Individual Therapy for Teens and Young Adults

Our teen individual therapy sessions might combine a number of different techniques but are most broadly characterized as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.  CBT is a therapy focused on examining the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.  This kind of focus is at the heart of our approach to treatment at Paradigm, as it inherently encourages addressing the deeper, more underlying causes and triggers of behavior, as opposed to simply treating more obvious, exterior symptoms.  As therapists help teens to examine the deeply held beliefs that create certain thought patterns, and how those unhealthy thought patterns lead to behaviors, teens can gradually learn to modify their thought patterns in order to cope with mental illness.  Another difference between CBT and more traditional forms of psychotherapy is in CBT, the therapists take more active roles in engaging in the teens’ recovery.

This active engagement will of course look different in different situations, but often includes the therapist working toward addressing specific goals and problems at hand, and will often incorporate giving the teens specific practices they can engage in as “homework,” outside of therapy sessions.  The nature of these exercises commonly involves ways to help teens notice the thoughts that pop into their minds, of which they often may be completely unaware.  However, the interesting thing is that regardless of our awareness of our own thought patterns, these messages or “stories” that we tell ourselves can, over time, form the way we live our lives and the way we see ourselves.  In this sense, our thoughts hold great power.  Teens with Eating Disorders are likely consistently thinking that they’re overweight or not good enough; teens with Depression might be thinking that they’re somehow failing or disappointing others; teens with Anxiety are likely thinking about all sorts of negative circumstances that scare them, which continue to trigger their feelings of anxiety, even if those thoughts have no actual basis in reality.  The power then, of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, is rooted in this process of helping teens to discover what their minds are doing, so that they’re no longer helplessly at the whim of thoughts that are unhealthy and untrue.

We believe this intensive therapeutic work to be at the center of successful treatment and lasting recovery, which is why we insist on providing teen individual therapy sessions every day.  In relation to the years of adolescence, no less an entire lifetime, the time teens are with us at Paradigm is short, and so we strive to make every day as potent, effective, and meaningful as possible.  The individual therapy sessions are the center-point of real transformation, the beginning of the process of teens changing themselves and their lives to move forward as healthier, happier people.

What Makes Paradigm Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers Different?

• We create individualized treatment plans created by professional clinicians and therapists and ask our clients to become full partners in their own treatment plan.
• Our treatment centers have small programs to enhance their effectiveness. Experience has taught us that keeping our groups in this smaller range results in dramatically better results for those we serve. Because we limit the number of residents in each treatment setting to six at any time, we are able to provide more individualized care to each patient. We have high staff to client ratios from 1:1 to 1:4 to ensure each teen or young adult gets the support and attention they need.
• We offer 4 intensive one-on-one individual therapy sessions per week and also weekly group and family therapy.
• Residents stay in our serene, comfortable and safe environment so they can focus on their healing and recovery.
• Our uniquely qualified and professional treatment team has been working together for more than 12 years.
• Our admissions screening is rigorous to ensure the safety our residents.
• Our 30-to-90-day program provides flexibility, enabling individuals who need additional help to receive enhanced and expanded care. Treatment plans are closely evaluated and modified when needed. Professional teams at Paradigm have the capacity to quickly pivot towards more effective solutions for clients in real time, rather than sticking to a rigid script that may not work for some patients.
• Our efforts to ensure privacy and protect confidentiality for both clients and their families, exceed the highest industry standards. We take great pride in the fact that we have never had a breach of confidentiality.
• We offer academic services which identify residents’ academic needs, wants and abilities so they can keep current with their studies, as well as coordination with home school for academic continuity.
• At Paradigm Treatment, we follow the latest research conducted by peer-reviewed psychologists, psychiatrists, educators and other experts who have found that a strengths-based approach yields dramatically better long-term results than a deficit-based approach.
• All of our clinicians, therapists and staff follow extensive Covid-19 safety protocols.

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