Residential Depression Treatment for Teens

Is your teen struggling with depression? At Discovery Ranch South, we understand how challenging it can be to find the right treatment. That's why our residential depression treatment program is tailored to provide the support and guidance your teen needs to overcome depression and lead a fulfilling life.

Give your child the gift of a brighter future. Contact us to learn more about depression treatment for teenage girls & adolescents assigned female at birth.

Discovery Ranch South provides individualized treatment for teenage depression, including:

  • Major Depressive Disorder
    • Anxious distress
    • Melancholy
    • Agitated Depression
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder
  • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
  • 'Situational' Depression
  • Treatment-Resistant Depression
  • Depression & Co-occurring disorders, including:
    • Depression and anxiety
    • Trauma and depression (PTSD)
    • Autism and depression
    • ADHD and depression
    • Depression and substance abuse

Benefits of Depression Treatment for Teens

We understand how heartbreaking it is to watch your teen experience sadness, hopelessness, and lack of motivation. At Discovery Ranch South, our evidence-based depression treatment can help your teen make positive changes that can help them turn their life around and move toward healing.

With our personalized care approach, our licensed therapists and mental health professionals work with your teen to develop healthy coping mechanisms, empowering them to effectively manage their depressive symptoms.

Depression treatment brings many benefits to both teens and their families. These benefits include:

Re-engage in Daily Life

Depression can interfere with daily life, making it difficult to participate in activities and routines that were once enjoyable. Treatment can help teens regain their ability to engage in daily life and rediscover their passions and sense of purpose in life.

Heal Meaningful Relationships

Depression can strain relationships, both within the family and outside of it. Through treatment, teens can work on healing and strengthening their relationships, allowing them to build more fulfilling relationships with their loved ones, creating a supportive network that can help them overcome depression and thrive.

Develop Healthy Coping Skills

Through therapy and other treatment approaches, teens can learn a range of coping skills and techniques to manage their symptoms of depression effectively. These skills can help teens to identify negative thought patterns, regulate their emotions, and develop positive behaviors. By learning and practicing these skills, teens can develop the tools needed to manage their depressive symptoms, improve their mental health, and lead fulfilling lives.

Teens Get the Support Needed to Take Control of Their Depression

Depression can be overwhelming and isolating, but in treatment, your teen will find a community of peers, staff, and therapists who understand what they're going through. This support helps empower and motivate teens to take control of their depression.

Don't let your teen’s prolonged and intense depression hold them back from enjoying the simple pleasures of life, participating in daily routines, and forming meaningful relationships. Enroll them in our depression treatment program today and give them the tools to take control of their future and live their best, most fulfilling life.

Choosing the Right Depression Treatment for Your Teen

Navigating through the different options for depression 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 depression treatment.

Our residential program provides a safe and comfortable 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 depression and live a life that is full of joy and meaning.

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How We Treat Teenage Depression

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At Discovery Ranch South, we recognize that your teen’s struggle with depression can be a difficult experience, and that's why we offer a top-tier treatment program that provides holistic care. Our team of skilled therapists is committed to providing the best possible care that is customized to meet your teenager's individual needs.

We prioritize developing close therapeutic relationships with our clients to ensure that meaningful and lasting change takes place. With low caseloads, our team can provide your teen with the attention and care they require to overcome depression and thrive.

Our therapeutic environment is designed to be flexible and responsive to your teen’s clinical requirements. We believe that creating a comprehensive therapeutic environment that is always accessible to address clinical issues in the moment is the key to achieving long-lasting change. 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.

By choosing Discovery Ranch South, you can be confident that your teenager will receive the comprehensive care they need to overcome depression and lead a fulfilling life.

Why Choose Discovery Ranch South?

Restoring Choice

When depression rules our lives, we feel our choices are limited and out of reach

Teenage depression can be overwhelming, eroding their ability to make healthy choices and leaving them 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 depression.

Rediscover your teen’s boundless potential and empower your family to take back control of its future, free from depression. Take charge of your teen's depression treatment by focusing on what you can control and finding a treatment approach that blends clinical sophistication with time-tested values and practices.

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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 recovering from depression.

...And Challenging Experiences...

“Experiential” can have a variety of meanings in the world of depression 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 is not enough. Our experiential program challenges teens struggling with depression to practice what they've learned in a supportive, real-world setting.

Every part of the “Discovery Ranch Experience”—whether feeding a calf, traveling to the local theater and arts festival, or rappelling with staff and peers—is selected and designed to enhance your teen’s therapeutic progress and “turn experience into understanding.”

