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Benchmark Transitions ® is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to residential therapeutic transitional living for young adult men and women, ages 18-28.
Our dual-diagnosis model combines clinical treatment, behavioral health therapy, addiction recovery & aftercare, educational & occupational opportunities, career development and life skills in a structured and nurturing environment that fosters self-discovery and autonomy.
Benchmark Transitions ® offers residential treatment, day treatment (PHP),
Intensive Outpatient (IOP) and Structured Sober Living by Benchmark ® .
Benchmark is designed to be a step-down transition program for participants coming out of other primary treatment programs, such as detox, residential treatment centers, wilderness therapeutic programs, hospitalization/stabilization units, and for adolescents aging-out of therapeutic boarding schools. Benchmark is also an ideal option for young adults who are “stuck” at home with failure to launch issues.
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Benchmark Transitions ® provides treatment for behavioral and clinical issues such as:
· Academic challenges
· ADD/ADHD
· Adoption/Attachment
· Anger management
· Anxiety/Depression
· Bi-Polar/Borderline
· Compulsive behavior
· Distressed relationships
· Drug/Alcohol Addiction
· Dual Diagnosis
· Eating disorder (mild)
· Emotional & Behavioral issues
· Gaming/Internet Addiction
· Grief/loss
* Limitations may apply
· Lacking confidence
· Learning differences
· Life changes
· Non-verbal learning difference
· ODD/PTSD
· Poor judgment
· Shy/withdrawn
· Sneaky/underground
· Socially isolated
· Spectrum Disorders
(Autism/Asperger/PDD)*
· Substance use/abuse
· Trauma
· Unmotivated
Both include our comprehensive curriculum of personal growth, education, occupational options & career development, life skills and therapeutic services.
· Recovery by Benchmark ® participants are those who have a history of
substance use, abuse or addiction.
· Benchmark Behavioral Health participants are those who have not
used drugs and/or alcohol.
· Licensed therapeutic clinicians
(M.D., Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT)
· Weekly Individual psychotherapy
· Monthly Family Therapy (phone)
· Medication Management
· Process Group Therapy
· Certified Addictions Counselors
· Neuro-feedback (Ancillary)
· Neuropsychological testing (Ancillary)
Our young adults can gain the life skills they need to make it on their own. Contact us for a consultation.

YATA
YATA promotes young adult residential transitional schools and programs that support issues and practices of common interests and enhance the quality of care of the young adults and their families.
YATA provides a forum for collaboration on issues of mutual concern, including young adult issues, operational issues, and other aspects related to providing young adult transitional services.
In 2011 several young adult programs came together to discuss common issues facing programs that specialize in young adults and their families. There was an immediate kinship. It was a relief to share, collaborate and experience camaraderie and support. All the programs had been in business a minimum of 10 years. All of these programs were in essence “competitors”. The conversations that ensued were anything but competitive. Everyone took off their day job hats and got real. It was clear that we had far more to gain from one another in sharing openly, than we had to lose by being protectionist or suspicious of one another. The group continued to, meet at most national conferences and have traveled to visit one another’s programs. The group spoke together as a panel at a national conference. It became clear that there was a great deal of interest in membership and collaborative sharing amongst a greater range of programs.
Our response was to host the First Annual YOUNG ADULT TRANSITION ASSOCIATION
(YATA) Conference in 2014 held in Boulder, Colorado. The goal of the YATA conference is congruent with our mission: to support issues and practices of common interest and enhance the quality of care of the young adults and their families. The conference is a smaller forum to address issues directly related to young adults and their families. Transparency and collaboration remain a core value.
YATA Founding Member
CU Campus Recovery Center and AIM House,
YATA Founding Member
Dragonfly Transitions, YATA Founding Member Kelly Corn
AIM House, YATA Founding Member
Dragonfly Transitions, YATA Founding Member Doug Kim-Brown
Echo Springs, YATA Founding Member
The Joint Commission, YATA Founding Member Jayne Longnecker-Harper, MEd
Benchmark Transitions, YATA Founding Member
CEO Benchmark Transitions, YATA Founding
Member

YATA 2015 Conference Schedule
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Registration - Hotel Boulderado (Wed. evening only) – Columbine Room Foyer
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. Welcome Reception - Hotel Boulderado – Columbine Room
Silver Co-Sponsors: AIM House and Dragonfly Transitions
8:45 am – 12:00 pm Registration, UMC Room #235 Foyer
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Exhibits, UMC Room #235
9:00 am – 9:45 am Morning Coffee & Tea, UMC Room #235
9:45 am – 11:00 am Welcome & Keynote Speaker:
Carole Pertofsky, MEd; “Resilience: Gumption, Gratitude and Grace”, UMC Room #235
11:00 am – 11:15 am Morning Break – Sponsor: Living Well Transitions, UMC Room #235
11:15 am – 12:45 pm Breakout Sessions I
Breakout 1: UMC Room #225 - The Gallery
Loving Kindness Meditation; Ancient Wisdom For An Innovative Approach to Wellness
Implementing Fitness & Wellness—Experiential & Lecture
David Johnson, PhD; Therapist, Clinical Psychologist – Evoke Entrada Therapy
Elise Mitchell, BS, RYT; Health & Wellness Coordinator – Evoke Entrada Therapy
Breakout 2: UMC Room #247
Building Resilience in Young Adults: Why the Family Matters
Exploring the Family System – Lecture
Judith Landau, MD, DPM, LMFT, CFLE, CIP, CAI; CEO – ARISE Network
Breakout 3: UMC Room #245
She’s so Borderline! Viewing Diagnosis Through the Lens of Attachment
Understanding the Young Adult Brain: Lecture presentation
Nikki Preece, LCSW; Executive Director – Fulshear Treatment to Transition
Kevin Randall, LMFT; Clinical Director – Fulshear Treatment to Transition
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Attendee Lunch, UMC Room #235 (Included in registration.)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Breakout Sessions II
Breakout 1: UMC Room #225 - The Gallery
Creating Safe Space: Managing LGBTQ Dynamics In a Psycho-Educational Organization
Exploring Human Sexuality & Relationships – Experiential
Doug Kim-Brown, YATA Founding Member
Shane Bitney-Crone, Documentarian, LGBTQ Activist, International Speaker
Breakout 2: UMC Room #247
Diamond in the Rough
Understanding the Young Adult Brain – Lecture presentation
Elizabeth Wassenaar, MD; Medical Director, William House – Lindner Center of HOPE
Breakout 3: UMC Room #245
Mentalizing, ACT and the Primacy of Hope: The Flourishing of Emerging Adult Identity Beyond Treatment
Tackling Challenges of Industry Leadership – Lecture presentation
Carl Baccellieri, MA, LPC; Executive Director - Living Well Transitions
Brad Kennedy, MRC, CRC; Director of Rehabilitation & Wellness Services - The Menninger Clinic
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Afternoon Social – A Taste of Colorado, UMC Room #235
9:00 am – 10:00 am Registration – Late Registration, UMC Room #235 Foyer
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Exhibits, UMC Room #235
9:00 am – 9:45 am Morning Coffee & Tea, UMC Room #235

