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FOR FAMILIES & INDIVIDUALS

Fresh Tracks helps families and individuals find the right next step.

When you are unsure what kind of support is needed, Mark Parlett helps you understand what is happening, sort through the options, and build a plan that fits the person and the situation.

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Get Started
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WHERE TO BEGIN

When someone you love is struggling, the options get confusing fast.

Schools, therapists, treatment programs, assessments, recovery resources, and well-meaning advice can point in very different directions. It can be hard to know what level of care is needed, who to trust, or how quickly to act.

Mark starts by listening carefully and looking at the full picture: what has already been tried, what is happening now, and where the biggest concerns are.

Sometimes the answer is support close to home. Other times, a more structured program, treatment setting, or transition plan makes sense. Families also call weeks or months ahead to plan for summer, next semester, or a Plan B before a situation becomes urgent.

Explore Mark's Approach
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“Mark, you were the lifeline in a sea of chaos for me and my family.”

- Fresh Tracks Parent

HOW MARK HELPS

Advising and coaching support that helps people move forward.

Fresh Tracks offers educational and therapeutic consulting, one-on-one coaching, and adventure-based coaching.

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Fresh Tracks helps families and individuals sort through schools, therapeutic programs, treatment options, recovery support, gap experiences, and other resources. Mark takes time to understand the person and the situation, then draws on more than 25 years of experience and firsthand knowledge of programs and providers to help families make informed decisions.

  • When you are not sure what kind of help is needed, Mark works with you to understand the situation and identify options that fit. That may include evaluations, therapists, outpatient care, recovery resources, therapeutic programs, schools, residential programs, gap years, or transitional support.

  • One-on-one coaching for parents, teens, young adults, and adults. Sessions may focus on parenting, communication, organization, motivation, decision-making, life transitions, college or career planning, or returning home after treatment or a program.

  • Coaching that takes place outside, with fly fishing, hiking, skiing, paddling, mountain biking, or another activity as the setting. Time together is built around the conversation, decision, transition, or challenge a person brings.

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Educational & Therapeutic Consulting
Parent & Life Coaching
Adventure-Based Coaching
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WHO FRESH TRACKS SERVES

Children, adolescents, young adults, adults, and families.

Mark works with people ages 10 through 55+, along with parents, partners, siblings, and professionals involved in their support and care.

Children

AGES 10 TO 13

School refusal, anxiety, learning concerns, social struggles, sudden changes in behavior, or a sense that something has shifted.

Adolescents

AGES 14 TO 17

Mental health concerns, substance use, school refusal or other school challenges, safety concerns, family conflict, or a teen who feels increasingly hard to reach.

Young Adults

AGES 18 TO 30

A college plan that changed, a return home after treatment, substance use or recovery concerns, difficulty launching, or a life that has stalled.

Adults

AGES 30 TO 55 AND UP

Recovery, career or life transitions, family concerns, relationship strain, or a decision that keeps getting postponed.

Who Fresh Tracks Helps
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MEET MARK

25 years. Hundreds
of families. One highly personal approach.

Mark’s path into this work began with his own therapeutic experience as a teenager. Over the past 25 years, he has worked in clinical and outdoor programs, served as a Marine, founded nonprofits, and helped families nationwide.

Based in Bozeman, Montana, Mark keeps his caseload small, stays actively involved, and answers the phone himself.

Meet Mark Parlett
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“Without you, my daughter would not be here; happy and healthy and planning for her future.”

- Fresh Tracks Parent

START WITH A CALL

When you’re ready, Fresh Tracks is here.

The initial call is free. Share a little about what is happening, ask the questions on your mind, and see whether Fresh Tracks feels like a good fit.

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