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In Sessions
Individual and group therapy on a schedule that works around the school day, with CBT, DBT, and family work at a lower intensity. Then your teen goes home to their own bed.
Teen Outpatient Treatment
Your teen sleeps in their own bed and comes to our Canyon Lake campus after school. This works as a step down from our residential houses, or as a starting point when nights at home are manageable.
- 6-12 weeks
- Ages 12-17
- After school
What this is
Treatment During The Day, Home At Night
This is not a lighter version of residential care, and it is not a video-call clinic. Your teen drives to the Canyon Lake campus after school, does the clinical work with licensed therapists, and goes home. It is often the next stage after a stay in our houses, with a team that already knows them, and sometimes the right starting point when the nights are not the problem.
When this level of care fits
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Nights At Home Are Manageable
You are not afraid to go to sleep, and meals are not a crisis. The week can wait until the next session.
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They Are Still Attending School
Your teen can get through a day at their own school. They need treatment alongside that, not a year away from it.
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Stepping Down After Residential
The residential stay built the foundation, and the next few months are about practicing at home with clinicians who already know your teen.
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Your Family Can Participate
Group sessions, family work, and coaching all happen in the same week. Outpatient treatment fails when the teenager attends and the parents do not.
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The Crisis Is Not At Night
Mood, anxiety, or a pattern that after-school sessions can reach belongs here. If two in the morning is when things fall apart, this is the wrong level.
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We Will Say If It Is Not Enough
If outpatient starts and the week falls apart, Aaron Earnest and the admissions team will recommend residential rather than stretching this level until someone gets hurt.
Weekly life
Where Treatment Happens Each Week
Therapy sessions on this campus, the family table at home, and the bedroom we are not staffing. The same clinical work at a lower intensity.
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With Family
Parents attend family therapy and coaching between sessions, because you are the overnight support now. This is not a drop-off appointment.
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At Home
Your house is the treatment environment now, so we write a plan for phone use, Sunday evenings, and coping skills, then review whether it is actually working.
Our approach
What This Level Of Care Includes
Built for teens who can do this work while sleeping at home, and it is not a video-call program wearing our name.
- Core of the plan
After School, On This Campus
Session times that leave the school day intact, and we coordinate with the district when the plan needs a school counselor involved.
The Same Therapies, Fewer Hours
CBT, DBT, and family therapy in the same mix as residential care, at a lower intensity, for teens who can safely sleep at home.
Family Still In The Plan
Sessions and coaching keep you involved, because this is not an appointment you wait out in the car while the clinicians work alone.
A Written Plan For Home
The bedroom, the phone, Sunday evening, and their friendships all go into the treatment plan, and if it is not working we name the next level of care.
- When needed
An Honest Recommendation To Step Up
If the nights become a problem again, we do not stretch outpatient care. Residential on this campus is the other option, and we will say so.
Your part
You Cover The Hours We Do Not
Outpatient treatment has no overnight staff, so your participation is the other half of the program. You are the one holding the hours after your teen leaves campus.
It's their appointment.
Being In The Sessions
Family therapy is half of this work, and we will not pretend a teen-only hour can change a household we never see.
We'll see how it goes.
Reviewing The Home Plan
The written weekly plan gets checked in session, and if it is not working we say so early rather than after something goes wrong.
Figure out Sunday later.
Sunday Is Part Of The Plan
The first weekend after stepping down is the real test, so we write that plan before your teen leaves residential care.
Academics
They Stay At Their Own School
This program runs alongside the school your teen already attends. We do not enroll outpatient teens in our on-site school.
Their Own Campus
Your teen stays enrolled where they are, and we speak with their counselors when the plan needs the school involved.
Hours That Fit Around School
Sessions run after school. If your teen cannot get through a school day at all, this is the wrong level of care.
Working With An IEP Or 504
Send us whatever they already have, and we work with that plan rather than inventing a parallel one.
Send the current schedule and any IEP or 504.
Length of stay
6
weeks, as a step-down or first course
Most courses run six to twelve weeks. We do not set an end date before the work is done.
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How Long A Course Runs
A typical course runs six to twelve weeks, longer when stepping down from residential and shorter when the goal is narrow. We do not set an end date before the work is done. If the week falls apart, we will recommend residential care on this campus. Virtual IOP is a separate option when the drive is the obstacle.
- The first two weeks establish fit and produce a written plan for home, rather than pushing for a breakthrough.
- Most teens finish in six to twelve weeks, and some continue longer. We do not stretch a level of care that is not working.
- Aftercare means a next therapist and a family who already knows the approach, not a handshake on the way out.
When to call
Do Not Wait For A Crisis.
If your teen can stay home and still do the work, or they are leaving our residential houses and need a next step, call us. Aaron Earnest and the admissions team will be honest about which level fits. If the drive is the obstacle, our virtual IOP page is the place to look. If you cannot safely supervise the nights, residential care is the answer.