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CATHERINE FREER CLINICAL DIRECTOR PUBLISHED IN COUNSELOR MAGAZINE

July 6, 2005

ALBANY, Ore. - Catherine Freer Clinical Director Kevin Riley, LCSW, CADC, will have an article published in the August issue of Counselor Magazine.

Riley's article, entitled "Sobriety Grows in Trees: Wilderness Therapy Continues to Gain Credibility" discusses the value and outcome of utilizing wilderness therapy to reach troubled teens.

Counselor, the Magazine for Addiction Professionals, is a national, peer-reviewed publication with a circulation of more than 21,000 addiction treatment professionals. The August issue will hit the newsstands on July 15.

"In a wilderness therapy program, clients spend the majority of their time outside, in a natural area, far from urban or suburban life. They are given the equipment and taught the skills that they need to flourish in that environment and then held accountable for putting in the effort. This type of informal process helps to reduce typical teen defensiveness about walking into an office to be 'therapized,'" explained Riley.

He added, "I have seen the effects that therapy which takes place under the open skies has on adolescents. They are profound."

Riley has been with Catherine Freer for five years. Before coming to Catherine Freer he worked with adolescents and families in many arenas, including tutoring and mentoring in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, adolescent service trips to Nicaragua, and working as a family therapist in Seattle. Riley received his MSW from the University of Washington. His clinical areas of interest include group therapy, family systems, and adolescent rites-of-passage.

About Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Programs
Catherine Freer's therapeutically enhanced wilderness programs have given thousands of
at-risk youth the tools necessary to make a new start. Founded in 1988, the Albany, Oregon, based company operates 21 and 51-day wilderness therapy expeditions, Santiam Crossing, an outdoor therapeutic school, and Oregon Transition Homes. Licensed by the state of Oregon as both a substance abuse and mental health treatment program, Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Programs is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. For more information, please visit the web site at www.cfreer.com or call (800) 390-3983.