YATA 2015 Conference Schedule
9:45 am – 11:15 am Breakout Sessions III
Breakout 1: UMC Room #225 - The Gallery
The Fearless Heart: Living in Gratitude
Implementing Fitness & Wellness – Experiential
Carole Pertofsky, MEd; Director Wellness & Health Promotion Services – Stanford University
Breakout 2: UMC Room #245
Are you ready for college? How to Assess Readiness and Create Structure for College Life for Young
Adults with an Eating Disorder History
Implementing Fitness & Wellness – Lecture presentation
Melissa Taylor, LMFT, CEDS; Outpatient Clinical Director - Center for Change
Breakout 3: UMC Room #247
Collaboration in Action: Collegiate Recovery & Aftercare Program
Setting Goals in Young Adult Treatment – Lecture presentation
Patrick Devlin, MSW, CSWA, CADCII; Program Director, Therapist – Dragonfly Transitions
Victor Chang, MA, LPC; Director Counseling; Core Program Coordinator – Southern Oregon University
Collegiate Recovery Program
11:15 am – 11:30 am Morning Break, UMC Room #235
11:30 am – 12:45 pm Keynote Speaker: Dr. Don Grant - “Unplug to Reconnect”, UMC Room #235
Gold Sponsor: Benchmark Transitions
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Attendee Lunch, Award-winning C4C Dining Hall (Included in registration.)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Breakout Sessions IV
Breakout 1: UMC Room #225 - The Gallery
The Anti-Yawn Research Presentation: An Experiential Approach to Key Research Concepts
Research – Highly Experiential & Discussion
Mike Petree, Owner - Petree Consulting; Chair YATA Research Committee
Doug Kim-Brown; YATA Founding Member
Ken Cuave, PsyD; President and Founder – New Lifestyles
Breakout 2: UMC Room #245
Supporting the Parenting Process of Young Adults
Exploring the Family System – Panel Discussion
Caretia Fernandez, LCSW; Director of Parent Program – True North Wilderness
Courtney Merrill, LMFT; Admissions Director – True North Wilderness
Breakout 3: UMC Room #247
Gender & Sexuality in the Field: The Conversation Continues
Exploring Human Sexuality & Relationships – Lecture Presentation & Discussion
Mariah Loftin, MA, LPC; Clinical Therapist – Open Sky Wilderness
Lauren Evanoff; Student – Southern Oregon University
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Afternoon Social – A Taste of Colorado, UMC Room #235
8:30 am – 9:30 am Membership Breakfast – Open to all conference attendees, UMC Room #235
9:30 am – 11:00 am Breakout Sessions V
Breakout 1: UMC Room #247
An Ounce of Prevention: Identifying Prodromal Symptoms of Mental Illness
Understanding the Young Adult Brain – Lecture presentation
Raymond Kotwicki, MD, MPH; Chief Clinical Officer – Skyland Trail
Breakout 2: UMC Room #235
Using Social Media For Sobriety Support? Preferences, Beliefs, Behaviors & Surprises from Users
Research – Interactive
Don Grant, MA, MFA, CCDC, PhD; Media Psychologist
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Roundtable Wrap-up – Open to all participants, UMC Room #235

Speakers
Carole Pertofsky, MEd, is the Director of Stanford University’s Student Wellness
Services. As a former special education teacher, Carole was fascinated by her students’ resilience in the face of great life adversity. As a result, her areas of expertise are positive psychology, happiness and well-being, and resilience. She co-created Stanford University’s first class on the Psychology of Happiness,
“Happiness Within Reach” bi-annual conferences, and offers courses that include the art and science of resilience, compassion, emotional intelligence, and stress management. She has offered workshops and courses at the Esalen institute,
Healthy Living Women’s Retreat; Curious.com, Awakening Joy, Love and
Awakening, Project Happiness, and other venues. She is featured in the awardwinning documentary, “Let’s Face It: Women Explore Their Aging Faces.” Carole co-founded, “Flourish: Tools for Healing”, a support network for individuals living with chronic or life threatening illness. Carole is a national speaker, seminar leader, professional consultant, and “Happiness Within Reach” life and leadership coach.
Description:
When we consider how to flourish in life, the quality of resilience is often what matters most. Why? We all cope with disappointment, setbacks, failures, even loss and grief. Resilience is our capacity to bounce back from life’s inevitable challenges, and it is the foundation for well-being and thriving in our complex, ever-changing world. How do resilient people stay connected to self and others, and discover renewed inner strength in the face of adversity?
Carole will challenge some traditional notions about stress and resilience, and make a case that resilience awakens a deeper connection to happiness, empathic connections with others, and life purpose.
Ignite Gumption to handle circumstances in which we feel blindsided by difficult emotions and tough times.
Spark Gratitude to overcome the negative impact of the survival brain and develop a resilience mindset for greater ease, effectiveness, and happiness.
Activate Grace to gain wisdom, self-awareness, compassion and kindness towards self and others.
UCB Guest (Wi-Fi Connection). A wireless connection is available through the UCB Guest connection option.

