Discovery Ranch South provides individualized behavioral addiction treatment for teens, including:
- Cutting & Self-harm
- Technology addictions, including:
- Phone Addiction
- Gaming Addiction
- Social Media Addiction
- Internet Addiction
Benefits of Behavioral Addiction Treatment for Teens
Our evidence-based behavioral addiction treatment at Discovery Ranch South offers a range of benefits for your teenager. With personalized care and expert guidance from licensed therapists and mental health professionals, your teenager can develop effective strategies to manage their addictive behaviors and thrive in various aspects of their life.
Teen behavioral addiction treatment brings many benefits to both teens and their families. These benefits include:
Your child's behavioral addiction should not prevent them from achieving academic success, building meaningful relationships, and leading a fulfilling life. With our teen behavioral addiction treatment program, you can provide your child with the necessary tools to manage their addictive behaviors, thrive, and live their best life. Contact us today to take the first step towards a brighter future for your teenager.
Choosing the Right Behavioral Addiction Treatment for Your Teen
Navigating through the different options for teen behavioral addiction treatment can be overwhelming, but finding a treatment center that offers the right care for your teenager is crucial. At Discovery Ranch South's Residential Treatment Center, we recognize that every family has a unique set of experiences, strengths, and treatment goals. That's why we offer a personalized program that's tailored to meet your specific needs.
Our residential program offers round-the-clock care in scenic lodges that provide a comfortable and home-like environment. Our individualized approach is trauma-informed and incorporates a variety of therapeutic modalities to provide the best care possible for your teenager's treatment.
Our residential program provides a safe and nurturing environment for your teen to work on developing coping and processing skills through personalized treatment plans and therapeutic interventions led by our experienced staff. Our ultimate goal is to empower them to overcome their behavioral addiction challenges and live a life that is full of success and fulfillment.
You Are Not Alone
Discovery Ranch South is there for you and your family.
How We Treat Teenage Behavioral Addiction
As a parent, finding the right treatment center for your teenager with behavioral addiction can be an overwhelming experience. You want to ensure that your child is receiving the best possible care, in a supportive and nurturing environment that will help them overcome their challenges and move towards a brighter future. That's why Discovery Ranch South is the ideal choice for your teenager's behavioral addiction treatment.
Our approach to treating teenage behavioral addiction includes:
Seeking Safety:
Our Addiction Behavior Program is adapted from Seeking Safety, an evidence-based model of treatment for individuals impacted by substance abuse and traumatic experiences. The main principles include safety, treating substance abuse and trauma, focusing on positive ideals, and providing themes from multiple perspectives (cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal). Our group meets each girl where they are. We help girls see how their issues impact their interpersonal interactions. We give our girls the tools to address substance abuse and trauma.
Due to its balance of structure and flexibility, Seeking Safety integrates seamlessly into each girl’s individualized treatment plans. Each treatment topic gives girls opportunities to discuss, learn, and refine their interpersonal skills in a group setting. Each session comes with a worksheet outlining the week’s concept that our girls can always refer back to. Because safety is the cornerstone of this program, we create a warm, supportive environment to discuss the complexities surrounding the difficulties in substance abuse, trauma, and addictive behaviors.
12 Step Education
The 12 Steps Group is adapted from the 12 Steps Program, which is a nationally recognized program built on twelve guiding principles to help individuals struggling with substance abuse and addiction move toward recovery. This approach has been modified to address a variety of issues related to substance abuse and dependency issues, including behavioral addictions. At Discovery Ranch South, your daughter can share her difficult experiences and find support with peers. Guided by a professional with experience in the 12 Steps modality, we help our students as they recover.
Individual Therapy
Our team of skilled therapists prioritizes developing close therapeutic relationships with your child to ensure that they feel safe enough for meaningful and lasting change to take place.
We provide individual addictive behavior counseling from our licensed addictions counselor. This counselor provides education and individualized support to help teens address their addictive behaviors.
Using evidence-based therapies, a trained professional will aid your child in recognizing and challenging negative and irrational thoughts and behaviors that may have arisen from their behavioral addiction. We will guide your teenager as they learn effective coping mechanisms to handle situations that could potentially trigger their addictive behaviors.
24/7 Support
At Discovery Ranch South, our ultimate goal is to empower your teenager to overcome their behavioral addiction challenges and live a fulfilling life. We understand the impact that behavioral addiction can have on your child's life, and we are here to help them work through it in a safe and supportive environment.
Our residential program offers round-the-clock care in scenic lodges that provide a comfortable and home-like environment. We understand that the journey to managing behavioral addiction is not always easy, and that's why our approach incorporates a variety of therapeutic modalities to provide the best care possible for your teenager's treatment.
Our treatment team includes clinical, residential, academic, experiential, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle services team members who are fully integrated into your teenager's daily life, ensuring that they receive the highest level of care possible.
Some of the unique therapies & therapeutic activities we offer include:
- Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Brainspotting
- Trauma-focused Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Experiential Therapy
- Equine Therapy
- Cow Therapy
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Adventure & Outdoor Recreation
- Art Therapy
- Therapeutic & Coping Skills Groups
- Mindfulness & Meditation Groups
- Individual Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapy
We understand that managing a teen's behavioral addiction can be challenging, but we are dedicated to helping your teenager confront and overcome their challenges in a way that empowers them to live a life that is full of success and fulfillment.
By choosing Discovery Ranch South, you can be confident that your teenager will receive the comprehensive care they need to manage their behavioral addiction and lead a fulfilling life.
