RECREATION IS REFRESHING AND REVITALIZING

What is life without joy and passion? Sometimes when individuals and family systems are fighting the battle for renewed mental health, ensuring the presence of enjoyable experiences and playfulness with one another can fall by the wayside. Ironically, those experiencing psychological distress require recreation more than anyone. At Northwest Passage, our team works to get to know each client as an individual, including their interests and hobbies. A concerted effort to work each youth’s interests into their treatment is made precisely because of the knowledge that building enjoyable experiences into each and every day is how to begin to build a life that our kids want to wake up to each morning. Concurrently, staff members are encouraged to bring their personal passions to work to share their joy with one another and expand the horizons of the children with whom they work. Like the other therapeutic lifestyle choices, recreation is one that often will overlap with others including service, exercise, and time in nature.