Anxiety Rehab & Treatment Center for Adolescents & Teens in Utah

Learn more about anxiety treatment at Youth Care Treatment Center in Utah

The category of anxiety disorders includes a wide range of mental health challenges that can have a decidedly negative impact on an adolescent’s life. Generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobia, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and agoraphobia are just some of the conditions that fall under the general heading of anxiety disorders. Though the causes, symptoms, and effects of these disorders will vary based upon a variety of factors, the common experience of adolescents or teens who are dealing with anxiety disorders is that their lives have been disrupted by excessive fear, anxiety, and related behavioral disturbances.

At Youth Care Treatment Center in Utah, we recognize the many ways that anxiety disorders can undermine a young person’s efforts to live a healthy and productive life, and we understand that treating adolescents or teens who struggle with an anxiety disorder must take into account not only the disorder and its symptoms, but also the age and development of the afflicted individual. In other words, adolescents are different from adults, and their mental health treatment should reflect these differences. With more than 25 years of providing life-affirming mental and behavioral healthcare services to adolescents or teens, we have developed effective rehab that is specifically designed to meet their unique needs.

Helping a loved one get treatment for anxiety

The category of anxiety disorders contains several distinct diagnoses. If your adolescent or teen has been exhibiting symptoms that fall within this category, or if they have already been diagnosed with a specific type of anxiety disorder, the information in this section may help to clarify next steps.

• It is important to understand that an anxiety disorder, or any other type of mental health issue, should never be viewed as a character flaw or evidence of poor parenting. It is valuable to reassure yourself and your child that neither of you are to blame for their disorder.
• It is also extremely important not to focus on symptoms while failing to address the underlying cause of those symptoms.
• If you know or suspect that your child has developed an anxiety disorder, do not attempt to handle the problem on your own. We recommend you consult with your child’s pediatrician, or contact a mental health support organization in your community to educate yourself about the true nature of the challenge that your child is facing. These professionals may point you in the direction of anxiety rehab at a treatment center that may provide the treatment that they need.
• Be open and honest with your child. Discuss the steps you will be taking to get help, answer their questions as best you can, and reassure them of your continued love and support through their anxiety rehab process. Depending upon the severity of your child’s anxiety, treatment may involve a long-term commitment. Prepare both yourself and your child for what may be a long path, and never lose sight of the progress your child makes in their anxiety treatment.

Why consider treatment for anxiety at Youth Care Treatment Center in Utah

An untreated anxiety disorder may prompt an adolescent or teen to engage in self-defeating behaviors such as skipping school, abusing alcohol or other drugs, withdrawing from family and friends, and engaging in self-harm. In addition to exposing the adolescent or teen to significant physical and emotional harm, these actions can also undermine their ability to make academic progress and learn the social lessons that can be critical to a healthy transition into adulthood. Academic failure, the absence of meaningful interpersonal relationships, and the continued psychological pain of an anxiety disorder can make it extremely difficult for an adolescent or teen to pursue a productive and satisfying future.

Youth Care Treatment Center philosophy and benefits

At Youth Care, we believe that teens in crisis are best served in a home-like setting that emphasizes personalized interactions, close supervision and comprehensive professional support.

In this supportive therapeutic environment, students benefit from the guidance of caring professionals who know them not merely as clients, but as unique individuals with specific strengths, weaknesses, hopes and fears.

The Youth Care environment is built upon a foundation of mutual respect. Our students are expected to treat staff and peers with respect and in return they can expect to be treated with respect.

Staff members are trained to apply consequences and provide feedback for students in a respectful manner without demeaning or belittling the adolescent.

We feel strongly about the value of long-lasting family relationships, and we believe that family involvement is critical to the success of the child, both while in treatment and following placement.

To support these beliefs, our program is designed to help students develop a greater appreciation for their own families – and we strive to include the family in the therapeutic process as much as possible.

Finally, as a proud member of CRC Health Group, we also embrace CRC’s five core values:

• Respect – for our patients, our employees, and our community
• Integrity – in our dealings with all those whose lives we touch
• Accountability – to our patients and their families, and to our colleagues
• Responsibility – for the decisions we make and the actions we take
• Excellence – in every task we perform

Types of anxiety treatment offered at Youth Care Treatment Center in Utah

At our anxiety rehab center in Utah, we offer residential care for the treatment of anxiety disorders in a peaceful, structured, home-like setting. In this comfortable, therapeutic environment, adolescents or teens are able to receive the care they need in a realistic, family-like atmosphere that is fully conducive to true and lasting healing. At Youth Care, we are pleased to offer individualized anxiety rehab tailored to meet each adolescent’s or teen’s unique needs and enhance their already-existing skill set.