Speakers
Description:
Millennial technology proffers previously unimaginable opportunities that have forever changed our relationships, our culture and our world. On the darker side, technology (especially in the form of smartphones, computers, the Internet, gaming, and cyberporn) has also become the newest, and most potentially dangerous, drug of choice for many individuals and families. Those struggling with anxiety, depression, deficits in ego strength, loneliness, stress, relationship issues, and/or substance abuse seem to be at an even greater risk for technology addiction. In fact, anyone tethered to their smartphone has very probably experienced the same unhealthy behaviors as those seen in most drug addicts. In this presentation, Dr. Grant will explain, explore, and expose this newest nemesis currently growing to pandemic global proportions, and offer strategies to “unplug and reconnect.”
Dr. Don Grant is a Media Psychologist with a specialization in addiction. He received his BA with honors from the University of Michigan, an MFA from the University of Southern California, and both his MA and PhD in
Psychology (with an emphasis in Media Psychology) from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California.
Don is the Editor in Chief of StartAgain Media, and the co-founder of an outpatient program specifically designed to treat technology addition and co-occurring disorders. In addition to his certification as a Chemical Dependency
Counselor, Don is also a board certified California teacher and a nationally certified group facilitator. In 2002, Don created and implemented the Literacy in Treatment program, which offers adult clients in recovery the opportunity to earn their high school diploma.
Don provides professional counseling, consulting, branding, program auditing, and content copywriting services to the mental health and addiction recovery community. He facilitates groups at several Los Angeles-based recovery treatment programs, and counsels individuals one-on-one through his private practice. From 2001 through 2014 he worked in dual-diagnosis treatment, serving for the last three years as Executive Director of a residential program for women that he also created. His writing, editing, and production experience extends across all media platforms, including film, television, and traditional literary. On weekends, Don works with dual-diagnosis teens and young adults.
At the 2015 American Psychological Association (APA) Convention in Toronto his research and presentation was selected for inclusion via a dedicated press release by APA in the convention press packet distributed to all media.

Breakout Sessions
Title: Loving Kindness Meditation: Ancient Wisdom For An Innovative Approach to Wellness
Implementing Fitness & Wellness
Presenters:
David Johnson, PhD; Therapist, Clinical Psychologist – Evoke Entrada Therapy
Elise Mitchell, BS, RYT; Health & Wellness Coordinator – Evoke Entrada Therapy
Bios:
David Johnson, PhD graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a PhD in clinical psychology.
His dissertation focused on loving-kindness meditation and was published as a peer-reviewed study applying the approach with individuals with severe mental illness. He currently works as a wilderness therapist with young adults at
Evoke Entrada, where he regularly incorporates mindfulness and other forms of meditation in treatment.
Elise Mitchell, BS, RYT is the health and wellness coordinator for Evoke Therapy Programs. She is also a registered yoga instructor, and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). She specializes in developing and teaching yogic, a mindfulness-based curriculum tailored to support individuals in treatment.
Description:
Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM) has roots in ancient Buddhist philosophy. The importance of compassion has emerged more recently as an effective and innovative complimentary tool used in diverse populations. Research conducted on those who learn LKM suggests benefits regarding empathy, social connection, pro-social behavior, selfcompassion, mood, emotion regulation, and psychological well-being. Other studies of various types of meditation with young adult populations have shown it is well received with low attrition rates. It would benefit young adult treatment programs to assimilate this practice into their current offering of therapy groups designed to promote psychological wellness.
This workshop will 1) present existing research, 2) address the proposed mechanism of change based on the Broaden and Build Theory of positive emotions, 3) demonstrate the simplicity and accessibility of the practice via a guided, experiential LKM practice, and 4) offer strategies and instructional tools for integrating LKM into young adult treatment programs.
Title: Building Resilience in Young Adults: Why the family matters
Exploring the Family System
Presenter:
Judith Landau, MD, DPM, LMFT, CFLE, CIP, CAI; CEO – ARISE Network
Bios:
Dr. Judith Landau is a child, family and community neuropsychiatrist and former professor of psychiatry and family medicine, who has spent many years studying resilience and overcoming adversity. Dr. Landau is also an isangoma, or traditional, African healer. Former professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, Psychiatry and

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Family Medicine at the University of Rochester, and Senior Consultant to the Trauma Studies Program at NYU and
Columbia, Dr. Landau is Co-developer of the Evidence-Based, Best Practice ARISE Continuum of Care. Author of over 200 publications, she has taught in 100+ countries, trained more than 2000 Certified ARISE Interventionists, been principle investigator on research conducted through WHO, NIDA and NIAAA, SAMHSA and has consulted to UN, WHO, NIMH, NIDA, NIAAA, SAMHSA, and several international governments.
Description:
Young Adults find themselves at a critical developmental juncture where competing demands and expectations require significant focus, attention and resilience in order to thrive. These societal, social, intellectual, emotional and physical pressures can be almost too much to bear for even the most adaptive and well-adjusted young adults who are just now adjusting into their not quite mature brains. Imagine now inserting mental health challenges, trauma, and/ or addiction into this scenario, and the journey into responsible adulthood just become even more challenging and complicated. How will they handle it? Where will they find answers? What options do they have? To whom do they turn for solutions? How can they find the resilience needed in order to thrive? At just such a crossroads, research tells us that family systems become absolutely critical in addressing and overcoming these challenges in order to build resilience in Young Adults, their peers, and for societies on a macro level. The multi-generational family stories of secrets and survival will greatly enhance the clinical efficacy of intervention and help create a model for long-term recovery and systemic resilience. Dr. Landau will reveal her evidence-based research to support these findings and provide insight and tools to emphasize the importance of family systems when dealing specifically with the Young
Adult Population.
Title: She’s so Borderline! Viewing Diagnosis Through the Lens of Attachment
Understanding the Young Adult Brain
Presenters:
Nikki Preece, LCSW; Executive Director – Fulshear Treatment to Transition
Kevin Randall, LMFT; Clinical Director – Fulshear Treatment to Transition
Bios:
Nikki Preece, LCSW, is currently the executive director of Fulshear Treatment to Transition. Prior to Fulshear
Treatment to Transitions, Nikki held several different positions at Alpine Academy, including clinical director. She has a Master’s degree in social work from Brigham Young University. Nikki is certified in EMDR and DBT trained.
Kevin Randall, LMFT, is currently the clinical director of Fulshear Treatment to Transition. Kevin was assistant clinical director at New Haven Residential Center prior to coming to Fulshear. Kevin has Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences with a Specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Nebraska.
Description:
During this presentation, participants will explore the interconnections between diagnosis and attachment.
Participants will learn a new model of adult attachment system-activation (created by the presenters) and how attachment insecurities are correlated with mental health issues, substance abuse and increased negative after effects
(PTSD) of traumatic events. This model is based in clinical research and has strong clinical application in all settings working with young adults with mental health disorders. Participants will discover how to intervene in an effective method in addressing mental health disorders through this lens of attachment by applying principles that increase attachment security.

