understand people on an emotional level. Horses also form relationships...

Teens and tweens seem to be glued to their phones—surfing the Internet, engaging on social media platforms, and texting with friends. But...

This is an interesting article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal. The topic is how to reframe your thoughts in a realistic way to...

Helping teens make behavioral changes is challenging. There are a host of behavioral problems that can develop and are difficult to...