Quest Therapeutic Camps
Quest Therapeutic Camps, 171 Front St, #200, Danville, CA 94526
About
Quest Therapeutic Camps offers a combined recreational and therapeutic program that uses play as the focus of intervention by experienced, well trained counselors. Campers are assigned to groups based on their age, gender and functional level, with three counselors directing each group and leading activities such as daily group therapy with specially developed hands-on therapy activities and discussion, Camper of the Day ceremonies, singing silly camp songs, and a points system that can be used at a weekly store. Individualized goals are established by the camper, parents and staff, and goals are developed based on parent and child input, staff observations and IEP goals related to emotional and social functioning.
• Schedule: Intensive 6-week, 30 hours/week summer program, plus a 30-week afterschool program meeting 2 hours/week in three 10-week sessions.
The intensive summer program runs 6/15/26–7/24/26, and research studies on the summer program have demonstrated a strong treatment effect with significant progress in emotional and social functioning, with research reflecting a strong treatment effect for improvement within three weeks. The afterschool programs operate 4–6 pm on Mondays and Thursdays during the school year and have been found to be an effective intervention alone, providing individualized treatment plans, group therapy and a cognitive behavioral therapy program for children and teens with mild to moderate emotional and social problems. Quest’s therapeutic approach focuses on getting children to play by fostering a sense of safety to try new things, and campers are supported with praise and points throughout the program.
Quest Therapeutic Camps has grown from 20 campers per week to over 100 campers per week, with 5 therapists and 21 counselors, and few programs have the same concentration of mental health professionals and counselor staff. Summer staff includes 5 therapists with at least a Master’s degree in counseling, and many of the counselor staff are working on graduate training in counseling or have significant experience with children. Robert Field, PhD, a California Licensed Psychologist (PSY 5705), is the founder and provides leadership, and he and other therapists provide daily group therapy and necessary intervention to assist counselors in their efforts to produce positive change. Robert Field, PhD opened his private practice specializing in work with children and adolescents in 1978.
Quest’s afterschool programs operate throughout the school year, helping children and teens with mild to moderate emotional and social problems through a holistic approach to mental health that focuses on coping mechanisms and therapeutic activities. Not all Quest campers are ESY students, and all children with mild to moderate emotional and social issues are welcome to attend. Quest is vendorized by the Regional Center of the East Bay, is an approved ESY program, and works closely with school districts to provide a unique individualized program for each camper. Quest’s evidence-based program may qualify for reimbursement and ABA funding, and partial scholarships are available thanks to the Autistic Spectrum Disorder Foundation.
One parent testimonial states, “Quest keeps my kid engaged, and all the other programs we've tried have failed to do that.”
Last updated June 19, 2026.
• Schedule: Intensive 6-week, 30 hours/week summer program, plus a 30-week afterschool program meeting 2 hours/week in three 10-week sessions.
The intensive summer program runs 6/15/26–7/24/26, and research studies on the summer program have demonstrated a strong treatment effect with significant progress in emotional and social functioning, with research reflecting a strong treatment effect for improvement within three weeks. The afterschool programs operate 4–6 pm on Mondays and Thursdays during the school year and have been found to be an effective intervention alone, providing individualized treatment plans, group therapy and a cognitive behavioral therapy program for children and teens with mild to moderate emotional and social problems. Quest’s therapeutic approach focuses on getting children to play by fostering a sense of safety to try new things, and campers are supported with praise and points throughout the program.
Quest Therapeutic Camps has grown from 20 campers per week to over 100 campers per week, with 5 therapists and 21 counselors, and few programs have the same concentration of mental health professionals and counselor staff. Summer staff includes 5 therapists with at least a Master’s degree in counseling, and many of the counselor staff are working on graduate training in counseling or have significant experience with children. Robert Field, PhD, a California Licensed Psychologist (PSY 5705), is the founder and provides leadership, and he and other therapists provide daily group therapy and necessary intervention to assist counselors in their efforts to produce positive change. Robert Field, PhD opened his private practice specializing in work with children and adolescents in 1978.
Quest’s afterschool programs operate throughout the school year, helping children and teens with mild to moderate emotional and social problems through a holistic approach to mental health that focuses on coping mechanisms and therapeutic activities. Not all Quest campers are ESY students, and all children with mild to moderate emotional and social issues are welcome to attend. Quest is vendorized by the Regional Center of the East Bay, is an approved ESY program, and works closely with school districts to provide a unique individualized program for each camper. Quest’s evidence-based program may qualify for reimbursement and ABA funding, and partial scholarships are available thanks to the Autistic Spectrum Disorder Foundation.
One parent testimonial states, “Quest keeps my kid engaged, and all the other programs we've tried have failed to do that.”
Last updated June 19, 2026.
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