Breakout Sessions
Title: Creating Safe Space: Managing LGBTQ dynamics in a psycho-educational organization
Exploring Human Sexuality & Relationships
Presenters:
Shane Bitney Crone, Documentarian, LGBTQ Activist, International Speaker
Doug Kim-Brown, YATA Founding Member
Bios:
Shane Bitney Crone is an activist, speaker, writer and filmmaker. He grew up in Kalispell, Montana, and despite his efforts to fit in, Shane fell victim to years of homophobic bullying and severe depression. Determined to escape the close-mindedness of his hometown, he graduated from high school, packed up all of his worldly belongings, and trekked to Los Angeles where he pursued his dreams of working in the entertainment industry. Amongst other things,
Shane produced a full-length documentary, Bridegroom: A Love Story. Shane’s hard work and powerful story have been recognized internationally. In 2012, he was awarded the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award and was named one of Instinct Magazine’s Leading Men of 2012. He was also honored by Congressman Bob Filner, who named August
26th “Shane Britney-Crone Day” in San Diego, CA.
Doug Kim-Brown is the founder and former director of Echo Springs Transition Studies Program, one of the first programs working with young adults nationally. Doug is a founding member of YATA. He was also the Headmaster of
CEDU School and Rocky Mountain Academy. Prior to working with adolescents and young adults, he was Co-Director of Synergy Schools in San Francisco. Synergy provides an alternative, humanistic approach to working with students grades K-9. For over 40 years, Doug has worked with staff, families and students in developing supportive culture.
Description:
For many people in the LGBTQ community, the ability to live openly and authentically in accordance with their perceived identity has come (out) a long way. As the global conversation continues about human rights and needs it gives us the opportunity to deepen that conversation and apply the insights in practical ways that allow for the diminishing of fear, judgment, shame, and associated behaviors. In place, we can assist in the liberation of talents, the coherence of identity, and the safety of being.
Objectives:
• Acquaint participants with reality facing many LGBTQ
• Define safe space
• Raise awareness of needs of sexual minorities and by extension minorities in general
• Provide techniques for engineering conscious development of safe space for all members of the community
Breakout #2 – UMC Room #247
Title: Diamond in the Rough.
Understanding the Young Adult Brain
Presenter:
Elizabeth Wassenaar, MD; Medical Director William House – Lindner Center of HOPE

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Bios:
Elizabeth Wassenaar, MD serves as a staff psychiatrist for Lindner Center of HOPE and Medical Director of
Williams House Adolescent Comprehensive Diagnostic and Intensive Treatment Program. She also works closely with the Harold C. Schott Eating Disorders Program, the OCD team, and in the outpatient department. She completed residency training in Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is board certified in Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Wassenaar has advanced training in child and adolescent psychoanalytic therapy through the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute.
Description:
In this presentation, a closer look will be taken at the unique developmental changes in the adolescent brain that allow for adult readiness, including maturation of different parts of the brain at different rates that leads to risk taking, variable abilities to think in more adult ways, and impacts executive function. A look at normal processes like pruning that can be pathologic in certain mental illnesses. This session will explore challenges that occur both in the course of normal development, and when pathology occurs. This presentation will explore how brain development and adolescent and young adult tasks of development overlay and what that implies for those charged with accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. Participants will examine real examples of adolescent behavior and pathology that they will find applicable to their work. These examples will highlight normal and pathologic development and help make the science relatable to the day to day work of those who work with adolescents.
Title: Mentalizing, ACT and the Primacy of Hope: The Flourishing of Emerging Adult Identity Beyond Treatment
Setting Goals in Young Adult Treatment and the Challenges of Industry Leadership
Presenters:
Carl Baccellieri, M.A., LPC; Executive Director - Living Well Transitions
Brad Kennedy, MRC, CRC; Director of Rehabilitation and Wellness Services - The Menninger Clinic
Bios:
Carl Baccellieri, M.A., LPC is the Executive Director of Living Well Transitions, an independent living program for emerging adults in Boulder, CO. Carl completed his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Philosophy at Drew
University, and his Master’s Degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy at Naropa University. Carl worked with at-risk and adjudicated youth through the Florida Sheriff’s Youth Camps to re-pattern harmful behaviors while opening to genuine human relationship. He also provided psychotherapy and career exploration to youth transitioning out of foster care into independent living through Synthesis CPA in Denver, CO.
Brad Kennedy, MRC, CRC is the Director of Rehabilitation and Wellness Services at The Menninger Clinic, a specialty inpatient psychiatric hospital and community integration program in Houston, TX.
Description:
Young adults entering the treatment world have experienced a crisis not only in life circumstances, but in their very sense of identity. A growing body of research points to mentalization-based therapy (MBT) as a main key to resilience.
Mentalizing, the spontaneous sense we have of ourselves and others as persons whose actions are based on internal processes, lies at the foundation of identity formation. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports a client’s awareness of internal processes in relation to living in alignment with genuine values. This presentation will focus on the process of supporting young adults in reclaiming their resilience by clarifying their identity and restoring hope following a crisis in mental health. Additionally, it explores and shares research about effective evidence-based therapies that link the young adult’s journey from crisis, to stability, to treatment, to “scaffolded” living, to simply living .

