36 min.

21. Mom Casie on Transitioning Her Child Home After Boarding School & Online Parent Support Group OPLM.com [Parent Interview‪]‬ Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment

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Today, we’re continuing our conversation with Casie Fariello & we dive deeper into her son’s experience of going to wilderness and how he looks back at it now. Both Casie’s son and Seth agree that it’s not a black-and-white experience.
After going through the process of wilderness, boarding school and eventually transitioning her son home, Casie founded a peer-led, online support group for parents of children struggling with mental health and/or substances: OPLM.com.
In this parent interview, we discuss:
Diving deeper into her son’s experience of going to wilderness;Seth’s experiences of how wilderness finally made him feel safe;Suicidal ideation;Self-worth;Working on yourself as a parent;Online parent support group OPLM.com;And more!If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
And if you haven’t already done so, make sure to subscribe to our show so you don’t miss any of my future episodes!

Today, we’re continuing our conversation with Casie Fariello & we dive deeper into her son’s experience of going to wilderness and how he looks back at it now. Both Casie’s son and Seth agree that it’s not a black-and-white experience.
After going through the process of wilderness, boarding school and eventually transitioning her son home, Casie founded a peer-led, online support group for parents of children struggling with mental health and/or substances: OPLM.com.
In this parent interview, we discuss:
Diving deeper into her son’s experience of going to wilderness;Seth’s experiences of how wilderness finally made him feel safe;Suicidal ideation;Self-worth;Working on yourself as a parent;Online parent support group OPLM.com;And more!If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
And if you haven’t already done so, make sure to subscribe to our show so you don’t miss any of my future episodes!

36 min.