Residential Treatment Center for DC Teens
Equinox is a residential treatment center for DC boys ages 14 to 18, located outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
Although Equinox is not located in DC, our residential treatment center helps young men and their families from around the United States achieve lasting change.
At Equinox, students are a part of a clinically intensive, trauma-informed, neurologically-based and adventure-filled program. Our residential treatment center for DC teens is unique because, we believe that family is the most fundamental unit of growth and healing. Many DC families who come to our program are frustrated, scared, and concerned for their son. Through our relationship-based therapeutic approach, families see positive outcomes and rebuild healthy relationships with their child. 
Equinox is designed for the specific needs of teen boys, which can be difficult to find in local DC residential treatment centers. At our program, we strive to help families find the best therapeutic approach for their son.
Young men who come to our program often struggle with depression, trauma or loss, and emotional or behavioral problems. Equinox uses a holistic approach to treat the mind, body, and soul through multiple forms of therapeutic techniques, academics, community involvement, and adventure.
For more information about how a residential treatment center for DC teens can help, please call 877-279-8925.
Who does Equinox RTC help?
Equinox RTC helps DC teens in a Residential Treatment Center setting who are struggling with issues similar to those below:
– Depression
– Family Dysfunction
– Impulse Control
– Poor Relationship Choices
– Trauma
– Social Issues
– Low Self Esteem
– Anxiety
– ADHD
– Grief and Loss
– Defiance
– Nonverbal Learning Disorder
– Addictive Behaviors
– Adoption Issues
– Self Harm
Equinox Residential Treatment Center Helps DC Families Find Success
Equinox Residential Treatment Center has helped multiple families around the United States find success through the three pillars of our clinical approach. The three-pillar approach forms a solid foundation for positive growth and development for DC teens who are struggling with the many common mental health issues today.
The Three Pillars of our Clinical Approach Include:
- Relationship-Based: At Equinox, we believe developing healthy relationships with staff and peers is an important part of achieve success. Therapeutic connection through relationship is the number one factor for change. To achieve this at our residential treatment center for DC youth, we hire and train our staff to effectively foster and maintain positive relationships with our students and families. Through these relationships healing and change occurs.
- Principle-Driven: Helping young men develop a positive value system is also an important part of our program. We help promote internal growth in our students by a process of interventions directed at helping boys embrace values and become young men of character. When DC boys develop these values and they become internal and solid, that is when change becomes solid.
- Experientially-Applied: This therapeutic approach uses experiences to shift DC teens thinking and perspective both cognitively and emotionally. Many adolescents resist or avoid change; experiential therapy can be new activities that are fun, challenging, uncomfortable, and physical. Through this process, teens receive therapeutic benefits without even realizing it. These activities help dismantle old ways of being and present new and healthy concepts that shift teens to take in new perspectives and ways of thinking.
Resources for DC Families Seeking Help
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) : The AACAP is an organization focused on promoting the mental wellbeing of young people. Their site is useful for parents who are seeking local physicians and information on mental health treatment. They have useful sections that are organized for families by topics relating to the needs of their child or loved one.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) – NIDA is a website that provides various resources for both teens and their parents. Their resources include various articles discussing scientific facts, drugs in pop culture, and parenting tips. Through their resources they explain different substances, their repercussions, and provide advice for parents or individuals who are dealing with drug abuse and are seeking treatment.
Equinox RTC Helps Families From DC
Some examples of cities from DC which may have families who may be interested in Equinox RTC include: Washington
Equinox RTC helps DC families from:
Equinox RTC helps DC families from cities and towns like: Washington
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