Pacific Quest is busy preparing for our annual Thanksgiving celebration! Students and staff work together to prepare a variety of dishes and invite the families of staff members to join in the feast. A highlight of our Thanksgiving celebration is the imu, a traditional Hawaiian underground oven. To make an imu, a hole is dug …
Pacific Quest is excited to announce the addition of therapist, Scott Boice, LPC, LMHC to its Clinical Department. Scott is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Hawaii and will be providing clinical services to adolescent and young adult students. Scott earned his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young …
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Eight Pacific Quest therapists are currently immersed in the Empowerment and Transformation experiential art and sandplay therapy training program based on the principles of Jungian psychology and the neuropsychology of expressive therapy. Training began in September and will continue until May, 2016. Therapists meet monthly to practice art therapy techniques using mediums such as paint, …
By Maureen Riley, MPH, MA Thanksgiving has passed and the holiday season is upon us. However, for students in a therapeutic wilderness program like Pacific Quest, gratitude is always in season. Feelings of gratitude for one’s family members, life opportunities and material possessions, emerge quickly for students who are away from home for an extended …
New Year’s Resolutions are often considered a very individual and personal undertaking. Staying fit and healthy, losing weight, living life to the fullest, saving more and spending time with family and friends round out Nielsen’s top five list for 2015. This year, make a healthful family life top priority. Making healthier eating a family initiative …
By Theresa Hasting, LMHC You’ve given everything you had; sleepless nights making sure your son stayed in his room, missing work to ensure he went to school, constant vigilance to ensure his safety. You’ve got him in a safe place where he is able to work on these issues. Now what? As we work with …
Gone are the simple days of one player arcade-style gaming. With the advent of era-defining video game consoles, we’ve removed the tokens and brought games home with us. Now, years after the introduction of home gaming, another trend has emerged and now holds gamers’ attention in a vice-grip: online multiplayer. Online multiplayer takes goal-oriented single-player …
Is a rude teen doomed to grow into a rude adult? Sadly, the answer may be yes, according to a study out of the University of Virginia. The 10-year study analyzed 164 adolescents, along with their close friends and romantic partners. The study found that although youth categorized as “disagreeable” did not report any struggles …
Counselors around the world echo similar thoughts when it comes to teens who fail to engage time after time. Whether the young person is unnaturally disagreeable, uninterested or simply unable to effectively communicate in therapeutic sessions, an underlying truth becomes evident; sometimes one-on-one therapy isn’t enough. Despite accolades, praise and a sterling reputation for recovery …