"If my parents had read this book, perhaps this book would never have been written."
 
At 17 years old, Daniel Poyerd spent ten months in a so-called therapeutic wilderness boarding school in southern Virginia. What he endured, and later uncovered, reveals a disturbing truth: tens to hundreds of thousands of children across the U.S. are being subjected to coercive, abusive, and often traumatizing treatment in the name of therapy.
 
In this powerful exposé, Poyerd draws from his own experience inside the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) to deliver a comprehensive investigation into:
The dark history and rise of behavior modification programs
Internal documents from The Discovery School of Virginia
The psychological and social toll of institutional abuse
The legal and constitutional violations happening behind closed doors
A bold proposal for federal reform and oversight
 
Whether you're a parent, professional, policymaker, survivor, or someone newly learning about the "TTI", In The Name of Therapy will challenge what you think you know about "treatment," and call you to stand for those who cannot speak for themselves.