Entrusting your child to a behavioral health treatment program is one of the most challenging decisions a parent can make. Merely admitting your teen is struggling elicits a host of emotions, from fear and shame to helplessness and desperation. Â
The best salve to soothe these emotions is a trusted ally in adolescent care. When you find the right professionals and the right organization to walk with you through this season of life, stress and uncertainty melt away. In their place, hope, peace of mind, and healing spring to life, ultimately offering the freedom to reclaim your lives and your emotional stability.
At Guardian Recovery, we’re committed to building your trust. Here are some critical insights into our approach and our guiding philosophy that will help you see us as not just another service provider, but as a true ally in your family’s journey.
Beyond Behavior: Holistic Adolescent Care
While your child’s troubling behaviors can negatively affect their relationships, academic performance, overall well-being, and more, they aren’t a true reflection of who they are, nor who they will become. Rather, they’re a snapshot of a particular moment in time—and a symptom of underlying issues. Guardian Recovery is deeply committed to holistic care that addresses the causes and not merely the symptoms of behavioral concerns.
Causes, Not Symptoms
At Guardian Recovery, we enable the entire family to look past behavioral symptoms and to identify and address the underlying issues that influence them. By focusing on what’s driving your teen’s behavioral issues—from trauma and genetic predispositions to mental health concerns and environmental factors—we empower your child to overcome immediate behavioral obstacles and tackle hidden hurdles, building a foundation for lifelong resilience and well-being. In doing so, teens can let go of their false, negative self-perceptions and step into their true selves—and a brighter future.
Dual-Diagnosis Treatment
Addressing the complex relationship between mental health, behavioral issues, and substance misuse is paramount to recovery. Our dual-diagnosis care model attends to both mental health issues and substance use simultaneously, ensuring comprehensive support and optimized outcomes.Â
Whole-Person Care
Since we’re all complex beings comprising body, mind, and spirit, Guardian Recovery employs a holistic approach that treats the whole person and fosters comprehensive well-being. And in order to heal the child, one must heal the family. Thus, we don’t just communicate with families during the treatment process; we integrate them in healing via family and individual therapy, educational sessions, peer support groups, and more.
Compassionate, Individualized Treatment
We steadfastly believe that no two teens are alike, and neither are their journeys. That’s why Guardian Recovery bypasses a one-size-fits-all approach and instead customizes treatment according to your child’s needs, wants, and preferences.Â
Assessments (Not Perceptions) Guide Care
Our comprehensive assessments go beyond the surface to uncover the specific challenges and experiences that shape your teen’s life. By diving deep into personal narratives—including physical and mental challenges, environmental factors, relationship issues, peer group challenges, and more—we can paint a clear picture of your teen’s needs and desires. This in turn allows our adolescent-only treatment facilities to craft highly tailored treatment plans in collaboration with families and professionals.
1:1 Staff-to-Client Ratio
With a commitment to providing unparalleled support, we maintain a 1:1 staff-to-teen ratio, ensuring that your child receives the personal attention they deserve. This intimate setting also fosters trust and connection, empowering teens to explore their emotions and challenges in a safe environment.
Safe Haven for Teen Growth
As an adolescent-only provider of behavioral health treatment, Guardian Recover understands the unique challenges faced by today’s teens. Our commitment to this unique population informs everything we do—from our building designs and activities to our compassionate staff with decades of experience in treating teenagers. As adolescent specialists, we’re the experienced ally that you and your teen can trust.
Empowering Minds. Transforming Futures.
Academics are fundamental to your teen’s future—and an integral part of life at Guardian Recovery. We don’t just tackle behavioral and substance use issues, we nurture minds, rebuild confidence, and help your teen rediscover their potential in and out of the classroom. In effect, we strive to reignite your child’s passion for learning and set them up for long-term success.
Early Coordination = Seamless Reintegration
We actively collaborate with each child’s home school district to facilitate attendance credits and ensure alignment with its academic curriculum. With regular communication between our team and your child’s school, we ensure your teen maintains academic progress during treatment—allowing for a seamless transition back to school at the completion of formalized care.
Professional Educators
Our dedicated educators provide personalized attention and critical interventions to help your child regain or maintain good academic standing. Alongside therapeutic activities, we allocate dedicated time each day for academic pursuits, including two hours of structured academic and physical education activities. In addition, we provide essential life-skills training, fostering holistic growth and preparing your child for the transition from adolescence to adulthood.Â
Healing Together: The Power of Family Involvement
Families are a powerful force of change. Guardian Recovery both leverages and fuels this power, enabling teens and families to heal and grow together.
