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Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After TreatmentAuthor: Beth Hillman Parent Coach for Parents of Struggling Teens
Your guide to parenting a struggling teen or young-adult, whether theyre home, transitioning home, or presently in treatment. Parents, say goodbye to exhausting confusion, overwhelm, panic and the unhelpful patterns that keep you and your family stuck. Learn how to develop healthy responses and set healthy boundaries with your teen instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. Experience the relationship-changing power of focusing on your own behavior instead of futile attempts to control your teen. Your guides to Parenting Post-wilderness are Beth Hillman, a life coach for parents of struggling teens and mom to a post-wilderness teen, and part-time co-host Seth Gottlieb, a wilderness therapy guide turned teen and young-adult recovery coach. Their unique combination of experience and training yields candid conversations chock full of practical, actionable tips and tools to smooth the challenges both parents and teens experience surrounding treatment. Every week, you can expect conversations around:Parenting a struggling teen or young-adult;Setting healthy boundaries with your teen;Treatment options for your struggling teen or young adult;Bringing your kid home from treatment;Parenting skills to support your struggling child;Teen substance abuse, drug addiction, gaming addiction, suicidal ideation, or other teen mental health concerns;How to end power struggles and instead foster healthy communication with your teen or young-adult;And much more.Listen in to discover how parents like you have learned to influence equanimity in the home and rebuild connections with the teens they love. Connect with Beth on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or find more information about working with Beth at www.bethhillmancoaching.com. Language: en-us Genres: Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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194. What It Feels Like to Come Home From Treatment (And Why Your Teen Is Struggling) With Casie Fariello
Episode 194
Tuesday, 12 May, 2026
You bring your child home from treatment and expect things to get better. But instead, everything feels off. They’re overwhelmed. Irritated. Withdrawn. Maybe even struggling more than you expected. You don’t understand. Why is this so hard? Did we do something wrong?This special episode will help you understand something most parents never fully see… until now.Because what your teen experiences coming home from treatment isn’t just a transition. It can feel disorienting, overstimulating, and deeply unsettling in ways that are hard to explain, especially if you’ve never lived it yourself.Today, I’m joined by Casie Fariello, who shares a deeply personal and unexpected experience that gave her a rare, firsthand understanding of what it actually feels like to lose autonomy, feel stripped of identity, and then try to re-enter everyday life after treatment.And what she realized changed everything about how she relates to her son.In this episode on what it feels like to come home from treatment, we discuss:Casie’s story that gave her a firsthand understanding of what it feels like to transition home from treatment;Why reintegration after treatment can feel overwhelming, even when your teen “seems fine”;The loss of autonomy, identity, and safety your child may experience in treatment and how that impacts their behavior at home;Why your teen may withdraw, resist connection, or seem ungrateful after coming home;How overstimulation (phones, noise, people) can make early reentry incredibly difficult;The hidden grief both you and your teen may be carrying after time apart;Why kids may “check the boxes” in treatment and what that means when they return home;How your own fear, guilt, and judgment can show up during this phase (and what to do with it);Simple, powerful ways to support your teen: space, autonomy, and patience;What it really means to “relearn” how to be a family again after treatment;And much more.More about Casie FarielloCasie is the co-founder of the online parent support group Other Parents Like Me (OPLM.com). She also has a son who went to treatment, including wilderness.Looking for support?🗺️Need help setting healthy boundaries with your teen AND following through? My free guide will help you do so by creating your own Parent Home Plan!🧘Learn how to respond in hard moments, without losing your cool, the relationship, or yourself, inside my 6-week Boundaries Masterclass.🤍Influence lasting change in yourself and your struggling teen with my private coaching or parent group program specifically created for parents of struggling teens.Have a question or need support? You can email me at beth@bethhillmancoaching.comYou can support the show by:Leaving a reviewSubscribing to the showAnd remember parents, the change begins with us.
