Monday, October 1, 2012
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Dr. Andy Sapp is an Accredited Clinical Psychologist and the principal founder of Cherry Gulch, which is a Therapeutic Boarding School for boys between the ages of 10 to 14. He spoke with Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio about how boys, who have actually consistently had difficulties growing up, are now encountering much more substantial problems.
Background
Dr. Andrew Sapp has considerable experience working with youth in the fields of mental health. He got his M.A. and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. His clinical therapeutic experience includes working as a Field Supervisor and Therapist at a healing wilderness resort for adolescent boys, working at a youth facility with criminal offenders, and working as the head therapist with suicidal and psychotic youth in the pediatric unit of a secured inpatient psychiatric hospital.
Cherry Gulch near Boise, Idaho, is a therapeutic boarding school on 220 acres of beautiful ranch land that has been designed to help 10 to 14 year old boys. The mission purpose of the school is to offer superior academic and therapeutic services to boys within a safe, compassionate atmosphere.
The Boy Crisis In the 21st Century
The discussion focused on the difficulties boys are encountering today. Dr. Sapp laid out a disturbing state of affairs, a dangerous situation that is occurring in the residences and schools of America. Presently, the United States is experiencing a higher populace of boys that are in the throes of problems like scholastic failure, detachment, isolation, substance abuse, and depression. He thinks that a large part of this epidemic originates from the problem boys navigating through an increasingly complicated societal life. The natural impulse of boys to be much more energetic and rash is producing more difficult for them in our conformist culture. Boys are requiring more sophisticated parenting and instructional support.
While praising the social efforts made to help girls accomplish equal rights in the educational community, Dr. Sapp pointed out that it was well past time to give boys their due since they are failing miserably in their family, school, and communities. His therapeutic boarding school was focused on providing a variety of therapeutic and educational ways to assist boys develop and manage life a lot better.
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Dr. Andy Sapp is an Accredited Clinical Psychologist and the principal founder of Cherry Gulch, which is a Therapeutic Boarding School for boys between the ages of 10 to 14. He spoke with Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio about how boys, who have actually consistently had difficulties growing up, are now encountering much more substantial problems.
Background
Dr. Andrew Sapp has considerable experience working with youth in the fields of mental health. He got his M.A. and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. His clinical therapeutic experience includes working as a Field Supervisor and Therapist at a healing wilderness resort for adolescent boys, working at a youth facility with criminal offenders, and working as the head therapist with suicidal and psychotic youth in the pediatric unit of a secured inpatient psychiatric hospital.
Cherry Gulch near Boise, Idaho, is a therapeutic boarding school on 220 acres of beautiful ranch land that has been designed to help 10 to 14 year old boys. The mission purpose of the school is to offer superior academic and therapeutic services to boys within a safe, compassionate atmosphere.
The Boy Crisis In the 21st Century
The discussion focused on the difficulties boys are encountering today. Dr. Sapp laid out a disturbing state of affairs, a dangerous situation that is occurring in the residences and schools of America. Presently, the United States is experiencing a higher populace of boys that are in the throes of problems like scholastic failure, detachment, isolation, substance abuse, and depression. He thinks that a large part of this epidemic originates from the problem boys navigating through an increasingly complicated societal life. The natural impulse of boys to be much more energetic and rash is producing more difficult for them in our conformist culture. Boys are requiring more sophisticated parenting and instructional support.
While praising the social efforts made to help girls accomplish equal rights in the educational community, Dr. Sapp pointed out that it was well past time to give boys their due since they are failing miserably in their family, school, and communities. His therapeutic boarding school was focused on providing a variety of therapeutic and educational ways to assist boys develop and manage life a lot better.
About the Author:
The founder of Struggling Teens, Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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