Learn About Clearview Horizon
Clearview Horizon stands apart as one of the nation’s leading therapeutic boarding schools for girls, combining an extraordinary team of professionals with an integrated, whole-person approach to healing. Its interdisciplinary team—composed of licensed therapists, mental health specialists, educators, and residential mentors—works collaboratively to address every dimension of a student’s growth: emotional, academic, behavioral, social, and spiritual. This synergy allows for personalized treatment plans that evolve as each girl progresses, blending evidence-based modalities such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, and family systems therapy with life coaching, experiential learning, and relational mentoring. The result is a uniquely balanced environment where structure meets compassion, and therapy is woven into every part of daily life.
Despite being regarded as one of the most comprehensive and effective programs in the country, Clearview Horizon remains more affordable than most comparable residential treatment centers or therapeutic boarding schools—making exceptional care accessible to families who refuse to compromise on quality. It is this rare combination of professional excellence, integrated treatment, and affordability that truly makes Clearview Horizon the nation’s best choice for helping girls rediscover hope, confidence, and direction.
The Clearview Horizon campus is set in a tranquil mountainside environment, where we guide girls through their toughest emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges. Our holistic, approach combines therapeutic support with academic guidance and life skills training, equipping each student with the necessary tools for healing and personal growth. This comprehensive support system ensures that every girl has the opportunity to achieve her full potential in a nurturing environment.
Some of the life-impacting issues we address include:
• Anxiety and Depression – Many of our students struggle with persistent sadness, panic attacks, social withdrawal, low self-esteem, and overwhelming emotional distress. Through individualized therapy, coping strategies, and a supportive environment, we help them regain emotional stability and self-confidence.
• Trauma and PTSD – Whether caused by abuse, neglect, bullying, or other painful experiences, trauma can leave girls feeling emotionally disconnected, unsafe, and distrustful of others. Our trauma-informed care, therapy, and mentorship help students process their past and develop healthy coping mechanisms.
• Self-Harm and Risky Behaviors – Many young girls engage in self-harming behaviors or have become involved in very risky activities. Clearview Horizon Girls Academy provides immediate intervention, emotional support, and alternative coping strategies to help them process emotions in a healthier and more constructive way.
• Attachment and Abandonment Issues – Feelings of rejection, loss, or instability—often linked to adoption, family dysfunction, or broken relationships—can lead to difficulties in trusting others, forming healthy connections, and feeling a sense of belonging. Our program focuses on emotional healing, self-worth, and relationship-building skills to help students develop healthy and meaningful relationships.
• Behavioral Defiance – Many students come to us exhibiting rebellion, defiance toward authority, risk-taking behaviors, and difficulty following rules. Through structured guidance, therapy, and faith-based mentorship, we help them develop self-discipline, accountability, and emotional maturity, equipping them with the skills to make positive life choices.
• Substance Abuse and Addiction – Some girls turn to drugs, alcohol, or other harmful behaviors and addictions as a way to self-medicate emotional pain or escape personal struggles. At Clearview Horizon Girls Academy, we provide evidence-based addiction treatment, relapse prevention strategies, and emotional healing support to help students break free from dependency and build a future grounded in health and purpose.
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) – Some girls struggle with chronic anger, defiance, and hostility toward authority figures, often as a response to deeper frustration, trauma, or unmet emotional needs. At Clearview Horizon Girls Academy, we use evidence-based behavioral therapy, family support, and individualized counseling to help students develop respect, accountability, and emotional regulation—transforming defiance into confidence, cooperation, and lasting personal growth.
At Clearview Horizon, we provide a safe, structured, and nurturing environment where struggling girls can heal, rebuild their confidence, and embrace a brighter, more fulfilling future. We are a comprehensive program designed to transform the negative core beliefs adversely affecting your daughter’s life. This transformation is achieved through the integrated efforts of our therapeutic, residential, and academic teams, all operating within a supportive, peer-driven community. Our therapeutic strategies are employed as powerful tools for change. If previous interventions such as personal therapy, wilderness programs, or other residential treatments have failed to produce lasting results, Clearview Horizon’s approach is uniquely designed to ignite a genuine desire for change in your daughter. Guided by her therapist, the experiences she undergoes here aim to reshape her misconceptions and self-identity. Our program provides a safe and nurturing environment that not only introduces but also reinforces positive beliefs, allowing her to develop and practice these new perspectives. Clearview represents a unique, immersive approach to therapy that stands out in the field.
Our purpose is to give your daughter the tools and guidance to transform her negative beliefs, implement healthy relational patterns, and practice them in various contexts before moving on to lead a virtuous life. We do this by providing a perfect balance of academic rigor and outstanding therapeutics in an environment of support and accountability. We offer a safe residential treatment center for girls, a transformative refuge for your daughter, staffed with singularly focused professionals on her well-being. For our entire team, our only concern is to bring your daughter to a better place emotionally, physically, and mentally. It’s all we do every day.
We firmly believe that therapeutic change involves more than talk; it comes through immersive experiences designed to prompt activity and emotional healing. These experiences are used strategically by your daughter’s treatment team to challenge her false beliefs, help her identify new, positive beliefs, and reinforce the healthy identity that emerges. By guiding your daughter to examine the beliefs that have caused her symptoms and behaviors, our therapists can set up experiences that challenge those beliefs and introduce tools to shift negative beliefs toward more positive ones while living in our community. With the repetition of newfound positive thinking and actions, day in and day out, the result is a real, lasting, self-motivated change for your daughter even after she returns home.
