Young girls have a lot of pressures on their lives. Sometimes, they find those pressures too much to handle and they turn to a variety of substances to treat their emotions. They might be depressed. They might have anxiety issues. They might have an eating disorder. Whatever led they down
A program in Florida takes troubled teens around the world as a step to healing. Tyler Howell is your average 18-year-old boy. His family loves him, his whole life is ahead of him, and he’s made some mistakes. Unfortunately, Howell has made more mistakes than his peers, and since 9th
Recent research has shown that teen binge drinking can be effectively curbed through the use of personality-based intervention. The research is encouraging for parents whose teens struggle with binge drinking issues, with one study showing that there was a significantly lower rate of drinking among those targeted by this type
For many families, deciding whether to consider residential treatment is only the beginning of the process. The next challenge is often even harder: you need to understand how to evaluate programs thoughtfully while emotions, urgency, exhaustion, and uncertainty are all happening at the same time. Parents frequently begin searching after
Adolescent girls are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with a mood disorder as boys. If you’re the parent of a teen girl who suffers from negative thinking, anxiety (and depression), you understand how difficult of a time it can be. Studies show that differences in how the
Therapeutic boarding schools are designed to help parents in crisis save the life of their troubled child. This type of schools provides therapeutic and academic intervention for teens who are dealing with rebellion, substance abuse, addiction, depression, anxiety, and emotional immaturity. But why are there so few therapeutic boarding schools
Turning Winds is a top residential treatment center specializing in a variety of therapeutic intervention strategies (CBT, DBT, behavioral therapy) and life skills development and experiential education for teenage boys and girls from Northern, UT who may be taking part in challenges such as internet addiction (social media, porn, YouTube),
Turning Winds is a premier residential treatment center specializing in a variety of therapeutic intervention strategies (CBT, DBT, behavioral therapy) and life skills development and experiential education for teen boys and girls from Laguna Niguel, CA who may be going through dilemmas such as technology addiction (social media, cell phone), opiate