Our anxiety rehab at Youth Care is based on accountability, responsibility, and respect. A level system is used to provide constructive feedback to the students as they learn to show respect by displaying appropriate behaviors and earning privileges and increased levels of trust. This connection between accountability, responsibility, trust, and privileges is an important life lesson that can be used in our students’ future relationships and implemented as they achieve future successes.

At Youth Care, we believe in honoring the adolescents who are entrusted into our care by helping them understand the choices they have and the natural consequences that can occur as a result of the choices they make. We believe that this not only helps our students learn good decision-making skills, but it also enhances the confidence they have in themselves by showing them that they are capable of making those good decisions.

Throughout an adolescent’s or teen’s time spent at Youth Care for their anxiety treatment, they will have the opportunity to participate in the following interventions:

Medication management: The use of certain psychotropic medications may be beneficial in helping to alleviate some of the distressing symptoms that youth experience as a result of an anxiety disorder. Whether or not medication is used, however, will always be determined on a case-by-case basis, depending upon the particular needs of each adolescent or teen. Students at our anxiety treatment center will meet with a psychiatrist once a week, and all medication management needs will be handled by the psychiatrist and Youth Care’s nursing and medical teams.

Individual therapy: Intensive individual therapy is a core component to the therapeutic process here at Youth Care. Students have the opportunity to meet with their primary therapists three times each week. Additionally, students can meet with an addictions counselor once per week if they are also struggling with substance abuse concerns.

Group therapy: Group therapy sessions play a major role in the rehab plans of our students at Youth Care. Group sessions are held on a daily basis and are broken down as follows:

• Recreational therapy groups are held 2 times each week.
• Music therapy groups are held 1 time each week.
• Process groups are held 3 times each week.
• Addictions groups are held 1 time each week.
• Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) groups are held 1 time each week.

Family therapy: At Youth Care, we feel strongly that family integration is key in helping our students with their anxiety rehab. Because of this, we work hard to ensure that our students’ families are heavily involved in the treatment process. Family therapy sessions are held once each week and are led by each student’s primary therapist. Additionally, Parent Days are held every 6 to 8 weeks, offering educational seminars, multifamily group therapy, parent support groups, family therapy sessions, and family recreational activities.

Recreational therapy: When students engage in treatment of anxiety disorders at Youth Care, located in Utah, they will be offered a well-rounded approach to treatment that incorporates recreational activities into their schedules. Recreational rehab therapy is designed to help students have a successful treatment experience by achieving physical, cultural, and social accomplishments. Recreational activities also provide students with opportunities to learn such valuable skills as teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and trust. Furthermore, through participation in recreational activities, students can build better social skills, communication skills, coping skills, and interpersonal skills. They may also develop newfound interests, discover unknown talents, and experience an improvement in their self-esteem. Under the guidance and supervision of our licensed recreational therapist, students participate in in-house and community recreational activities 3 to 7 times per week.

Experiential therapy: In addition to the previously mentioned therapies, students receiving care for an anxiety disorder at Youth Care will have the opportunity to take part in different experiential therapies throughout the duration of their treatment. The frequency of these experiential rehab therapies will be determined by each student’s primary therapist and may include the following:

• Exposure therapy
• Situational therapy
• Expressive therapy

Community service activities: Students will be involved in community service activities at least twice each month. We have found that having students participate in such activities affords them the opportunity to develop greater empathy and a broader understanding of others, both of which can aid in their own recovery. Examples of the community service activities that students may participate in include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Caring for animals at the Humane Society
• Filling shelves at the Food Bank
• Visiting the elderly

Academics: At Youth Care, located in Utah, we believe that every student deserves to achieve success in school and therefore view our academic programming as a therapeutic intervention. Our academic program is fully accredited, which allows students to earn school credits, increase their knowledge, and work towards achieving academic goals during their time at Youth Care. Students are enrolled in a full day’s curriculum, which takes place in a traditional academic setting and is led by a team of certified secondary education teachers and special education teachers who have been trained to work with students possessing a range of learning abilities. All students have academic goals and objectives included in their individualized treatment plans, and they will attend school from 9:00am to 5:00pm every weekday, with therapeutic interventions being interwoven throughout their daily schedules.

In addition to the residential rehab offered through our treatment center, we are also pleased to provide partial hospitalization programming (PHP) for students who do not require the intensity of the programming that is offered in a residential setting. This daytime rehab option allows youth to attend the same daily programming as those receiving residential treatment, yet return home at night.

If your child is suffering from the symptoms of an anxiety disorder and requires a safe, structured, and encouraging environment to work towards overcoming or managing their symptoms, look no further than Youth Care. Our specialized programming will be catered to meet your child’s every need so that they can succeed in living the full, happy, healthy, and productive life that they deserve to be living.