If your teen is engaging in disruptive, defiant, or aggressive behavior, you and your family probably feel desperate to help them. At Newport Academy, we teach teens the resilience and emotional regulation needed to effectively grow into a thriving individual, bringing hope to families and sustainable healing to teens.
Questions?
We know that reaching out can be difficult. Our compassionate team of experts is here to help. Call us at 877-929-5105 or complete the form below.
Make a Positive Change in Your Teen’s Behavior
Through decades of scientific inquiry, researchers have identified what works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to overcoming adolescent behavioral challenges. At Newport Academy, connection is at the foundation of our philosophy of care. Building trust within a therapeutic relationship and repairing ruptures within family relationships have been demonstrated as the most beneficial ways to elicit lasting change. We accomplish this by:
- Working in partnership with families, including weekly family therapy, family support groups, and special events for families
- Understanding behavioral issues as manifestations of underlying trauma, depression, and/or anxiety
- Engaging teens in the recovery process through experiential activities, such as Adventure Therapy, music therapy, art therapy, and more (services vary depending on location)
- Providing teens with healthy coping and emotion-regulation skills to help them more effectively manage and express their feelings
- Designing personalized treatment plans in response to each individual’s and family’s needs.
Evidence-Based, Outcomes-Driven Care
One of the most important signifiers of quality care is if a program tracks and publicizes its treatment outcomes. Moreover, the most trustworthy treatment programs work with a respected research institute to collect and analyze data. This ongoing assessment process creates transparency and reassurance for insurance providers, parents, and referring professionals.
Newport Academy’s outcomes-driven alternative to adolescent wilderness programs uses proven modalities shown through ongoing research to be highly effective in helping teens find long-term recovery from behavioral issues. Each client’s individualized, multidisciplinary treatment plan is designed by mental health treatment specialists who specialize in working with young people and their families. Our teen rehab treatment is gender responsive, according to each teen’s gender identity, so teens feel safe and comfortable within a supportive community.
Programming for Boys
Newport Academy provides gender-responsive teen treatment programs that allow teen boys to build strong relationships with peers and mentors they can trust. Being surrounded by the right people to look up to and draw inspiration from can make all the difference. Boys receive tailored treatment developed and delivered by expert clinical and experiential therapists, as well as individualized education with our academic experts.
Programming for Girls
Newport Academy provides a safe and nurturing environment for girls to explore sensitive issues without distraction. Our program is designed to help teen girls learn to claim their voice, accept constructive feedback, and develop self-esteem, without the pressure found in mixed-gender environments. Positive peer interaction helps adolescent girls cultivate healthy boundaries and develop strong and caring relationships.
Our Residential Locations
Alternative Wilderness Treatment Center Near Me
Newport Academy treats teens and their families from all 50 US states and abroad, with locations in multiple regions across the United States. Our alternative to wilderness for adolescents offers individualized, integrated treatment programs. Each client’s schedule encompasses clinical, experiential, and academic modalities—including outdoor activities with trained and licensed clinicians that give teens the opportunity to experience the benefits of time in nature while staying safe and supported.
Utah
Massachusetts
Virginia
Washington State
North Carolina
Northern California
Southern California
Minnesota
Connecticut
Significant Improvements in Anxiety, Depression, and Well-Being
In 2025, Newport’s treatment yielded significant improvements in adolescent and young adult patients’ depressive and anxiety symptoms, subjective well-being, suicide risk, traumatic distress, and attachment to parents/caregivers.
Our care teams incorporate a wide variety of specializations—clinical, medical, psychiatric, experiential, dietary, life skills, and academic—to create transformative care experiences with exceptional results.
Long-Term, Sustainable Results
Post-discharge data shows that both teens and young adults maintained improvements, on average, six months after treatment. The data illustrates that the changes patients make within safe and caring therapeutic environments lead to long-term positive outcomes.
The chart shows young adult patients’ scores, on average, from intake through nine months after.
Take the Next Step
Our staff is here to guide you every step of the way, from the admissions process to navigating insurance and paying for care. Our admissions team is standing by, ready to help your family begin to heal.