Recovery Happens Here
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The Skyland Trail Experience
Our adult clients describe what treatment at Skyland Trail was like for them.
Our Clients
Loss & Found
I’m a Skyland Trail alumni, and this is my story. I had a great start. A couple of kids, engineering majors in college, fell in…
Melissa K
When I walked through the doors of Skyland Trail, I had been struggling with mental health challenges for eight years and had been in multiple…
Xander K.
In the past, I believed I could never make a life for myself that I could be content with. Coming to Skyland was probably the…
David N.
Skyland Trail’s web materials note that “many of our clients come to us exhausted, scared and desperate.” That was me in July of 2019. Earlier…
Mark P.
“Start with transformation of your heart. Let go of yourself and find the magic of the fairy home. Your mind will follow.” Most of us…
Bryn P.
‘Let me just tell you that I was a mess before Skyland. I wasn’t doing great in relationships with friends, family, or really anyone. I…
Steve H.
I was enrolled in the Skyland Trail program and was working extremely hard at my recovery. Though I was diligent in my efforts, I felt…
Josh L
Over the summer of 2018, I started struggling with depression and anxiety to the point where I didn’t leave the house. I had applied to…
George L
Among other things, my time at Skyland Trail has been an education, not solely about my mental illness but about people. A lot of different…
Our Families
Judy and Paul Faletti
A few clients who entered treatment in the early days became a part of the history of Skyland Trail. One of our first clients expressed…
Patrick and Tracey M.
Over six years, our daughter Amanda received treatment at numerous programs as a result of mental health issues including six suicide attempts. We approached each…
A Family’s Story of Hope
“All of a sudden, I could tell. I know when he isn’t himself,” says Angie W. about her younger brother. “He wanted to stay home.…
Nell R
Nell’s son received treatment at Skyland Trail in 2018. Financial aid helped her son fully engage in treatment and helped her family heal. Dear Skyland…
James and Beth S
The Gift of a Future with Our Daughter Like many of the families who have been treated at Skyland Trail, we were surprised and unprepared…
Susan B
The Search for Hope I entered the mental health morass as the result of helping my daughter and her husband find a treatment program for…