Wolf Creek is a therapeutic boarding school provides students with the necessary counseling, mentoring, structure, and time to internalize positive change. The residential treatment program allows time for the teenagers who come here to experience stable behaviors and positive mindsets. This fosters personal growth, healthy self-expression, inspires academic excellence, and teaches individual responsibility and service to others.

Parents participate in quarterly seminars and retreats to build mutually respectful and responsible relationships. The major goal of our therapeutic boarding school and the residential program is to realize true healthy growth and assist in creating a positive future for each student and their family.

Students at WCA are under constant supervision, with staff members guiding them throughout the day. Our therapeutic boarding school is in a beautiful rural setting in the rolling mountains of North Carolina, allowing students to explore nature and enjoy outdoor sports such as hiking, swimming, skiing, and camping while attending our therapeutic boarding school.

Our professional counselors work with our students in individual and group sessions and through experiential therapy, art, music, drama, dance, or writing, all outlets for pent-up emotions. Students who come to WCA may also have risky activity issues, which are common among troubled teens, even if the parent is unaware of them. If so, they benefit by getting out of their old environments and away from negative peer groups.

While students are in our residential program, they work through levels and master techniques that help them deal with triggers and relapses once they get home. Other students who come to us have diagnoses such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Asperger’s Syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), anxiety, and depression.

Our specialized therapists work intensively with such students in those areas where they need the most help. Depending on the individual, this might be mastering social skills, controlling mood swings, or finding new ways of coping with anxiety, anger, and other such feeling states. We also work with the child’s psychologist and dispense medications as needed.

However, most students who are enrolled in therapeutic boarding schools are because they have behavioral issues or need anger management, or they have psychological and emotional problems around issues such as adoption, family conflict, divorce, or negative peer pressure. Our therapists help these residents understand their conflicts, learn better ways to communicate and interact respectfully with others, and how to set positive goals for their lives. Teens with behavior problems usually experience sudden academic failure, which is a red flag to their parents to get help. So, they come to us.  

When we address the emotional problems, they perform better as students and often get caught up and excel academically. We offer credit recovery programs where students can earn academic credits faster than traditional public schools. Our therapeutic boarding school intake process involves psychological testing, interviews with parents and teens, and reports from teachers and counselors in the home environment. Our therapists will work with family members regularly as the child is on our campus. We also provide a strong after-care component to help the students keep improving once they leave our residential school.

Therapeutic boarding schools can be expensive, but the cost of WCA is nowhere near what some other programs charge.  Yes, it is costly to have the professional staff we employ full-time on campus.  We have worked miracles for many families and welcome you to learn more by inquiring today.

We appreciate your including us in your search for therapeutic boarding schools for boys and girls. Ours is among therapeutic boarding schools that can move your child toward restoration. To find out more, we invite you to explore our website, then complete our inquiry form or call us today at (877)477-9653.

Wolf Creek offers anger management therapy for boys and girls aged 13 to 17. For over 30 years, our highly trained professional counselors have provided behavioral therapy, including anger management.

We can help your teenager. Call or email us for more information today!

Call Us Toll Free: (877)477-9653

Email: info@wolfcreekacademy.org

Click to View the Inquiry form >>