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#198 In this week's solo episode, I am sharing for the first time what my experience in the troubled teen industry was like. I was enrolled in Chrysalis School Montana in 2018 while I was struggling with my mental health in high school, unaware that I was part of a larger system that takes advantage of teens and their parents. In this episode, I look back at my experience in this therapeutic boarding school and discuss:

+ What therapeutic boarding schools are & why they aren't effective treatment options

+ Why I attended a therapeutic boarding school & initial red flags that my program was unethical

+ My experiences with adventure therapy, group/individual therapy, & academics while at Chrysalis

+ What day-to-day life looks like while attending a therapeutic boarding school

+ The most unethical experiences I faced while attending my program

+ Coming to terms with my experience after graduating & what that was like

+ How I realized that my therapeutic boarding school was part of the troubled teen industry

+ The role of educational consultants in the troubled teen industry

+ The disturbing lawsuit filed against Chrysalis after I graduated

+ Other options for teen mental health programs outside of the troubled teen industry

+ My advice for other troubled teen industry survivors

MENTIONED

+ She Persisted Ep. 196

+ She Persisted Ep. 197

+ Unsilenced

+ Becoming Unsilenced

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