Breakout Sessions
Title: THE FEARLESS HEART: Living in Gratitude.
Implementing Fitness and Wellness
Presenter:
Carole Pertofsky, MEd; Director, Stanford University’s Student Wellness Services
Bios:
Carole Pertofsky’s areas of expertise are positive psychology, happiness and well-being, and resilience. She cocreated Stanford University’s first class on the Psychology of Happiness, “Happiness Within Reach” bi-annual conferences, and offers courses that include the art and science of resilience, compassion, emotional intelligence, and stress management. She is featured in the award-winning documentary, “Let’s Face It: Women Explore Their Aging
Faces.” Carole co-founded, “Flourish: Tools for Healing”, a support network for individuals living with chronic or life threatening illness.
Description:
Living with a fearless heart is the intention to design a life that is rooted in feelings of joyfulness, strength and vitality.
Most of us share this vision, but the demands and hectic pace of our complex lives often distract us. Research shows that those who practice gratitude also activate other positive emotions such as empathy, generosity, awe, delight, love and contentment. With gratitude we tend to see what is filling and fueling our lives rather than what is missing. In this experiential workshop, we will explore how to strengthen gratitude in everyday life, how to transform adverse stress into meaningful action and how to tame the harsh inner critic with the fearless heart of gratitude, compassion and courage.
Title: Are You Ready For College? How to Assess Readiness and Create Structure For College Life For Young
Adults With an Eating Disorder History.
Implementing Fitness & Wellness
Presenter:
Melissa Taylor, LMFT, CEDS; Outpatient Clinical Director – Center for Change
Bios:
Melissa Taylor, LMFT, MS, CEDS received her Master’s Degree from the University of Kentucky in Marriage and
Family Therapy. She found out early in her career that she had a passion for eating disorder recovery work. Melissa is the Outpatient Clinical Director and runs the Partial Hospitalization Program, the Intensive Outpatient Programs, the Independent Living Program and the Outpatient Clinic. Melissa has her own caseload and enjoys meeting with families and individuals in therapy. Melissa enjoys speaking around the country and locally, educating therapists and the community on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
Description:
This presentation will help participants understand the needs that young adults have with an active eating disorder, or eating disorder history, when preparing for college life. It will also outline medical and dietary indicators of stability needed in order to transition away from their home environment. Participants will have an understanding of the

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American Psychiatric Association’s guidelines for appropriate levels of care when treating eating disorders, which can help evaluate appropriateness for outpatient care and help establish a relapse prevention plan before starting school.
Title: Collaboration in Action: Collegiate Recovery and Aftercare Programs.
Setting Goals in Young Adult Treatment
Presenters:
Patrick Devlin MSW, CSWA, CADCII; Program Director, Therapist – Dragonfly Transitions
Victor Chang MA, LPC; Director of Counseling; CORE Program Coordinator - SOU Collegiate Recovery Program
Bios:
Patrick Devlin, MSW, CADC II completed his Master’s in Social Work through Portland State University. His introduction to the human services field came through working in wilderness therapy with adolescents. He has worked in multiple residential and outpatient treatment settings since then and with a wide range of populations.
One of his areas of specialization is substance use disorders and working with treatment-resistant clients. He employs a balance of clinical knowledge, empathy, humor and belief in the individual’s ability to change in his work. He works with Dragonfly Transitions as the Program Director & Therapist for the Ashland, Oregon campus.
Victor Chang, MA, LPC graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Master’s in Counseling. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Counseling at Oregon State University. He has worked with diverse populations and settings, including outpatient wraparound services and school-based mental health as a lead therapist on two federally-funded projects on the Navajo reservation and the mental health coordinator for 4 school-based health centers in southern
Oregon. Since 2008, he has been part of the clinical team at Southern Oregon University, a public university serving
6,000 undergraduate and graduate students. He currently serves as the Director of Counseling, the Co-Director of the
Student Health and Wellness Center and the CORE (Community of Recovery in Education) Program Coordinator.
Description:
Many college students suffer from addiction and some get sober only to return to the “recovery aversive” climate of pervasive alcohol and drug use that exists on most college campuses. Students in recovery face the challenge of pairing their academic goals with their commitment to recovery, while hoping to have a well-rounded college experience.
Balancing these aspirations and handling daily stressors requires structure, support, coping skills and resilience. This presentation will explore the ways in which collegiate recovery and aftercare programs can collaborate to provide a therapeutic container and recovery-supportive peer community. Participants will examine communication, collaboration, and other strategies that seek to maximize young adults’ holistic recovery, identity development, healthy risk-taking behaviors, and establishing authentic community.

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Title: The Anti-Yawn Research Presentation: An Experiential Approach to Key Research Concepts
Research
Presenters:
Mike Petree, MCP, Owner – Petree Consulting, Inc; Chair YATA Research Committee
Doug Kim Brown, YATA Founding Member
Kenneth L. Cuave, PsyD; President and Founder – New Lifestyles
Bios:
Mike Petree, MCP is the owner and president of Petree Consulting, Inc and was formerly the CEO of
OutcomeTools. Mike works with treatment programs and national trade organizations to coordinate large aggregate outcomes studies. He has been a therapist working primarily in wilderness therapy and entered the field working with clients as a wilderness field guide in 1999.
Doug Kim-Brown is the founder and former director of Echo Springs Transition Studies Program, one of the first programs working with young adults nationally. Doug is a founding member of YATA. He was also the Headmaster of
CEDU School and Rocky Mountain Academy. Prior to working with adolescents and young adults, he was Co-Director of Synergy Schools in San Francisco. Synergy provides an alternative, humanistic approach to working with students grades K-9. For over 40 years, Doug has worked with staff, families and students in developing supportive culture.
Kenneth Cuave, PsyD is a licensed psychologist who has proudly worked in the field of therapeutic residential programming for the past 40 years. His systemic perspective integrates the utilization of individual measures of performance within a clinically sophisticated environment. His therapeutic milieu design includes not only practical applications to teach balance of routine daily life tasks with school, work, play, and social involvement, but also intensive personal work accomplished through individual, group, and family psychotherapy. He models a whole life approach to a mentally healthy lifestyle that includes sound physical, nutritional, and mindfulness practices. Additionally, he invites and welcomes visitors and clients to join him at 6 a.m., M-F for his daily hour of crossfit training.
Description:
During last year’s research round table at the YATA conference, several participants communicated that there were many terms and concepts that were not understood by many in attendance. This presentation will be unlike any research presentation you’ve ever attended…it will be an EXPERIENTIAL approach to understanding basic research concepts. Attendees will be on their feet, yawning will not be allowed, and participants will walk away with an understanding of key concepts concerning behavioral science research.
Title: Effectively Supporting Parents of Young Adults
Exploring the Family System
Presenters:
Caretia Fernandez, LCSW, MSW; Director Parent Program – True North Wilderness
Courtney Merrill, LMFT; Admissions Director – True North Wilderness

