175: Evan Oppenheimer, Primary Therapist at True North

<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Evan Oppenheimer is a young adult therapist at </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href= "https://truenorthwilderness.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">True North Wilderness Program</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> in Vermont. Evan’s journey into the field began at a young age while living on Long Island, N.Y., and heading north in the summers to attend camp. Evan shares why he was drawn to wilderness therapy, his time as a wilderness guide in different parts of the world, and why he decided to leave his busy practice as a psychotherapist in New York City to become a clinician at a wilderness therapy program in Vermont. </span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">He shares why he feels wilderness therapy is effective with young adults and explains how he uses the Internal Family Systems model and Narrative Therapy. Evan also shares a story about working with a young adult and the time he used Primal Scream Therapy with two clients in the woods.  </span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true"><a href= "https://storiesfromthefield.com/">Stories from the Field</a> would like to thank the underwriters of Season 14, Brightstone</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href= "https://brightstonetransitions.squarespace.com/about-brightstone" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-preserver-spaces= "true"> Transitions</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces= "true">, </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href= "https://pointschoolpr.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Point School</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">, and </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href= "https://wisdomranch.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Wisdom Ranch</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">. Season 14 focuses on young adult programs and young adults sharing their stories.</span></p>