adolescent outpatient treatment

Individual Therapy

Avenues offers one-on-one therapy to those adolescents who are in need of more individualized care. We recognize that teenagers engage in substance use for a variety of reasons: as a form of experimentation, a means of acting out behaviorally, a way to change or suppress feelings, or, in some cases, as an expression of the disease of addiction. Our task is to work with the adolescent and family to determine the causes/contributing factors that have led to substance abuse/ addiction and to offer appropriate intervention and treatment. For those adolescents who are struggling to identify their substance use as problematic, individual therapy is an appropriate starting point.

Individual sessions are 50 minutes in length. Time in treatment is determined by the need of the individual and the rate at which he/she meets treatment goals. Individuals will be required to submit to random drug screens and breathalyzer each time they come to Avenues for a therapy session.