Breakout Sessions
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Caretia Fernandez, LCSW, MSW specializes in working with young adults. She has worked in acute residential facilities, individual therapy, college counseling, family coaching and interventions. She is the Parent Program
Director of True North Wilderness Program. Caretia is a trained interventionist, Internal Family Systems therapist, and a trained narrative therapist. She has also been involved in community mental health, collaborative mental health programming and community based mental health services.
Courtney Merrill, LMFT began her career as a wilderness therapist for one of the oldest and most respected wilderness therapy programs in the country. She later joined a highly regarded residential treatment center for adolescent girls where she was a therapist, clinical director and eventually the executive director. For the past four years, Courtney was an educational consultant in the Washington, DC area with the School Counseling Group. She is currently the Admissions Director for True North Wilderness Program.
Description:
This panel discussion will include a parent therapist and a young adult therapist. In this breakout, we will discuss the challenges and strategies of supporting parents and working through entrenched family patterns and dynamics. We will further discuss the process of creating a parent program and the challenges which have been faced when working with parents of young adults. The panel will further discuss the intricacies of working with parents of young adults, the dynamic tension of helping parents learn how to support and how to let go.
Title: Gender and Sexuality in the Field: The conversation continues.
Exploring Human Sexuality & Relationships
Presenters:
Mariah Loftin, MA, LPC; Clinical Therapist – Open Sky Wilderness
Lauren Evanoff, Student – Southern Oregon University
Bios:
Mariah Loftin, MA, LPC is a clinical therapist with over 15 years of experience working in service for others.
She holds an undergraduate degree in anthropology from the University of California-Santa Cruz, an MA in
Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Art Therapy from Naropa University, and a post-graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of North Texas.
Lauran Evanoff is completing her Bachelor of Science degree through the Department of Psychology at Southern
Oregon University. She plans to enter the SOU CMHC program and to eventually complete her doctoral studies with a specialty in sex therapy.
Description:
As a culture, we continue to be stuck in a hetero-normative, binary view of gender and sexuality. However, gender and sexuality are currently pervasive in the media and the views that were once commonplace are being challenged. Weaving this into how we support the youth of today and their families is an essential component of our work. This presentation, and the following discussion, will encourage our psychological community to maintain a high level of awareness through getting informed, naming our biases, and asking hard questions. The goals of this workshop are to create a safe place where information and on-the-ground interventions can be shared, and a deeper conversation can continue.

Breakout Sessions
Title: An Ounce of Prevention: Identifying Prodromal Symptoms of Mental Illnesses.
Understanding the Young Adult Brain
Presenter:
Ray Kotwicki, MD, MPH; Chief Clinical Officer – Skyland Trail
Bios:
Ray Kotwicki , MD, MPH received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Wisconsin
Medical School and completed post-graduate training at Harvard Medical School, the Boston University School of
Medicine, and Emory University, where he also earned a Master’s degree in public health. Dr. Kotwicki is the Chief
Medical Officer of Skyland Trail. He has also served as an Associate Professor for the Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences at Emory University’s School of Medicine and as an Associate Professor at Emory University’s
Rollins School of Public Health. He remains on adjunctive faculty at the Emory University School of Medicine, as well as at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Description:
Research indicates that early identification of risk for serious mental illness provides potential opportunities for prevention and early intervention. The prodromal period of psychotic illnesses can last from weeks to several years.
Prodromal individuals are often adolescents and young adults experiencing mild or moderate disturbances in such areas as perception, initiative, cognition, language, and stress tolerance. These changes may be lost or minimized, due to the concurrent developmental milestones and misbehaviors that often occur during this time of life. Teachers, counselors, coaches, parents, and caregivers have unique opportunities to initiate early interventions that can significantly lessen the course of the illness over the lifespan and, in some cases, actually prevent frank illness.
Learning Objectives:
This presentation will:
1) Trace the development of mental illnesses, using the stress-diathesis model,
2) Provide appreciation of the complicated static/dynamic states of genetics, including the roles of genes, epigenes,
RNA, and proteins,
3) Define the term prodrome and understand how it relates to mental illnesses, particularly schizophrenia,
4) Distinguish between developmental milestones, misbehavior, and prodromal illness,
5) Outline potential interventions that may prevent prodrome evolution to full-blown mental illness.
Title: Using Social Media for Sobriety Support? Preferences, Beliefs, Behaviors & Surprises from Users
Research
Presenter:
Don Grant, MA, MFA, CCDC, PhD; Media Psychologist

Breakout Sessions
Bios:
Dr. Don Grant is a Media Psychologist with a specialization in addiction. He received his BA with honors from the University of Michigan, an MFA from the University of Southern California, and both his MA and PhD in
Psychology (with an emphasis in Media Psychology) from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California.
Don is the Editor in Chief of StartAgain Media, and the co-founder of an outpatient program specifically designed to treat technology addition and co-occurring disorders. In addition to his certification as a Chemical Dependency
Counselor, Don is also a board certified California teacher and a nationally certified group facilitator. In 2002, Don created and implemented the Literacy in Treatment program, which offers adult clients in recovery the opportunity to earn their high school diploma.
In 2012, Don was awarded an international “Best of Show” prize for his addiction recovery research work. At the
American Psychological Association (APA) Convention in Toronto in August 2015, his research and presentation were selected for inclusion via a dedicated press release by APA in the convention press packet distributed to all media.
Description:
Despite the growing use of online support groups, such as those on Facebook to help curb substance abuse, attending traditional face-to-face meetings may continue to be more effective for people trying to maintain sobriety, according to research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 123rd Annual Convention.
As quoted in the APA press release, Dr. Grant, first author and creator of the study, said, “One of the most hotly debated media issues today is whether our rapidly increasing use of social networking might be supplanting face-toface-interactions and, if so, what the social consequences might prove for us as a culture. Our study focused on better understanding the strengths and weaknesses of online versus face-to-face sobriety support.”
Join Dr. Grant as he shares results of this important seven-year study, co-conducted and authored with Karen Dill-
Shackleford, PhD, also of Fielding Graduate University.

