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Most days
A licensed clinician, a closed door, enough time to get past the performance. CBT, DBT, or trauma work — chosen for this teen, not a house brand.
Individual therapy for teens in residence
A primary therapist, several times a week. The story, the skills, and a relationship that can hold the hard hour.
- Most days
- Ages 12–17
- Licensed
What this is
A room where they do not have to perform okay
Individual therapy here is not a weekly fifty minutes and a handshake. A primary therapist meets your teen most days — the story, the skill, the thing they will not say in group. Confidential. Licensed. Tied to the rest of the house so the hour does not die in the hallway.
What this hour is for
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A place to tell the truth
Without protecting a parent. Without performing for a peer. The first honest sentence often needs a closed door.
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A plan that is theirs
Not a group curriculum with their name taped on. Goals that change as the week changes.
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Skills that get practiced after
The therapist and the milieu talk. What is named at 10 a.m. is coached at dinner.
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A relationship that can hold heat
Anger at the therapist is information. We do not discharge a teen for having it. We work it.
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Privacy that is real
Parents get the picture, not the transcript. Safety is the exception. Everything else stays in the room.
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Tied to family and group
The hour is not an island. What cannot be said here often belongs in a family session next.
In the week
How it shows up here
Sessions, the family table, and the house itself — the same skill, practiced in three places.
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With the team
The therapist talks to family clinicians, school, and the floor. The hour is useless if the rest of the day undoes it.
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In the house
Staff know the target for the week. Coaching happens in the hallway. The relationship is the method. The house is the practice field.
The work
How we use it
Chosen for this teen — not a stack of every method we know. This piece is in the mix for a reason. It is not the whole plan.
- Core of the plan
A primary therapist
One clinician who holds the thread. Several times a week. Not a rotating stranger and a new intake every Monday.
The method that fits
CBT, DBT, trauma work, motivational interviewing — chosen for this week, not stacked because we know them.
Confidential, with a line
Parents hear the plan. They do not hear the diary. Safety crosses the line. Everything else stays.
Tied to the day
Notes that the floor can use. A target that dinner can practice. The hour does not end at the door.
- When needed
Psychiatry, when needed
The therapist and the prescriber talk. Medication is a partner. It is not a substitute for the room.
Your part
You get the picture, not the transcript
Individual work needs a door that closes. It also needs a family that is not locked out. We hold both.
Tell me everything they said.
Ask for the plan, not the diary
You will know the goals, the risk, the next step. You will not get a play-by-play. Trust goes both ways.
Hand them over and wait.
Sit in family sessions
What cannot be said in individual often belongs between you. That hour is yours. This one is not.
Figure out Sunday later.
The first weekend home
The therapist writes the weekend with you. We practice it before discharge — not after a cliff.
Length of stay
30
days in residence, by progress
Most stays land between one and three months. We do not pick a discharge date before the work is ready.
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This work sits inside the stay
Individual therapy sits inside the stay — most days, same clinician, a thread that can last thirty to ninety days. Aftercare includes the next therapist, not a file and a handshake.
- The first two weeks are for a fit and a plan — not a forced breakthrough in session three.
- Most teens finish in one to three months. Some stay longer. We do not pick a discharge date before the work is ready.
- Aftercare is part of the stay: a written plan, a next team, and check-ins at 30, 60, and 90 days home.
When to call
Do not wait for a cliff.
If weekly outpatient cannot hold the week — or your teen will not tell the truth in a room that is not daily — call. We will be honest if this house is too much, or not enough.
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