The ANASAZI Foundation is a licensed, accredited, nonprofit outdoor behavioral healthcare provider based in Mesa, Arizona, operating in the Arizona backcountry since 1988. 49-day residential program with 2:1 staff-to-participant ratio and group sizes of 3-8. Treatment by licensed staff specializing in child and adolescent psychology, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing, and experiential education. As a nonprofit, offers financing, scholarships, and fundraising assistance.
Best for
Adults and older adolescents struggling with depression, anxiety, self-image, or motivation who respond to a relationship-based, values-oriented wilderness immersion.
Modalities
Depth elements
Relationship-based approach goes beyond behavioral compliance to explore principles of unconditional love, agency, repentance, forgiveness, and restitution within the wilderness container. Staff walk the trail with the same food and gear as participants, creating a genuinely egalitarian therapeutic relationship. Philosophy draws on principles of self-examination and relational repair paralleling depth psychological understanding.
Populations served
Notable staff
Licensed credentialed clinical team; 2:1 staff-to-participant ratio.