Outback Therapeutic Expeditions

50 North 200 East
Lehi, UT 84043

Outback Therapeutic Expeditions UT 84043

About Outback Therapeutic Expeditions

Outback Therapeutic Expeditions, located in Lehi, Utah is a private alcohol and drug rehab that offers treatment for a variety of substance abuse addictions including co-occurring mental health disorders. They offer residential care providing long term support for addiction recovery.

Specialty rehab programs at Outback Therapeutic Expeditions include age-appropriate treatment for teens addressing adolescent-specific issues.

Latest Reviews

aves
7 months ago on Google
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DO NOT send your kid here. i d give this 0 stars if I could. The children are miserable here and it is quite literally TRAUMATIZING them. It is not at all what they describe it to be. It is not happy and an outdoor adventure experience. Once your kid comes back they don t really come back. They are not the same and not in the way that you hoped. And they will literally never ever talk to you again after sending them to such a camp
callum
7 months ago on Google
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mike lubin
7 months ago on Google
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The organizers are veterans of abusing teens

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Outback Therapeutic Expeditions works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, Please contact to verify your specific insurance provider.

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Other Forms of Payment

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

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Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

Treatments

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Programs

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Teen Program
Teen programs are designed to address the unique pressures teens face, pressures that can drive them to experiment with dangerous, addictive substances. They need programs that meet them exactly where they are and give them tools for long-term recovery. Therapy can help teenagers understand and work through underlying issues so they can reclaim the life ahead of them.
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Child Program
The providers who specialize in the children's rehab space understand the specialized needs that this population faces. School-based and social services such as tutoring and family counseling are often central to treatment. Child programs may also address the needs of youth experiencing substance abuse in the home, including a parent's or sibling's addiction.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Contact Information

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50 North 200 East
Lehi, UT 84043

Fact checked and written by:
Patti Croft, MBA
Edited by:
Peter Lee, PhD

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3.5

The therapy offered by this place is excellent for teenagers who are facing problems, my son was in this program for three months and the therapists were wonderful with him, still asking to find out how he is, he is a new person since he visited this place. We are very grate ... Read More

Reviewed on 3/7/2019
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3.1 (59 reviews)
aves
7 months ago
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DO NOT send your kid here. i d give this 0 stars if I could. The children are miserable here and it is quite literally TRAUMATIZING them. It is not at all what they describe it to be. It is not happy and an outdoor adventure experience. Once your kid comes back they don t really come back. They are not the same and not in the way that you hoped. And they will literally never ever talk to you again after sending them to such a camp

callum
7 months ago
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mike lubin
7 months ago
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The organizers are veterans of abusing teens

audrey hart
1 year ago
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this place broke me.

Marie Chavez
1 year ago
5

I went to outback as a teenager I spent a very long 18 weeks in the wilderness at first this was a miserable I didn't want to be out there and I felt as it was completely pointless and was longing for the day I could leave. I belive about 7 weeks into my stay I started finally to be able to see the good in it. The staff we out there with us and the generally cared for us they all knew our names and stories and were always more than happen to listen to us. In my final weeks out there I really didn't want to leave it gave a sense of comfort and control of my own life. Plebe week was one of the best weeks of my life it was a great transition from wilderness back into normal life the adventures we went on were amazing. I wish I could day thank you to all the staff that were out there and especially Ja-Jo.

r s
1 year ago
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Quite the experience

Palmer Connelly
1 year ago
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Was there in 2021. I broke my wrist and one of the staff assaulted one of the other boys there so so much for the website saying it is safe and no injury has occurred. When I was taken to the hospital the staff refused to tell me what was wrong with me. Also if you are spending this amount of money you would expect to have you child be in a setting with a therapist at all times but nope, it is just once a week. Would not recommend to anyone and most everyone I talked to from the program has corroborated these findings of malpractice and trauma. Would give zero stars if possible

Danielle Fox
1 year ago
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The field guides are the best aspect of this program. They are (for the most part) genuinely kind people who want to help struggling children. However, this program is cynical on an institutional level. I won t say his name, but my therapist was a metaphorical snake-oil salesman. Outback is built off the back of non-consensual transportation (known colloquially as gooning ), in which children are essentially kidnapped & forced to go to this program. Outback essentially serves as a pipeline to more long-term treatment centers. Therapy is a business to Outback; its therapists (or the one I had) simply serve as a means to indirectly belittling students into going to a treatment center. While the field guides are incredibly kind & helpful, it does not redeem Outback as a whole.

John
1 year ago
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narco
1 year ago
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terrible experience. giving it one star isn t even telling the half of it

Jim Anderson
1 year ago
5

Great people work there and they really put a lot of love and care into what they do.

RMC RMC
1 year ago
5

YO. My names Cam and I just want to say Jordan is lit

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