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1424 South Stapley Drive Mesa, AZ 85204
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About Anasazi Foundation

Anasazi Foundation is a world-renowned outdoor behavioral health program, and its services include:

This program is for adolescents struggling with mental health issues and drug and alcohol experimentation. Their program also addresses lack of motivation, defiance, mild mood disorders, depression, internet addiction, entitlement issues, and other self-defeating behaviors.

Participants spend an average of 50 days in the wilderness of Arizona hiking and camping while learning new skills and technologies for living a life aligned mind, body, and spirit.

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Latest Reviews

Carrie Rice
2 weeks ago on Google
5
I've had two kids go to Anasazi for different reasons but life changing for both of them. A son 4 years ago, and a daughter who completed the program just a few days ago. Anasazi stands above all other wilderness survival programs because of their "walking as we" approach. When my daughter walked "ran away" from her group, the leaders went with her and walked alongside her to support her in her anxiety. No pressure, no conflict, just love and support. She chose to come back to the group and we picked her up 7 weeks later (last weekend) with a resilience in her eyes I've never seen before. If you are questioning your decision to send your child to Anasazi, don't. It's for teens and adults of most every level of struggling. As a mom of 2 young walkers, please feel free to message me through FB anytime. My name is Carrie Burdick Rice. I am an open book and willing to share my experience freely.
Fernando Tovar
2 weeks ago on Google
5
The Anasazi way has brought hope to our family. We were struggling to keep our daughter safe before we decided to take her to the Anasazi to walk the trail. The lessons both she and we learned through the journey has helped us turn our hearts to trying to walk together. Things are not perfect, but we are in a much better place thanks to the Anasazi Foundation. I highly recommend them.
Darin
1 month ago on Google
5
Anasazi was instrumental in helping our son. We'd tried many counselors, two different IOP's in combination with different prescriptions but he was only getting worse and more distant, and finding ways to self medicate which was severely effecting his health. We started looking for an inpatient program but found Anasazi. Their unique program of learning with natural consequences helped him find himself again. He learned many valuable lessons from the trail that gave him hope and direction. The trail walkers are amazing, were able to guide him and took good care of him. He met with a counselor once a week out on the trail to talk through things in his life and set future goals. The same counselor then met with us on a later day to keep us informed of his progress and help us with our training as well. As parents we went through valuable training to help foster a loving family relationship so we can continue to support him at home. The program didn't end when he returned home. Training and resources for parents continued so we can continue to be supported in our efforts and get help as we run into challenges or set backs. He also has resources available to him anytime he feels he needs the additional support. I wish programs like Anasazi could be available to anyone who needed it.
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Accepted Insurance

Anasazi Foundation works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact to verify your specific insurance provider.

Other Forms of Payment

Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.

Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

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Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

Treatments

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

Drug rehab in Arizona is the process of treating individuals who are dependent on a particular addictive drug. Because addiction is complex, this treatment typically includes a variety of interventions that address the many physical and emotional issues involved.

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Programs

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Adult Program

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
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Young Adult Program

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Staff & Accreditations

Staff

Larry Dean Olsen

Founder

Ezekiel C. Sanchez

Founder

Michael Merchant

President

Sean Smith

Executive Director

Brigham Nicoll, MD

Psychiatrist/Medical Director

Rebecca Thompson, RN

Nursing Director

Accreditations

State Licenses are permits issued by government agencies that allow rehab organizations to conduct business legally within a certain geographical area. Typically, the kind of program a rehab facility offers, along with its physical location, determines which licenses are required to operate legally.

State License: Arizona

The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.

Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes

Contact Information

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1424 South Stapley Drive
Mesa, AZ 85204

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Thanks to this place my life has changed forever, I love every minute I work with these people, the program is very well structured to meet the needs of adolescents, this is a wonderful program to strengthen family relationships. Thanks to the experience that I lived in this ... Read More

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Paige Planque
1 week ago
5

Carrie Rice
2 weeks ago
5

I've had two kids go to Anasazi for different reasons but life changing for both of them. A son 4 years ago, and a daughter who completed the program just a few days ago. Anasazi stands above all other wilderness survival programs because of their "walking as we" approach. When my daughter walked "ran away" from her group, the leaders went with her and walked alongside her to support her in her anxiety. No pressure, no conflict, just love and support. She chose to come back to the group and we picked her up 7 weeks later (last weekend) with a resilience in her eyes I've never seen before. If you are questioning your decision to send your child to Anasazi, don't. It's for teens and adults of most every level of struggling. As a mom of 2 young walkers, please feel free to message me through FB anytime. My name is Carrie Burdick Rice. I am an open book and willing to share my experience freely.

