Seton Shoal Creek Hospital Adolescent Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program

A new beginning

At Seton Shoal Creek Hospital we offer intensive outpatient programs specially designed for adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. Before beginning a program, patients are assessed and a treatment plan is created to meet their individual needs. Parents are required to attend sessions as noted below. This family-centered therapy provides the best structure for successful recovery.

Adolescent Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program

Adolescent Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Group Schedule

Monday-Thursday 6 pm to 9 pm
Parents attend Monday and Thursday nights only.

Sometimes managing normal adolescent development becomes increasingly difficult for everyone involved. Emotional struggles, stress or mental disorders may lead to impulsiveness, depression, anxiety or explosive behavior. Our cognitively based program is designed to assist patients and their families -- offering tools for improvement. Through family education and treatment, teens and parents work together to get well. By addressing mental health issues directly, families have greater opportunity to mend their lives and relationships. Parents or legal guardians are required to participate by accompanying their teens to a group sessions on Monday and Thursday evenings. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, teens work with a group leader on individual issues. On these two nights, parents are asked to accompany their teens to the program floor prior to the session and return at the end of the program.

Patients and families will:

• Acquire greater communication skills
• Learn anger management
• Gain essential coping skills
• Realize how thoughts and feelings affect behavior
• Understand symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders
• Identify patterns of dysfunctional coping
• Recognize personal strengths and weaknesses
• Set immediate and long term goals
• Develop an effective aftercare plan

Meet our team of experts.

Seton Shoal Creek Hospital provides a treatment team of licensed professionals from multiple disciplines. Together, they provide a total system of healing for each patient. The treatment is supervised by an independent psychiatrist and supported by a fully licensed staff that includes registered nurses, social workers, professional counselors, certified therapists and mental health technicians. Our team encourages family involvement for a faster recovery.

Getting started is easy.

A physician’s referral is not necessary to begin treatment. Just schedule and appointment for a clinical evaluation with our outpatient assessment and referral department at 512.324.2039. During the assessment, costs will be provided and insurance benefits will be verified.

Who can recommend care?

• Friends, family members or significant others
• Anyone who believes that an adolescent might be suffering from a mental disorder or substance abuse
• Primary care physicians