Adolescent Family Program
The Adolescent Family Program provides an orientation to the Skyland Trail treatment program, education on relevant mental health topics, and structured peer support for parents and guardians of clients currently enrolled in the adolescent treatment program. The program is offered at no cost to parents and guardians.
Wednesdays from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
All sessions are offered remotely through zoom.
Guardians are expected to participate in the family program each week.
The adolescent family program is led by Skyland Trail family therapists. Other members of the multidisciplinary treatment team also present on specialized topics.
Each week is focused on a different topic. Topics include:
- DBT skills
- CBT skills
- how to support struggling learners
- healthy social media use
- how to implement effective boundaries at home
- validation
- emotion regulation
- gender and sexual orientation identity
- body image and disordered eating
- parental burnout
- family conflict
- family rituals and traditions
Family education helps families learn in parallel with the client in treatment, including common language and terminology, clinical information about specific disorders, skills application, and new communication strategies.