Fernando Tovar
2 weeks ago
5

The Anasazi way has brought hope to our family. We were struggling to keep our daughter safe before we decided to take her to the Anasazi to walk the trail. The lessons both she and we learned through the journey has helped us turn our hearts to trying to walk together. Things are not perfect, but we are in a much better place thanks to the Anasazi Foundation. I highly recommend them.

Crystvl
4 weeks ago
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Darin
1 month ago
5

Anasazi was instrumental in helping our son. We'd tried many counselors, two different IOP's in combination with different prescriptions but he was only getting worse and more distant, and finding ways to self medicate which was severely effecting his health. We started looking for an inpatient program but found Anasazi. Their unique program of learning with natural consequences helped him find himself again. He learned many valuable lessons from the trail that gave him hope and direction. The trail walkers are amazing, were able to guide him and took good care of him. He met with a counselor once a week out on the trail to talk through things in his life and set future goals. The same counselor then met with us on a later day to keep us informed of his progress and help us with our training as well. As parents we went through valuable training to help foster a loving family relationship so we can continue to support him at home. The program didn't end when he returned home. Training and resources for parents continued so we can continue to be supported in our efforts and get help as we run into challenges or set backs. He also has resources available to him anytime he feels he needs the additional support. I wish programs like Anasazi could be available to anyone who needed it.

Jon Darrah
1 month ago
5

This organization is supportive of every person in the family from the beginning. They have a strong purpose that they see through without compromising the safety of those who go through this program. The levels of support and involvement from on the trail to the office is amazing. And the changes afterwards is so visible in the confidence the young walker has and in what they learned. This program and organization really know the right ways to reach to the heart and help those under their care get the fresh start and push they need.

Briseida Reimer
2 months ago
5

I was a young trail walker. I loved it and being with the new trail walkers every week! I have made two new best friends out of this program and We still talk to this day. I still bust and I still think about the lovely people who work for Anasazi Foundation, how they have welcomed me with open arms when I walk into the office and I love seeing them when I can. I am happy I did this program and I hope others love it too!

Tom Seversike
3 months ago
5

Anasazi was such a great experience for our child as well as our family. It was not about changing how our child behaved. It was about showing them their greatness and giving them a space to learn how to think in a way that leads them forward in life. We were assured that as long as we (as parents) were committed to changing our ways of thinking we would see the same amount of change in our child, and that is how it turned out. 100% would do it again.

Jessica Maw
3 months ago
5

When my daughter was referred to Anasazi, we honestly thought we had no other options. We felt hopeless. She’d been in and out of different treatment facilities. We’d looked at other wilderness therapy programs, but none of them felt right. So many of these places are militant, there’s a reputation of abuse, punitive treatment, interactions with the child as if their trauma responses were some way of acting out. From the first moments of her getting into the program, the moment we walked in the office doors before she went into the wild, they strived to make a connection with her. The staff brought her under their wings of the teachings of the program. At first she hung onto that connection, but then over the next few weeks out on the trail, she fought. She resisted. It was challenging, something I can’t say I could ever understand without walking that path myself. But the shadow walker (shout out to Evan) helped our family grow along with her as best as we could. Each week was a different vicarious experience hearing about her life on the trail, learning the teachings of the paths she was walking, not knowing first hand if any of this made sense to her. But we were learning along with her, and we trusted in their team. Then we had our family week with her during the last few days of her walk. The moment I saw her, I saw her true self shining through all the dirt and grime, her experiences burst out of her skin. Over the next two days, she taught us how to make fire. She told us of eating frog legs, finding safe water to drink, discovering a beautiful water hole that she and her peers played in. She spoke of the moments she wanted to give up, when her peers pushed her forward, and her trail walkers (adult guides) supported her. I told her during our Dawn ceremony that I am so proud of her, and respect her so much as a person. After a month and a half of her being home, that hasn’t changed. Her experience with the Anasazi Foundation has healed her. It gave her an opportunity to connect with who she was before all the struggles she’s dealt with, to be her best self. She and I have talked about her friends that have struggled along side her. She would recommend Anasazi to anyone that can go through the program. So will I. But I will say this parent to parent, you have to put the work in too. You can’t put your child into this program and put the burden on them to change without acknowledging that there are things you could do better. Advice to parents: When family week comes, don’t sneak in things they ask you not to bring like coffee, snacks, lotion, etc. Your kid has been out there for weeks surviving with the bare minimum. They will notice, and resent, if you don’t give them the respect they deserve for surviving how they have. Cook dinner with them, ask about the ingredients in their pack, gather water with them, ask how they sleep each night. Live how they lived. Then take those lessons home.

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