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LIVING WELL TRANSITIONS
Living Well Transitions is a therapeutic independent living program for young adult’s ages 18-32 who have struggled to move forward in their lives. Issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship development, identity exploration and failing to launch are common.
Our goal is to help create a healthy and rewarding life of independence that is line with our client’s core values. Our Masters level therapists provide up to 25 hours of clinical support a week via individual, group and community based therapies to our clients while they are living their lives out in the community
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OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
JCAHO accredited Optimum Performance Institute is one of the nation’s premiere residential, transitional living programs. OPI helps young adults 17-28 commit to finding a sense of balance and direction in their lives. Small and highly individualized, our programs assists participants struggling with wide ranging issues, from anxiety and depression to Asperger’s Syndrome, eating disorders, PTSD, Bipolar
Disorder, and Failure to Launch Syndrome. Our Roanne Program focuses on Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD traits, and cooccurring conditions, emphasizes DBT and Mindfulness techniques, and helps participants mobilize and move into the real world.
Founded in 1919, the Austen Riggs Center, located in Stockbridge, MA, is an open, voluntary psychiatric hospital and residential treatment center that specializes in longer-term treatment for diagnostically complex adults. Patients have individual, 4x/week psychodynamic psychotherapy sessions with a doctoral level clinician along with support and counseling from a consistent interdisciplinary team. An emphasis is placed on patient authority and responsibility while examining the meaning behind behaviors and how behaviors impact relationships. The goal of treatment at
Riggs is to help “treatment-resistant” patients become people taking charge of their lives.
Center for Change is a place of hope and healing that is committed to helping women and adolescent girls break free and fully recover from their eating disorders. The Center uses a multi-disciplinary approach with specialized and intensive treatment for eating disorders under the care of a supportive and experienced staff. The Center offers acute inpatient, residential care, day & evening programs, to outpatient and aftercare. Center for Change is accredited by
The Joint Commission, Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), and is TRICARE® certified. For more information contact the Center at 888-224-8250 or visit www.centerforchange.com.
CooperRiis Healing Community serves adults with complex mental health issues—typical diagnoses include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression and borderline personality disorder. Our goal is to help residents recover their strengths and discover new ways of coping through milieu therapy, group and individual therapy, psychopharmacology, nutrition counseling and exercise coaching. Our community is an affirming environment where individuals are given the best of mental health care within a healing milieu that helps them move from despair to their dream for more fulfilling and hopeful lives.
LEAD Recovery is an innovative transitional program for young adult men, located in the beach cities of southern
California, which incorporates a unique C.L.E.A.R. (clinical, life-skills, education, adventure & recovery) focus and is built upon foundational principles for achieving long tern recovery. LEAD offers a holistic approach to recovery, attentive to essential details required to guide step by step individual growth needed for lasting success. Created in response to the need for thorough extended care continuum options, LEAD Recovery is the perfect fit for individuals who have completed primary treatment.
Lindner Center of HOPE, Mason, Ohio, is a nationally acclaimed center for the treatment and research of mental illness and addiction. Located on 36 wooded acres, the lodge-like center offers comprehensive diagnostic assessment and intensive treatment in its Sibcy House (18 and older) and Williams House units (11 through 17).
The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX – An internationally renowned, non- profit specialty psychiatric hospital. For
90 years, since 1925, the mission of The Menninger Clinic has been to provide world class psychiatric patient assessment and care for difficult to treat brain and behavioral disorders for adolescents and adults. We also conduct cutting edge neuropsychiatric research and train over 200 clinical professionals annually. For over 25 years voted One of America’s Best Psychiatric Hospitals, currently #5 in 2015 US News and World Report. Affiliated with The
Baylor College of Medicine. We specialize in working with your most clinically complex patients. Facility: 1-800-
351-9058, www.menningerclinic.com

Exibitors
Founded in 1919, the Austen Riggs Center, located in Stockbridge, MA, is an open, voluntary psychiatric hospital and residential treatment center that specializes in longer-term treatment for diagnostically complex adults. Patients have individual, 4x/week psychodynamic psychotherapy sessions with a doctoral level clinician along with support and counseling from a consistent interdisciplinary team. An emphasis is placed on patient authority and responsibility while examining the meaning behind behaviors and how behaviors impact relationships. The goal of treatment at
Riggs is to help “treatment-resistant” patients become people taking charge of their lives.
Center for Change is a place of hope and healing that is committed to helping women and adolescent girls break free and fully recover from their eating disorders. The Center uses a multi-disciplinary approach with specialized and intensive treatment for eating disorders under the care of a supportive and experienced staff. The Center offers acute inpatient, residential care, day & evening programs, to outpatient and aftercare. Center for Change is accredited by
The Joint Commission, Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), and is TRICARE® certified. For more information contact the Center at 888-224-8250 or visit www.centerforchange.com.
CooperRiis Healing Community serves adults with complex mental health issues—typical diagnoses include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression and borderline personality disorder. Our goal is to help residents recover their strengths and discover new ways of coping through milieu therapy, group and individual therapy, psychopharmacology, nutrition counseling and exercise coaching. Our community is an affirming environment where individuals are given the best of mental health care within a healing milieu that helps them move from despair to their dream for more fulfilling and hopeful lives.
LEAD Recovery is an innovative transitional program for young adult men, located in the beach cities of southern
California, which incorporates a unique C.L.E.A.R. (clinical, life-skills, education, adventure & recovery) focus and is built upon foundational principles for achieving long tern recovery. LEAD offers a holistic approach to recovery, attentive to essential details required to guide step by step individual growth needed for lasting success. Created in response to the need for thorough extended care continuum options, LEAD Recovery is the perfect fit for individuals who have completed primary treatment.
Lindner Center of HOPE, Mason, Ohio, is a nationally acclaimed center for the treatment and research of mental illness and addiction. Located on 36 wooded acres, the lodge-like center offers comprehensive diagnostic assessment and intensive treatment in its Sibcy House (18 and older) and Williams House units (11 through 17).
The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX – An internationally renowned, non- profit specialty psychiatric hospital. For
90 years, since 1925, the mission of The Menninger Clinic has been to provide world class psychiatric patient assessment and care for difficult to treat brain and behavioral disorders for adolescents and adults. We also conduct cutting edge neuropsychiatric research and train over 200 clinical professionals annually. For over 25 years voted One of America’s Best Psychiatric Hospitals, currently #5 in 2015 US News and World Report. Affiliated with The
Baylor College of Medicine. We specialize in working with your most clinically complex patients. Facility: 1-800-
351-9058, www.menningerclinic.com

