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Total Transformation
Company Description
Total Transformation in Westbrook, ME is a wilderness therapy program that immerses teens in nature to foster self-discovery and healing.
In addition to core services, the program incorporates faith-based principles that encourage spiritual growth and outdoor experiences that build resilience...
East Acres at Hampstead Hospital in Hampstead, New Hampshire, is the state’s only psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) for children and young adults. This 12‑bed program serves individuals ages 5–21 whose behavioral health needs cannot be met in community settings and who require the highest level of residential carehttps://www.dartmouth-health.org/hampstead/psychiatric-residential-treatment-facility#:~:text=Psychiatric%20Residential%20Treatment%20Facility%20for,Children%20and%20Youth. Youth are admitted for intensive, trauma‑informed treatment and around‑the‑clock supervision in an environment that is both therapeutic and educational. The facility provides education and 24/7 treatment and aligns its services with...
Maryhurst is a Louisville, Kentucky nonprofit that provides intensive services for youth, with a long history of supporting girls who have experienced significant adversity. The organization describes serving thousands of girls since its founding and focuses on helping young people find safety and stability when home and community supports are not enough. For families seeking residential care, Maryhurst offers a campus-based residential treatment setting in Louisville’s East End. The residential program is described as welcoming young survivors of abuse and...
Company Location
1015 Dorsey Lane Louisville, KY 40223 502-245-1576
Seattle Children’s Hospital offers an Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) through its Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine services. This teen PHP is designed for adolescents ages 13–17 who need an intensive, structured level of mental health treatment while continuing to live at home. Partial hospitalization is often appropriate when a teen requires more support than weekly outpatient therapy can provide, but does not need inpatient hospitalization or can safely step down from an inpatient stay. Seattle Children’s describes its adolescent PHP...
Spectrum Care Academy located in Columbia, KY is a therapeutic boarding school blending accredited academics with clinical care. Students follow structured schedules that integrate classroom learning, individual therapy, group sessions, and recreational activities. This holistic approach helps adolescents manage mental health challenges while staying on track academically. Teachers and therapists collaborate to create individualized plans that address each student's needs. Serving Co-ed, ages 13–17, the program aims to help young people overcome obstacles and build confidence. Families are encouraged to...
Sunset Bay Academy located in PMB. # 828 San Ysidro, CA is a therapeutic boarding school blending accredited academics with clinical care. Students follow structured schedules that integrate classroom learning, individual therapy, group sessions, and recreational activities. This holistic approach helps adolescents manage mental health challenges while staying on track academically. Teachers and therapists collaborate to create individualized plans that address each student's needs. Serving Co-ed, ages 13–17, the program aims to help young people overcome obstacles and build confidence....
Company Location
641 E. San Ysidro Blvd. Suite B3, PMB. # 828 San Ysidro, CA 92173 888-202-4601
Promise Village located in Davisburg, MI is a therapeutic boarding school blending accredited academics with clinical care. In addition to core services, the program incorporates faith-based principles that encourage spiritual growth. Students follow structured schedules that integrate classroom learning, individual therapy, group sessions, and recreational activities. This holistic approach helps adolescents manage mental health challenges while staying on track academically. Teachers and therapists collaborate to create individualized plans that address each student's needs. Serving Boys, ages 13–17, the program aims...
Julian Youth Academy located in Chino, CA is a therapeutic boarding school blending accredited academics with clinical care. In addition to core services, the program incorporates faith-based principles that encourage spiritual growth. Students follow structured schedules that integrate classroom learning, individual therapy, group sessions, and recreational activities. This holistic approach helps adolescents manage mental health challenges while staying on track academically. Teachers and therapists collaborate to create individualized plans that address each student's needs. Serving Boys, ages 13–17, the program...
Discovery Academy in Provo, UT is a wilderness therapy program that immerses teens in nature to foster self-discovery and healing. In addition to core services, the program incorporates faith-based principles that encourage spiritual growth and outdoor experiences that build resilience and teamwork. Participants live and learn in the outdoors, tackling challenges like hiking, navigation, and campcraft under the guidance of therapists and field guides. The natural setting strips away distractions and allows teens to focus on building coping skills, resilience,...
Alexander Youth Network’s Residential Treatment Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, provides a structured, relationship‑focused therapeutic home for adolescents ages 13–17 with advanced mental and behavioral health needs. The program operates under a 24‑hour residential model where children receive individualized treatment plans, dedicated treatment teams and sessions with licensed therapists. The organization explains that this around‑the‑clock care delivers a structured therapeutic environment that helps youth stabilize and build healthy relationshipshttps://www.alexanderyouthnetwork.org/residential-treatment-center-rtc-greensboro-nc/#:~:text=The%20Residential%20Treatment%20Center%20,clock%20therapeutic%20model. A board‑certified child and adolescent psychiatrist directs the program, and on‑site...
East Mountain Youth Lodge is a residential treatment program in Belle Mead, New Jersey operated by Carrier Clinic (Hackensack Meridian Health). It serves adolescents ages 13–17 who need a structured, supervised setting for stabilization and intensive psychiatric treatment. Families may consider East Mountain when a teen is experiencing serious mood or behavioral health symptoms that are interfering with safety, school participation, and family functioning, and outpatient care is not enough. The program describes individualized treatment delivered by a multidisciplinary team...
Company Location
45 East Mountain Road Belle Mead, NJ 08502 800-933-3579
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