Why Choose Discovery Ranch South for Your Teen’s Behavioral Addiction Treatment?
Restoring Choice
When behavioral addiction rules a teen's life, they can feel their choices are limited and out of reach.
Teenagers struggling with a behavioral addiction feel overwhelmed, struggle to make healthy choices, and often feeling trapped and disconnected from their loved ones. Like all teenagers, your child deserves the chance to explore their own interests and make choices that align with their unique identity, free from the limitations of addiction.
Rediscover your teenager's boundless potential and empower your family to take back control of its future, free from addiction. Take charge of your teen's behavioral addiction treatment by focusing on what you can control and finding a treatment approach that blends clinical sophistication with time-tested values and practices.
Through Nurturing Relationships...
Relationships are the foundation of our most meaningful experiences. Whether it's a family member, friend, or mentor, the people we care about shape our lives in profound ways.
At Discovery Ranch South, we view relationships - with us, with you, with other family members, and with peers - as the most fundamental agents of change in your teen's life. We know that no other aspect of their care is as powerful in shaping their future success as the connections they make while managing their addiction.
...And Challenging Experiences...
"Experiential" can have a variety of meanings in the world of addiction treatment. At Discovery Ranch South, experiential treatment is not just an activity we go and do; it's who we are. It is the bedrock of our approach.
Learning comes from doing. Therapy can be a powerful tool for developing insights and building coping skills, but by itself, it's not enough. Our experiential program challenges teens with behavioral addiction to practice what they've learned in a supportive, real-world setting.
Every part of the "Discovery Ranch Experience" - whether caring for animals, engaging in outdoor adventures, or participating in expressive arts - is selected and designed to enhance your child's therapeutic progress and "turn experience into understanding."
...In a Healing Environment
Surrounded by the beautiful sandstone cliffs of southern Utah, we offer a healing environment that mirrors our surroundings, both expansive and embracing. Discovery Ranch South nestles comfortably into the surrounding desert and mountains, drawing on its quiet beauty, inherent strength, and enduring ability to inspire.
What Makes Discovery Ranch South Different?
Family Program
We believe that families play a vital role in their teen's therapeutic journey. At Discovery Ranch South, we offer various opportunities for family participation, including weekly family therapy sessions, on-campus visits, and Parent Seminars. We prioritize the development of healthy, happy family relationships through fundamental communication, life, and social & emotional learning skills.
Student Life
At Discovery Ranch South, your teenager will have the opportunity to thrive in a small, supportive community immersed in the beauty and adventure of southern Utah. From outdoor activities like hiking and horseback riding to attending local cultural events, there are countless opportunities for growth and exploration. With caring staff members and a focus on lasting change, Discovery Ranch South is the perfect place for your teenager to heal and flourish.
Our Research & Outcomes Show Adolescent Girls Can Live a Life Free From Mental Health Issues
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75% of students report they are more comfortable sharing feelings with their parents.
75% of students & parents report significantly better family functioning
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90% of parents report teen is much better compared to the beginning of treatment
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96% of both parents and students showed consistent improvement on problem behavior (Y-OQ) and emotional problems tests (BPFS-C)
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100% of students report their problems are much better than when they began
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Six months after graduation, 100% of parents and students say that their problems are much better than when they began
Don't Take Our Word For it
(all testimonials were taken from reviews left by alumni families on our google profile)
Have Questions? Ready to Get Started?
Our Trusted Admissions Specialists Are Here to Serve You
We understand that reaching out for help can be incredibly difficult, especially when your family is in crisis. It takes immense strength and courage to take that first step towards seeking professional help for your teenager struggling with behavioral addiction. Our goal is to create a safe and supportive environment where your teenager can heal and grow. We believe that every teenager has the potential to thrive, and we are honored to be a part of their healing journey.
We recognize the challenges and fears that families face when navigating the world of mental health treatment. That's why we're here to provide support and guidance through every step of the process. Our compassionate and experienced team is dedicated to helping families find the right treatment option that meets their unique needs.
Here is a brief overview of what to expect when starting your teen's behavioral addiction treatment journey with us:
- Speak with one of our friendly admissions team members who'll conduct a comprehensive assessment to identify your unique treatment needs.
- During the admissions process, you'll tour our facility and meet our compassionate staff.
- We'll then create a personalized treatment plan tailored to your teenager's individual needs.
Let us help you begin transforming your life through our evidence-based behavioral addiction treatment program. Remember, all calls are always confidential, and we are here to listen and provide guidance. Don't hesitate to reach out to us - we're here to help you and your family through this difficult time.
Meet One of Our Admissions Specialists Answering Your Call
You don’t need to provide anything if you hit have some questions about how to help your teenager. If you decide Discovery Ranch South is right for your family, we’ll send you a student profile sheet in order to get more detailed information about your family’s situation.
It's common to feel overwhelmed by the various anxiety treatment options available. That's why it's vital to consult a treatment professional who can guide you through the process and ensure that you make the best decision for your teen and family.
We’re happy to spend as much or as little time as you need to answer your questions. If you wish to complete your initial enrollment, typically we can do that in just under 60 minutes.
Backed by The Joint Commission which ensures programs adhere to the highest quality of clinical and medical practices.
Designated as a NATSAP Research Program, showing our commitment to well-researched practices in our program.
Full member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP), which ensure regulation of programs that serve children and adolescents.
Discovery Ranch South is fully licensed in the state of Utah.
An approach to Equine Assisted Services based on the science of relationships
This program is proud to be Cognia Accredited.
Founding member of Choose Mental Health, guiding families with questions about mental health.