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Young people also undergo individual and group therapy sessions that include a wide range of therapeutic activities such as but not limited to art therapy, canine therapy, equine-assisted therapy, adventure therapy, meditation and mindfulness, addiction psychoeducation, group therapy, daily goal groups, individual therapy, family therapy, heart rate variability training, quick coherence training, and wilderness therapy.

For children experiencing and struggling with mental health issues, residential care provides a healing, nurturing, and safe environment to overcome issues like anxiety, depression, psychological trauma, self-harm, social isolation, academic difficulties, bullying, family conflict, and other mental health challenges through healing 24-hour care.

When outpatient therapy is not enough, residential care can provide safety and stabilization. Typically, short-term programs offer more intensive and condensed therapy compared to outpatient care (more individual sessions, more group therapy, more robust psychiatric services). Short-term residential treatment is often the option if the outpatient (IOP and PHP, or In-Home) doesn’t get to the root of the issues or if the teen or young adult is unsafe at home.

Our programs utilize a range of results-driven therapies and are proven to help teens progress in their mental health. Therapies at Embark Behavioral Health Short-Term Residential Treatment Centers include Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART), Experiential Therapy.

Studies have shown that residential treatment can be more effective than outpatient treatment. Placing a troubled teen in residential care can give your child the 24-hour support that they need to overcome difficult mental health challenges.

While there are specific disorders such as anxiety and depression that warrant a stay in an RTC, other factors may also call for this level of care, including having educational needs that a less-restrictive setting cannot meet, lack of adequate support at home, a need for intensive treatment after receiving inpatient mental health care, safety issues, and unsuccessful outpatient treatment results.

A residential treatment center, also called a residential treatment facility or a rehab center, is a place where individuals can experience 24-hour care, pursuing therapy away from the stress of their home environment. At RTC’s, people can access a higher level of care than is typically provided in individual, group or family therapy. Because many RTCs are age-restricted, many individuals find comfort, knowing they are not alone in their mental health struggles.

In short-term treatment, teenagers live at the treatment center and participate in a schedule of activities centered around treating mental health conditions and healing. The benefit of short-term residential programs is that they are accessible: typically nearby, shorter-term so less disruptive, and are frequently reimbursed by insurance.

Short-term residential programs are intensive treatment programs that last between 30 to 90 days.