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Penrith Farms Young Adult Program

Newport, WA, US • 20 - 49 Employees
Social Services

Penrith Farms is a working farm located in Eastern Washington for young and emerging adults to learn life skills and experience emotional growth in a therapeutic environment. Our focus is to engage troubled young adults and to help them transition into independent living and adulthood. Penrith Farms operates with a different approach than most programs by engaging our residents throughout the day in a real time environment. We provide challenges and opportunities that will allow our residents to prove themselves and thereby build self-esteem, pride, confidence, honesty, and self-control.By the time clients enroll at Penrith Farms the majority of them have developed a distrust for therapists and traditional treatment facilities. Our method is more spontaneous than traditional therapy and leads to more self-awareness. Spontaneity means that we address the behaviors and emotional states behind events in the moment as they happen. Penrith Farms provides opportunities for counseling, therapy, mentoring and life coaching to occur in real time thus allowing residents to recognize their emotions and resolve their issues. A majority of young adults that are failing to launch are in need of this experience.Penrith Farms first goal is to develop trust and open communication between staff and the residents. As we gain their trust, we will engage them in a manner that challenges them to develop the skills that will help them transition to a positive and productive adulthood. At Penrith Farms, residents will be consistently challenged to express themselves appropriately, work as a team, accept "No" as an answer, embrace natural consequences, and socialize in a positive manner. We will establish realistic connections with residents which will enable them to properly communicate, cooperate with others, and complete their commitments responsibly.