Highland Village Teen Treatment

Around 2,400 kids ages 10-17 live in Highland Village, Texas. About 250 of them probably experienced suicidal thoughts this year. Nearly 400 had at least one major depressive episode. 

This is concerning, and these kids deserve help so they can live full, meaningful lives. The teen mental health treatment we offer at Bricolage is tailored to every individual child who walks through our doors. We support their growth and help them get better, in every meaning of the word. We’ll tell you more about what we do, and why our care has changed the lives of so many Highland Village teens.

Evidence-Based, Skill-Building Care That Empowers Teens

While searching for treatment options, you’ve likely seen many centers calling themselves “evidence-based.” This means their approaches are proven by trustworthy research and have helped teens achieve better mental health. Bricolage is no exception to this. Every therapy method we offer is backed by real results, ensuring your teen puts their time and energy into treatments that truly work.

Evidence-based care is essential, but recovery goes beyond research-backed methods. It’s also about learning practical, healthy skills teens can use to improve their mental health and daily life. We personalize the skills we teach based on each teen’s situation, and we keep practicing these skills until they feel second nature.

Here are some of the key skills your teen may develop and strengthen at Bricolage:

• Setting reasonable goals, and how to achieve them
• Techniques to regulate strong emotions
• Managing stress
• Clear, effective communication
• Identifying triggers
• Restructuring unproductive thoughts
• Healthy self-care habits and how to maintain them long-term

Why Do Highland Village Families Trust Bricolage? 

Bricolage has several great qualities. We’ll cover just a few.

Our Approach Focusing on Kids’ Strengths and How to Thrive in the Real World

It’s one thing for teens to learn a skill in therapy – applying it in real life is a whole different story. That’s why we make sure every teen at Bricolage gets dedicated time to actively practice the skills they’ll need outside of treatment.

Our approach isn’t about constantly pointing out what teens are doing wrong. It’s important to recognize habits or thoughts that aren’t helpful, but it’s just as crucial to notice and reinforce what teens are doing right. We build on their strengths, creating lessons and strategies that help teens feel seen and supported. Whenever we address an unhelpful habit, we always offer a concrete, healthy alternative, making it easier to let go of old patterns and develop better ones.

Every treatment plan at Bricolage is uniquely tailored to fit each teen’s strengths and more challenging areas. Your teen will receive care that is as individual as they are.

The Amount of Involvement Families Have in Bricolage Treatment Plans

At Bricolage, we take a whole-person approach to teen mental health. Every part of your child’s brain works together to shape their thoughts, feelings, and outlook. That means real healing requires attention to all areas, not just the ones linked to specific symptoms.

Family support is a crucial part of a teen’s recovery. Your involvement during treatment and beyond makes a powerful difference. Understanding how to best help your child isn’t always obvious, so our day program includes family therapy sessions where parents and caregivers learn practical skills to use in daily life. These benefits extend not only to your child, but to your entire family.

No matter which level of care your teen participates in, our team stays in close contact throughout the process. We keep you updated on their progress and give you guidance on how to encourage and support them as they move forward in their mental health journey.

Our Expertise in Adolescent Mental Health and Development

At Bricolage, our experienced team includes psychiatrists, nurses, and a range of dedicated professionals ready to support your teen’s mental health journey. We understand that delivering the best care means constantly learning and evolving. That’s why we are committed to ongoing professional growth, regularly integrating the latest research to ensure we provide the most effective, evidence-based treatments tailored to your teen’s needs.

Our Teen Mental Health Treatment Programs

Bricolage has two main programs for adolescents: our intensive outpatient program (IOP) and our day treatment, commonly called a partial hospitalization program (PHP).

Both programs can be life-changing for teens, but which one works best for your child will depend on what they need and their goals. Our chart below will walk you through it.

What We Treat: Adolescent Mental Health

At Bricolage, we aren’t limited to set diagnoses. We welcome any teen looking to achieve better mental health, no matter what condition(s) they do or don’t have. Here are just some of the things we treat:

• Anxiety, including social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and specific phobias. 
• Depression, including feelings of sadness and emptiness, loss of interest in activities, fatigue, guilt, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. 
• Behavioral concerns, such as conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, attention-deficit disorder, and trouble regulating anger.
• Trauma, like post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma-related panic attacks, and trauma-related insomnia.
• Disordered eating and other self-esteem and body image concerns.
• Mental health with co-occurring substance use disorders (dual diagnosis), including marijuana, cocaine, meth, benzodiazepine, and opioid use disorders.

We treat a lot outside of this, too! If your teen’s symptoms aren’t listed here, please contact us anyway. We’re here to help.

Does Bricolage Diagnose Mental Health Conditions?

We can and do provide mental health diagnoses at Bricolage. However, those diagnoses aren’t our primary focus. Instead, we focus on the “why” behind the symptoms and diagnosis, and conquer that. 

Why is this our approach?

1. Not all teens have a clear-cut diagnosis. Diagnosis can be helpful, but it can also be frustrating, and even painful, for teens and families who can’t find consistent answers. They deserve help, no matter the condition(s) they have (or don’t).
2. A diagnosis isn’t an action plan. Once you receive a diagnosis, what do you do next? It’s not really clear. A diagnosis doesn’t provide a concrete path to healing. It just names a cluster of symptoms your teen experiences. 
3. There’s no one-size-fits-all treatment for any condition. In many cases, there’s a “standard protocol” for specific conditions. Often, this helps people with the same diagnosis – but sometimes it doesn’t. The last thing we want is for teens who don’t respond well to the usual treatment to believe they’re a lost cause.
4. Teens might believe their diagnosis means they’re permanently “damaged.” That’s far from the truth! Everyone’s brain can grow and change for the better, and this fact is at the center of our approach at Bricolage. Putting in the work it takes to change the brain is how to conquer symptoms for good.