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MERISTEM is a unique post-secondary transition program that empowers young adults on the Autism Spectrum and with other developmental differences. MERISTEM provides a foundation for a more fulfilling and productive life. Our goals are to develop individuals with a strong sense of self and the ability to act responsibly; young people capable of empathy, friendships and meaningful relationships with others; and specific skills of employment and independence. Located on a 13-acre campus in Sacramento CA, MERISTEM offers day programs with an option of supported dorm living.
JCAHO accredited Optimum Performance Institute is one of the nation’s premiere residential, transitional living programs. OPI helps young adults 17-28 commit to finding a sense of balance and direction in their lives. Small and highly individualized, our programs assists participants struggling with wide ranging issues, from anxiety and depression to Asperger’s Syndrome, eating disorders, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, and Failure to Launch Syndrome. Our
Roanne Program focuses on Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD traits, and co-occurring conditions, emphasizes
DBT and Mindfulness techniques, and helps participants mobilize and move into the real world.
The Ranch at Dove Tree’s commitment: working with adult men, women and their families providing individualized, skills focused treatment for addiction and dual diagnosis. Dove Tree also specializes in Recovery Resiliency services for college aged emerging adults. Recovery services provided: detoxification, residential, transitional living and outpatient, most private insurance accepted. Our unique collaboration for recovery with Texas Tech University’s Center for the
Study of Addiction and Recovery ensures our clients have the current evidence based tools and developmentally designed programs focusing on second chances and Recovery Resiliency. Please call 800.218.6727; www.ranchatdovetree.com
Rose Hill Center’s psychiatric rehabilitation program is based on the belief that recovery takes place when people receive professional psychiatric care while participating in meaningful activity within a consistent, compassionate, dignified environment. Rose Hill’s professional mental health team and support staff direct a comprehensive program, including clinical care, a therapeutic work program (kitchen, housekeeping, animal care, and horticulture), job readiness classes, social interaction, and recreation. Concurrently, a Rose Hill psychiatrist works closely with each patient to develop an effective medication regimen that establishes the stability required to participate in the rehabilitation process designed to help them achieve their highest level of independence.
Located in Atlanta, Skyland Trail is a nationally recognized nonprofit mental health treatment organization offering residential and day treatment programs for adults ages 18 and older. Our goal is to help individuals recover and live as independently and successfully as possible in the community. We treat adults with bipolar illness, major depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety disorders. We specialize in treating clients with complex diagnoses involving substance misuse or personality disorders and those who may benefit from dialectical behavior therapy. Our holistic treatment model integrates strategies to help clients improve mental health, physical wellness, spiritual strength and relationships with family and friends. Learn more at www.skylandtrail.org or call 866-528-9593.

MERISTEM is a unique post-secondary transition program that empowers young adults on the Autism Spectrum and with other developmental differences. MERISTEM provides a foundation for a more fulfilling and productive life. Our goals are to develop individuals with a strong sense of self and the ability to act responsibly; young people capable of empathy, friendships and meaningful relationships with others; and specific skills of employment and independence. Located on a 13-acre campus in Sacramento CA, MERISTEM offers day programs with an option of supported dorm living.
JCAHO accredited Optimum Performance Institute is one of the nation’s premiere residential, transitional living programs. OPI helps young adults 17-28 commit to finding a sense of balance and direction in their lives. Small and highly individualized, our programs assists participants struggling with wide ranging issues, from anxiety and depression to Asperger’s Syndrome, eating disorders, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, and Failure to Launch Syndrome. Our
Roanne Program focuses on Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD traits, and co-occurring conditions, emphasizes
DBT and Mindfulness techniques, and helps participants mobilize and move into the real world.
The Ranch at Dove Tree’s commitment: working with adult men, women and their families providing individualized, skills focused treatment for addiction and dual diagnosis. Dove Tree also specializes in Recovery Resiliency services for college aged emerging adults. Recovery services provided: detoxification, residential, transitional living and outpatient, most private insurance accepted. Our unique collaboration for recovery with Texas Tech University’s Center for the
Study of Addiction and Recovery ensures our clients have the current evidence based tools and developmentally designed programs focusing on second chances and Recovery Resiliency. Please call 800.218.6727; www.ranchatdovetree.com
Rose Hill Center’s psychiatric rehabilitation program is based on the belief that recovery takes place when people receive professional psychiatric care while participating in meaningful activity within a consistent, compassionate, dignified environment. Rose Hill’s professional mental health team and support staff direct a comprehensive program, including clinical care, a therapeutic work program (kitchen, housekeeping, animal care, and horticulture), job readiness classes, social interaction, and recreation. Concurrently, a Rose Hill psychiatrist works closely with each patient to develop an effective medication regimen that establishes the stability required to participate in the rehabilitation process designed to help them achieve their highest level of independence.
Located in Atlanta, Skyland Trail is a nationally recognized nonprofit mental health treatment organization offering residential and day treatment programs for adults ages 18 and older. Our goal is to help individuals recover and live as independently and successfully as possible in the community. We treat adults with bipolar illness, major depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety disorders. We specialize in treating clients with complex diagnoses involving substance misuse or personality disorders and those who may benefit from dialectical behavior therapy. Our holistic treatment model integrates strategies to help clients improve mental health, physical wellness, spiritual strength and relationships with family and friends. Learn more at www.skylandtrail.org or call 866-528-9593.
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LEAD Recovery is an innovative TRANSITIONAL program for young adult men , located in the beach cities of southern California, which incorporates a unique C.L.E.A.R. focus approach and is built upon foundational principles for achieving long term RECOVERY.
Created in response to the NEED for thorough extended care continuum options,
LEAD Recovery is the perfect fit for individuals who have completed primary treatment .