Our Approach to Care
We remove the stigma around mental health and substance use treatment, through compassionate care that leads to growth, confidence, and self-esteem. Our comprehensive approach provides a different kind of mental health treatment for teens and children.
Each client’s tailored treatment plan incorporates medical and psychiatric care, clinical therapy, family therapy, experiential modalities, and strength-based academics. We treat the individual and the whole family. Our core mission is to establish healthy communication and connection between kids and their families.
Psychiatry
Medical Care
Psychoeducation
Individual Therapy
Each client attends multiple weekly sessions with expert clinicians. In addition, psychiatrists are part of the personal Treatment Team.
Middle Childhood Attachment-Based Family Therapy
This family systems approach adapts Attachment-Based Family Therapy to support younger clients and their parents/caregivers, as part of our pre-teen treatment program for ages 7–12.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Our therapists use CBT and Trauma-Focused CBT to identify and modify thought and behavior patterns to create shifts from negative to positive mindset.
Device Management
We focus on helping pre-teens and teens to build a more balanced relationship with technology, whether that’s social media, gaming, or other types of device or screen use.
Relational Trauma Repair
Recovery Lifestyle
Attachment-Based Family Therapy
We use Attachment-Based Family Therapy to strengthen the emotionally protective, secure-based, parent-child relationship while promoting adolescent autonomy.
Family Support Groups
We treat pre-teens and adolescents in the context of the entire family. Parents/guardians participate in multi-family support groups tailored to their child’s age and diagnosis.
DBT-Informed Skills
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)–informed skills help clients modify the unhealthy behaviors they used to cope with deeper underlying issues.
Gender-Responsive Care
Person-Centered or Humanistic Therapy
Body Image Group
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
This evidence-based approach alleviates distress resulting from PTSD and traumatic memories, by adapting the way the brain processes information.
Group Therapy Program
Daily group therapy sessions allow clients to build healthy relationships, support one another, and discuss the healing process together.
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy interrupts the cycle of obsessions and compulsions that characterize obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Yoga and Meditation
Certified yoga instructors facilitate our therapeutic yoga program, which includes mindful movement and meditation in a supportive group setting.
Adventure
Adventure Therapy includes rock climbing, paddle boarding, surfing, hiking, ropes courses, and kayaking. While developing new skills, clients gain confidence and learn to have fun.
Mixed Martial Arts
Art
Equine-Assisted Learning
Equine-Assisted Learning supports caring and nurturing behaviors. Additionally, clients learn to regulate their emotions and be in the present moment as they work with our Equine-Assisted therapists and our patient horses.
Fitness Activities
Culinary Arts
Music
Teens and pre-teens learn to acknowledge and express their deep-rooted emotions as they make and listen to music. In addition, teens play music together.
Horticulture
Community Service
Individual Instruction
Using an accredited curriculum, our teaching team provides tailored instruction for each student, informed by neuropsychoeducational test results, transcripts, family/parent input, and input from their home school.
Educational Testing
We can arrange for testing in areas of academic achievement, cognitive abilities, and social/emotional development.
Individual Tutoring
Individualized pacing with specialized tutors allows our team to provide extensive support. Our tutors help students address proficiency gaps and prepare for standardized exams.
Parent/Teacher Meetings
Newport Academy teachers communicate on a regular basis with families to provide updates on academic progress. We ensure that kids stays on track for success when they return to their home school.
Academic Planning
Each student receives an Individualized Academic Plan (IAP) in age-appropriate state standards, incorporating academic assessments, educational testing, parental input, and personal needs.
College Application Support
We support older teens to hone in on their strengths, talents, and interests, as a jumping-off point for finding the right college and writing an essay that expresses who they truly are.
Mindfulness
Every morning, our clients set goals, state positive affirmations, and access spiritual connection. This starts the day from a foundation of calm and self-reflection. In addition, therapy sessions often begin with a moment of meditation or mindful breathing.
Reflection
Throughout the week, clients at Newport Academy perform an Inventory and Reflection exercise, as part of the therapeutic healing process.
Church, Synagogue, Temple
We honor all religious affiliations. Our clients have the opportunity to attend church, temple, or synagogue to maintain their spiritual practices while in treatment. Spiritual connection supports young people as they seek meaning and purpose.
What Conditions Does Our Therapy for Teens Address?
Teen Depression
The signs of teen depression can often be mistaken as a child simply behaving like a “typical” teen: moody, sullen, and/or emotionally volatile. Family circumstances, physical changes, and social pressure can all create challenges in a teen’s life that trigger depression.
Teen Anxiety
Stress is a natural part of adolescence. However, when stress progresses into anxiety, it can be crippling. The Newport Academy treatment team helps adolescents and families learn new skills and self-understanding to overcome anxiety disorders.
Teen Substance Use and Rehab
At Newport Academy’s substance use rehab for teenagers, we do more than help teens stop using drugs and alcohol. We recognize that problem substance use is a mental health issue, and we address the root causes of self-destructive behaviors. This approach results in successful outcomes and sustainable recovery.
Teen Mental Health
Teen mental health struggles are common. But finding the right care and starting treatment can be challenging for both adolescents and their families. That’s why we help you find the right care, and prioritize compassion, support, acceptance, and unconditional love in every Newport treatment program.
Teen Trauma
Teen trauma can have lasting impacts if left untreated. Support for teens and families is essential for healing adolescent trauma so teens can move forward. At Newport Academy, we understand how devastating teen trauma can be, and we are here to help.
Teen Eating Disorders
Teen eating disorders can be life threatening for adolescents. In fact, experts consider eating disorders the deadliest of all mental health conditions. When it comes to eating disorders, professional treatment and support is needed for lasting recovery.
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