Group Therapy: Youths attend 1-2 groups each week. Group therapy can be a powerful factor for facilitating positive changes in young adults. While many times adolescents struggle with listening to adults, they often will listen to their peers during therapy. Another important factor for helping adolescents overcome their substance abuse problems is allowing them to have fun in a structured setting while sober. To accomplish this, we do many activities with the teens: bowling, playing pool, games, hiking, etc.

Individual Therapy: Youths will meet with a therapist once a week to work on a variety of issues. This is a chance for the adolescent to explore her or his thoughts and feelings in a safe and comfortable setting.

Family Therapy: Research has shown that family involvement increases the success of adolescent treatment. We feel that family therapy can be an essential factor in helping teenagers make positive changes. Our goal is to see the family of each teen in the program at least once a month in therapy.


Letter to Crank

Dear Crank,

November 30th 2000

Hi, How you been? I know it’s been a while but I felt like I needed to write and tell you some things. You’ve been on my mind a lot lately. I think of all the things that you’ve helped me get through. All the pain you’ve help me drown. It felR...
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  • Seeks and guards privacy
  • Misses family activities
  • Money and/or other items missing from home or family car
  • Changes priorities; loses interest in school, family, hobbies, sports, other activities
  • Has new friends
  • Receives-secretive-strange phone calls
  • Sits in car, alone or with friends; takes short drives or offers to do family errands alone or with friends; offers to take out garbage
  • Has a sudden personality change
  • Is depressed, hopeless, impulsive, nervous, anxious, paranoid, and/or moody; unwilling to communicate
  • Becomes socially isolated and withdrawn
  • Overuses perfume, mouthwash, incense, candles, or room freshener to hide smells of drugs; frequently airing out bedroom
  • Wears clothes, emblems, or jewelry with drug references
  • Uses sunglasses or eye drops to hid bloodshot glassy eyes