Communication
To ensure parents and/or guardians are partners in the treatment process, Guardian Recovery maintains open lines of communication. We regularly reach out with updates on your child’s progress, insights regarding the root causes of your teen’s behavioral issues, medication suggestions and/or updates, and more.Â
Involvement
Rather than focusing on teen behaviors as the problem, we focus on the family—and its strength—as the solution. As such, we work to rebuild relationships, instill trust, and foster growth for all involved. We do this through individual and family therapy, psychoeducation regarding mental health and substance use disorders, family workshops, peer support groups, and more. Plus, we offer virtual sessions to ensure family care and connections are always within reach.
At Guardian Recovery, you’re never alone in this process. Our caring, compassionate staff walks hand in hand with your family from beginning to end. Together, we help families flourish, transforming challenges into opportunities for lasting change and resilience.
Continuity and Connections
It’s hard to switch boats mid-stream. It may be even harder for parents and teens to switch behavioral health providers between levels of care. Guardian Recovery deeply values continuity in terms of providers, staff, treatment philosophies, and quality standards. Thus, we offer a fully continuum of care for adolescent behavioral healthcare and substance use disorder treatment.Â
Care options include:
Gold Standard of Adolescent Care
Guardian Recovery believes in scientific evidence, not rhetoric. That’s why we’re fully licensed and accredited, we offer evidence-based care, and staff comprises a host of licensed professionals with decades of adolescent experience.Â
Evidence-Based Care
Research rather than rhetoric guides our care. We provide holistic, evidence-based care and therapies, which is to say scientific research has proven their effectiveness. Our individual, group, and family therapy employs gold-standard modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing (MI), dual diagnosis (aka co-occurring disorder) care, 12-Step programming, and more.Â
Compassionate, Sought-After Staff
To meet the unique needs of each teen in our care, we’ve assembled a broad team of highly qualified professionals with direct experience in adolescent treatment. This spectrum of care provides you and your family with a range of professionals from which to choose, one of which no doubt fits your unique needs and personal preferences. Your teen’s dedicated treatment team includes any (or all) of the following:
- Psychiatrist for medication management
- Individual therapist for one-on-one support
- Family therapist to strengthen family bonds
- Medical doctor for overall health oversight
- Residential counselors for day-to-day guidance
- Clinical director to oversee the entire process
- Support staff offering chef-prepared meals, cleaning, maintenance, etc.
Licensing and Accreditation
Each of our adolescent-only treatment facilities is fully licensed within its respective state. Plus, Guardian Recovery holds the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission, the highest level of accreditation for healthcare providers.
Our LocationsÂ
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What We’re Not
At Guardian Recovery, we lead with compassion and understanding, not intimidation and punishment. We believe treatment should be a beautiful, empowering, and transformative journey, not a traumatic experience fraught with anxiety, fear, and disconnection.
Connection—Not Coercion
Unlike programs that leverage fear and intimidation, where teens are forcibly taken from their homes and subjected to degrading labor in exchange for basic privileges, we prioritize a holistic and nurturing approach. True healing comes from connection and understanding, not coercion and punishment.
Dignity—Not Divisiveness
We are not a wilderness program or a boot camp, and we certainly do not endorse any form of physical or emotional punishment. Instead, we cultivate an environment where respect and dignity are paramount. Our focus is on fostering self-esteem and self-respect, creating a safe space for teens to explore their feelings and experiences.Â
By addressing the root causes of behavioral issues, we help our participants develop the coping skills necessary to navigate their emotions and relationships. This approach stands in stark contrast to the punitive models that often leave teens feeling isolated and hopeless, with many exiting treatment worse off than when they arrived.
Humane, Holistic Care—Not Forced Compliance
The transition from punishment-based care to everyday life can be stark and disorienting, leaving teens ill-equipped to handle the challenges they face outside of treatment. Many return home without the essential communication skills and interpersonal strategies needed to build healthy relationships.Â
At Guardian Recovery, we prioritize holistic healing, ensuring that each teen leaves not just with a sense of newfound purpose, but with the tools and confidence necessary for lasting recovery. We are committed to transforming lives through understanding and support, paving the way for a brighter future.
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Your Next Steps
Our Ongoing Commitment
Guardian Recovery sees healing as a process, not a destination. So our commitment to your family doesn’t end when formal treatment concludes. From the day your teen enters treatment, we’re planning their next steps—and continually adjusting course along the way.
Roadmap for Long-Term Recovery and Wellness
Based on your teen’s needs and progress and your family’s resources, your case manager crafts and adjusts an aftercare plan to ensure continued recovery and growth once your child leaves treatment. Often, we can refer you to other treatment options within our broad network of trusted partners. However, we can also provide connections to local agencies and programs outside of our network. We’re committed to helping your family transition smoothly from treatment to thriving in everyday life.
SELF-ASSESSMENT:
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Disclaimer: Does not guarantee specific treatment outcomes, as individual results may vary. Our services are not a substitute for professional medical advice or diagnosis; please consult a qualified healthcare provider for such matters.