Clearview Horizon experience is not short-term. Our residential treatment center for troubled girls is designed to last a minimum of 9-20 months. If we could help your girl have lifelong success with a shorter-term program, we would do that since there is an ongoing need for help from families across America and worldwide. We’ve learned that one year is the minimum time required for most girls to become open to change, accept that they need help, learn from their therapists, and put new behaviors and thinking into habitual practice. For some girls, it can take many months of counseling before they even begin to get to the bottom of their internal issues, and then more time is needed to work through those issues and the ways for the girl to cope more positively.
Clearview Horizon Girls Academy provides innovative therapy, including individual, group, and family counseling. We also offer specialized help for students with abandonment issues. The goal is to uncover the psychological factors contributing to the student’s unhealthy behavior. The student will then learn therapeutic tools that will assist her in being a healthy woman for the rest of her life.
Students at Clearview Horizon’s residential treatment center for girls live together in our beautiful lodge and meet regularly with their therapists. Their therapists help them confront fears and gain confidence in a safe, nurturing, and structured environment.
Girls who have emotional and behavioral problems tend to be failing in school. So, our on-site, accredited academic program is intentionally computer-based and assisted by a licensed teacher, so girls get caught up and even get ahead in their schooling. Regular academic progress reports are available at any time. Clearview Horizon Girls Academy is an accredited school that provides a recognized class transcript. Clearview Horizon empahsizes a healthy, nutritionally balanced diet, regular physical activities, restful sleep, and fun times, all designed to teach a healthy lifestyle. Girls participate in many outdoor and recreational events during the year and organize team sports. Girls in our care also enjoy periodic camping and hiking outings in the beautiful and rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Our Christian residential treatment center staff encourages girls and teaches and attends non-denominational church services for spiritual support. The students must attend church services, youth groups, and Bible study but are not forced to participate in these activities.
Your daughter will learn to evaluate her relationships with God, herself, and others. She will learn to determine her weaknesses, how they affect her behavior, and how to eliminate them. She will learn to listen to her conscience and develop it to be more attuned to her weaknesses. Your child will begin to monitor herself – something teens rarely do independently. However, one of the most beneficial results of this process is that she will learn to control her impulsive, emotionally driven decisions and begin thinking about the impact of her actions and responses on others around her, including her parents and family. Your daughter will restore her awareness of right and wrong actions. The serenity and beauty of God’s creation in Montana encourage the softening process and reinforce this understanding that God is the Master of Life and the lover of every troubled teen’s soul. The transformation is amazing! Girls and their families who thought they wouldn’t make it another month live in renewed peace and grace. Read about the experiences of some students who have come to our residential treatment center for girls.
From Our Founder,
Mary Thielbahr
Clearview Horizon Girls Academy is the Ideal Setting to Help Your Daughter
Clearview Horizon Girls Academy is dedicated to helping girls facing challenging behavioral disorders, emotional issues, trauma, or self-destructive behaviors. Our comprehensive team, which includes psychotherapists, psychiatric specialists, licensed teachers, and mentors, is committed to assisting your daughter in addressing her complex challenges. We aim to guide her towards a new and more positive direction in life, empowering her to embark on a path of healing and productivity.
We will create an individualized treatment plan specifically for her unique medical, emotional, and psychological needs. The Clearview Horizon program is very personable and relational, but highly structured, emphasizing a nutritionally balanced diet, physical activities, and outdoor events, and forged to educate your daughter in a healthy lifestyle.
Clearview Horizon Girls Academy is nestled in the serene Rocky Mountains of Western Montana, providing a secure and picturesque setting for healing. Our expert clinical team and specially designed program aim to address a variety of behavioral disorders. We have crafted an environment that supports your daughter in discovering her inner strength and overcoming her specific challenges.
Mary’s credits include:
- Master’s Degree in marriage, family, and child therapy
- Master’s Degree in special education
- Licensed educational psychologist in the state of California
- Licensed marriage and family therapist (ID and CA)
- Credentialed teacher in the state of California
- Credentialed special education teacher in the state of California
- Remedial reading specialist in the state of California
“This place is a gift from God! They have helped my daughter better herself in every way! The facility is absolutely gorgeous! The staff is so responsive, helpful, caring, and truly love the girls! They show nothing but comfort, they care for the girls, and show so much compassion! We are so blessed that God and our angels helped us find this place! The bond we get to have with our daughter now, I will forever be thankful! THANK YOU CLEARVIEW!” – Janessa
“This review will be the most important review I have ever written, and I hope this can give just one parent some guidance. If you are researching residential treatment centers, you are likely getting ready to make the toughest decision of your life. If you are looking for a place to drop your daughter off for a year and hope they ‘fix’ her, it doesn’t exist. But help does exist, and you are in the right place.
My daughter graduated on January 28, 2023, from Clearview Horizon Girls Academy. They likely saved her life. The staff is incredible. I found peace when my daughter arrived, and over time, she began to find peace. Weekly therapy Zoom calls, parent workshops where we learn to support our daughters… you will learn to create love and safety for your daughter. One word: Commitment.
If you have a child in crisis, this is the best place you could be. Thank you, Clearview Horizon Girls Academy, for all you do for our beautiful girls.”– Paul
“I am a graduate of Clearview Horizon Girls Academy. I am 15 years old. I used to struggle with self-harm, lying, boys, anger, nicotine, sneaking out, restrictive eating, and forgiveness. I used to hate my family. I wanted nothing to do with them. Now I am grateful for this beautiful life. I am an overcomer. I am confident. I have a beautiful relationship with my family.” – Alyssa
