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Group Work
Residents meet a minimum of five times per week for approximately 90 minutes a session in peer process group. The group is led by a facilitator. The group is designed to provide a forum for residents to support each other in pro-social behavior and confront maladaptive behavior patterns. Other groups will also meet. Groups will include social/educational, specific therapeutic, cognitive control, and recreational. These groups are explained in more detail later in this document. Individual Therapy Individual counseling is scheduled once per week and is conducted by a Master's-level primary therapist. The goal of individual work is to help the residents focus on the defined problem areas that brought them to treatment and help them function more efficiently in the group milieu and in the community. Family Communication and Therapy A resident's relationship with her family is vital to treatment. It is essential, therefore, that the family is involved in the treatment process. Teton Peaks provides two avenues to allow parents and family members access to this service. The first is to provide traditional family therapy by conducting an in-person session with all concerned family members present. This is strongly encouraged. When a family is not able to attend weekly sessions, a family week can be scheduled. Family week is where family members attend a full week of intensive therapeutic work on-site. Secondly, in cases where parents/guardians live geographically distant, telephone conferences will be provided. Sessions tend to last anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour. Recreational Therapy An important part of treatment is recreation. A certified therapeutic recreation specialist supervises recreational activities designed to meet the needs of the youth. Recreational therapy contributes to well-being and aids in treatment. Each day the patients participate in two hours of recreation. One hour focuses on fitness and physical activity. This is an opportunity for social interaction, release of anxiety and tension, and improvement of the group's morale. The second hour is a treatment-oriented activity. Some of the goals of these activities are:
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