The Wildflower Way

Small group, family setting

Many of our youth come from a home setting and are expecting to return to a home setting---we replicate that environment so that relationships can be built by avoiding large placement groups where a youth can feel lost and hide their emotions in a crowd. We beleive in a family support approach versus institutional care setting. We want our youth to be able to live and thrive in families and in communities.

Restraint free, Inclusive Treatment

We beleive that all behavior has a reason and that fear or isolation tend to increase poor behaviors and/or damage trust and relationships. Different from industry standards, we do not allow restraint or seclusion in our treatment. We work closely with our staff and family member to be able to replicate the positive results of our approach.

Animal Assisted Therapy

Through trust-based exercises, we empower youth to cultivate relationships grounded in trust and understanding, both with the animals and with themselves. Teens & preteens can often act reluctant to open up to adults in their lives. Our animal rich environment allows a safe space to begin to open up and connect while also safely reflecting back how their behaviors may be affecting their relationships.

Our Mission

At our core, we are committed to fostering a deep sense of self-acceptance and love for all individuals. Wildflower Mountain Ranch is a title IV-E eligible, non-profit residential treatment program for adolescent girls (individuals age 12-17 identified female at birth) in Northern Utah. We prioritize highly individualized care, not only for our residents but also for their families, recognizing the importance of collective healing.

Our mission is to provide a nurturing environment where girls can reconnect and heal, offering an array of therapies each week, including essential family therapy through telehealth. We offer the leading evidence based practices to help our clients and their families reconnect and heal, including:

Neurofeedback; real-time monitoring of brain activity to help individuals regulate their brain function and improve mental health and cognitive performance
DBT for emotion regulation (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
TF-CBT for trauma processing (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy)
Equine Therapy and Animal Assisted Therapy for building self awareness, compassion and empathy, and another safe way to be vulnerable without judgement.
TBRI for improved family relationships
Trust Based Relationship Intervention

We also provide support groups and educational opportunities for parents, fostering a sense of community and ensuring that no family feels alone on their journey. Together, we create a safe space for growth, healing, and transformation.

A one of a kind organization, Wildflower Mountain Ranch (WMR) provides teenage girls with an approach to healing that has been specifically developed to fit their needs. Whether it’s our individualized therapeutic programming, our animal therapists, or our beautiful location, WMR is highly qualified to address the complex needs of adolescent girls to change their relationships and their future. As adoptive parents, we also hold a special place for post-adoptive families and the unique challenges they face. As a non-profit,

we work with Adoption Assistance Programs in funding treatment.

At WMR, our therapeutic approach is all about connection: the identity you have with yourself and the connections you have with others. We believe that when a girl can feel safe to be vulnerable, tremendous growth can happen. As a residential treatment program for girls, we help cultivate a positive peer culture among our students by encouraging teens to share their experiences and lift each other up as women. By working with this specific population, our clinical programming specializes in behaviors and mental health struggles that are common among young women, including anxiety, low self-esteem, self harm, and trauma. Studies show that high schoolers are more motivated to participate in group discussions in single-gender settings, where they generally experience less social pressure and feel more comfortable sharing sensitive information, such as in group therapy. We take the focus off the initial pressures of independent adolescence and instead focus on building healthy relationships, boundaries, and mutual respect. Our homes heal and protect our most vulnerable. We believe these homes will help raise the next generation of women and change our world in the process.

Outpatient therapy is not enough support and multiple concerns arising between sessions without improvement.

Family relationships are strained and it feels like everything is a fight

Youth is withdrawing or lashing out at healthy relationshipshing out at healthy relationships

Youth may be impusive, focusing time on unhealthy relationships or unsafe behaviors, including self harm

When is Residential needed?

Support Services

The Wildflower family has fired up a vision where it's all about building a village. Inside this village, we support each other and give space to grow, from the girls we treat to the parents and families we support and collaborate with.

Our residential services include:

Residential placement, individual assessment and treatment planning, individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, education services for youth durring treatment, parent/caregiver coaching and education, life and career skill training and experiences, and recreational activities with healthy connection modeling.

We also offer post-placement support and telehealth counseling services. Our vision is to build a Sisterhood where parents and daughters get to build lifelong supports and resources.

Contact Wildflower Mountain Ranch

Get in touch with Wildflower Mountain Ranch to learn more about our work .

WildflowerResidentialTreatment@outlook.com