<p>Initially, Spring Ridge Academy seemed like a positive place, at least some students thought. However, life at the desert-surrounded campus was not everything it first seemed. Former SRA students explain what daily life was like at Spring Ridge, both therapeutically and socially, and the program culture that sowed unease and distrust among its participants. </p>

Episode 4: Unsilenced

“Troubled Treatment” is a serial investigative podcast examining one small, therapeutic boarding school in Spring Valley, Arizona, called Spring Ridge Academy. The school is one of many that existed in a network commonly referred to as the “troubled teen industry,” which markets itself as a supportive and caring environment for teenagers to heal from trauma and personal struggles and develop as a young individual. However, former students have spoken out about traumatic and even abusive experiences in the “therapeutic” program that was meant to help them. https://troubledtreatment.myportfolio.