Stories from the Field: Demystifying Wilderness Therapy

Stories from the field is a podcast dedicated to demystifying wilderness therapy and is hosted by Dr. Will White.  In this podcast Will interviews various wilderness therapy researchers, program founders, writers, executive directors, guide staff, clinicians, former students and more.  He educates the listener to the long history of the field and different trends related to this evolving treatment option.

Will has worked in the wilderness therapy field for over 30 years and co-founded Summit Achievement (a wilderness therapy program) in the 1990's.  He wrote the book, "Stories from the Field: A History of Wilderness Therapy" and his doctoral dissertation traced the history of the field and is titled “Stories from the Elders: Chronicles and Narratives from the Early Years of Wilderness Therapy”.