Treatment Programs

Addiction Treatment for Teens

Caron’s transformational treatment for substance use and mental health disorders opens bright futures for teens.

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At a Glance

  • Integrated treatment plans

    address both substance use and mental health.

  • Gender-specific living spaces

    and programs offer safety and confidentiality.

  • Academic programs and services

    support each patient’s educational goals.

Pennsylvania

Highlights of the Teen Program

Caron’s Teen Program, located on the Pennsylvania treatment center, treats mental health issues and substance use for teens (ages 13-18), giving them the direction and support they need to build a foundation for long-term recovery. Our empathetic staff uses their depth and breadth of experience to uncover the root causes of a teen’s behaviors and employs proven methods to treat them.

Clinical excellence and uncompromising patient-centric care are the cornerstones of Caron’s core programming, which includes the Teens Program. With more than 60 years of treating substance use disorder and process addictions, Caron emphasizes Recovery for Life and provides teens we treat with lifetime support. We view substance use disorder as a chronic treatable brain disease that requires a long-term management plan.

Specialized Programming for Teens

While the most common issues we deal with are substance use with anxiety, ADHD, trauma, and depression, our team of medical and mental health professionals can also help teens with these co-occurring conditions and behaviors:

  • Anger.
  • Body image.
  • Entitlement.
  • Self-esteem/self-worth.
  • Self-injurious behaviors.
  • Sexuality.
  • Trauma.

We combine proven evidence-based therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) combined with recovery principles to address all aspects of optimal wellness.

Gender-Specific Programs

For Young Men

The need to establish their own identity creates both problems and opportunities. Caron’s specialized treatment teams are prepared to help young men as they seek to find ways to develop a healthy masculine image.

For Young Women

Many young women struggling with a substance use disorder have an elevated need for connection. Being in a gender-specific program allows relationships to grow, risks to be taken, and therapeutic work to take place. In having a safe and private space in which they can share their stories honestly and openly with their peers, young women can begin to create a way forward to long-term health and healing.

Foundational Treatment Elements

Caron’s Teen Program incorporates a variety of treatment elements, including:

  • Thorough assessments of a patient’s physical and mental health and medical history to develop an individualized treatment plan.
  • Detoxification at an on-site, state-of-the-art medical facility under the supervision of medical professionals.
  • A safe environment.
  • Age- and gender-specific treatment unique to each patient’s level of emotional and personal development and under the care of an experienced team who understands the significant life changes and challenges their patients face.
  • Core group and individual counseling.
  • Developing responsibility, self-esteem and life skills.
  • Screening, specialized counseling, and education for addiction interaction disorders, such as sex or digital use disorders, which can become chronic and progressive if left unidentified and untreated.
  • Understanding the disease component of substance use disorder.
  • Attention to physical activity, including access to our on-site, fully equipped fitness center.
  • Therapeutic activities, including physical activity and creative work.
  • Introduction to the 12-Steps both on campus and off-site.
  • Introduction to recovery support, including AA, NA, Recovery Dharma, SMART Recovery, and Celebrate Recovery.
  • Relapse prevention skills.

The healthy therapeutic relationship we provide at Caron is one of the most important factors in our patients’ recovery. It’s not easy to talk to someone you just met about substance use and difficult life experiences. We give them a safe, trusted space in which they can do that."

Cady Monasmith
Associate Behavioral Health Therapist

At a Glance

  • Integrated treatment plans

    address both substance use and mental health.

  • Gender-specific living spaces

    and programs offer safety and confidentiality.

  • Academic programs and services

    support each patient’s educational goals.

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Reinforcement for a Life in Recovery

  • An aftercare plan developed by the treatment team includes tools and recommendations for recovery upon returning home.
  • Access to services like Caron's alumni support activities provide a peer community and guidance.
  • My First Year of Recovery, an individualized therapeutic support and monitoring program, offers additional support and accountability.
  • Outpatient programs at Caron’s outpatient treatment and recovery centers in Wyomissing, PA, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and New York also offer continuing care options.
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