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...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. The 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.

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Student Life

At Discovery Ranch South, your child 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 the famous Utah Shakespeare Festival, 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 child to heal and flourish.

Learn More About Our CARE Model

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Clinical

Individualized therapeutic approach customized for each girl’s unique needs

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Academics

A therapeutic school ideal for helping girls with mental health issues

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Residential

A healing environment where girls can build lasting relationships with staff, mentors, and peers

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Experiential

Experiential therapy creates opportunities to apply therapeutic skills and lessons to real-life situations

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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)

to protect the privacy of our clients, this is a photoillustration of a parent who gave an authentic review of our anxiety treatment program for teens | Discovery Ranch South - a Residential Treatment Center for Adolescent Girls and Teens Assigned Female at Birth

This place was wonderful for our daughter, who was suffering from severe depression and anxiety. She loved bonding with the animals and the other girls in the program. The staff was very caring and top-notch. Thanks to their teachings, our daughter is a much better communicator and is better equipped to cope with whatever life throws her way.

Julie C.

Mother of an alumna
To protect the privacy of our clients, this is a photoillustration of a parent who gave an authentic review of our Residential anxiety treatment program for teens | Discovery Ranch South - a Residential Treatment Center for Adolescent Girls and Teens Assigned Female at Birth

Discovery Ranch was amazing for our 16-year-old daughter. She struggled with severe anxiety, OCD, depression and avoidance. She had stopped going to school despite being incredibly smart. She had essentially stopped doing anything, preferring to isolate in her room. She came out a different person - or I should say, the girl we had not seen for a long time. We would highly recommend DRG to anybody whose daughter is struggling. It is a well-run, safe, amazing program.

Carla C.

Mother of an alumna
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DRS saved our daughter's life. Sounds dramatic, right? Maybe so but it's absolutely the truth and we've heard our daughter say the same thing countless times. The programs are astonishingly diverse and effective. Bovine, equine, rec., performing arts, group, RO-DBT, brain spotting and traditional talk therapy all focus on your daughter's healing and recovery. I can't speak to everyone's experience but I can speak to ours: DRG is filled with talented, loving, caring professionals. Amazing, simply amazing. Our family has hope again and I could not be more thankful. My succinct definition of DRS is this: DRS is an oasis of love and healing in the high desert of southern Utah. Writing this review is my way of paying forward my thanks for what DRG has done for our daughter and our family. I wish you luck. Don't give up. Call DRS.

Richard F.

Father of an alumna
To protect the privacy of our clients, this is a photoillustration of a parent who gave an authentic review of our Residential anxiety treatment program for teens | Discovery Ranch South - a Residential Treatment Center for Adolescent Girls and Teens Assigned Female at Birth

Our daughter attended DRG and we could not have been more proud of her growth during her time there and after. The Ranch is beautiful and the work with the animals was so important to her. The staff and her therapist were absolutely wonderful. Since returning home, she has completed high school early and just completed her cosmetology program. Our relationships in the family are extremely strong as a result of everyone's openness and willingness to put in the work. She is so excited to begin her career and we are excited to see where she takes it. We certainly would not be at this point if it were not for her hard work and the support of those at the Ranch.

Debbie C.

Mother of an alumna

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 depression. 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 depression treatment journey with us:

  • Speak with one of our friendly admissions team members who'll conduct a comprehensive assessment to identify your teen’s unique treatment needs.
  • During the admissions process, your teen and family will have the opportunity to tour our facility and meet our compassionate staff.
  • We'll then create a personalized depression treatment plan tailored to your teen’s individual needs.

Let us help you begin transforming your life through our evidence-based depression 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

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Sarah Yardley, Admissions Director at Discovery Ranch South

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 depression 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.

Marks of Quality Care

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Backed by The Joint Commission which ensures programs adhere to the highest quality of clinical and medical practices.

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Designated as a NATSAP Research Program, showing our commitment to well-researched practices in our program.

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Full member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP), which ensure regulation of programs that serve children and adolescents.

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Discovery Ranch South is fully licensed in the state of Utah.

Natural Lifemanship Accredited Residential Treatment Center for Teens | Discovery Ranch South - a residential treatment program for adolescent girls and teens assigned female at birth

An approach to Equine Assisted Services based on the science of relationships

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This program is proud to be Cognia Accredited.

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Founding member of Choose Mental Health, guiding families with questions about mental health.