“Inclusion is when the strengths of every child and young person are recognized, encouraged, and fostered.”- Beyond Blue
Our Intensive Outpatient Program runs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Program length varies based on clinical need, but averages around 6 weeks. Your child will stay enrolled at their current school while in our program.
In 2021, more than 1.2 million Texan children under the age of 17 had mental, behavioral, emotional, or developmental concerns. This is 20% of the youth in Texas. At Bricolage Behavioral Health, we provide intensive outpatient therapy (outpatient treatment) for teens in Flower Mound, TX.
It is increasingly challenging to be a teenager today in a world that exposes them to everything from physical bullying to the impacts of the internet and social media. In a recent study, researchers noted high levels of social media usage resulted in worsening mental health outcomes. This included body image concerns, disordered eating, increased alcohol consumption, poor sleep quality, and daytime drowsiness.
Many teens today feel inadequate and might exhibit behaviors of poor mental health, including school avoidance, suicidal ideation, substance use, excessive screen use, and self-harm. Over time, they might feel worthless or like they aren’t good enough. This isn’t true. These can manifest into a variety of disorders like depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
At Bricolage Behavioral Health, we aim to empower your teen to find their strengths and learn healthier ways of coping with their challenges. With the proper treatment and direction, many teens live successful, healthy lives that build upon these pre-existing strengths.
Most adults with behavioral disorders will tell you they first began experiencing symptoms before they hit their mid-twenties.
Intensive outpatient therapy, a form of outpatient treatment, is available at Bricolage Behavioral Health. IOP groups are held from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
This level of care is beneficial in developing healthy coping skills with less time commitment than day treatment (partial hospitalization). These skills will create the changes your teen wants to see in themselves, and outpatient treatment provides a space where they feel safe, inspired, and supported. Common skills your teen will learn and develop in our intensive outpatient therapy include:
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Consistent practice is the best way for teens to translate these skills into default behaviors. We give them extensive real-world practice opportunities to create long-lasting change through role-playing, projects, and active engagement with their therapist and peers. We accomplish this through effective, evidence-based components. These include developing a mutually trusting relationship between your teen and their therapist, a mutually agreed-upon philosophy of causation, and mutually agreed-upon mechanisms of change. At Bricolage Behavioral Health, your teen will learn to rebuild relationships, create new ones, and engage with the family unit. They will also discover their sense of meaning and purpose and become connected to their education. We believe a healthy body contributes to a healthy mind, so we implement physical activity into every teen’s treatment plan. The goal is to build confidence, develop a positive body image, and develop a sense of trust and camaraderie with their peers.
At Bricolage Behavioral Health, we offer several therapy options at the outpatient level to accomplish the abovementioned goals. When combined, these options allow teens to find healing from mental health and substance use disorders and become better, healthier versions of the people they already are.
Most group therapies designed for teens rely on a round-robin style. This means the therapist speaks to one teen at a time and requires the others to listen passively. Most of the time, this leads to them not listening and lacking the ability to learn from their peers.
At Bricolage Behavioral Health, we provide and value whole-group therapy. This engaging method allows each teen to participate in group therapy, facilitating healing and growth actively. During treatment, teens will participate in focus tasks, project-based work, pair work, and role-play. These activities encourage them to learn from and grow with their peers as they learn real-world skills. Through whole-group therapy, teens find success outside the walls of therapy.
In addition, they will form bonds with peers who are experiencing similar concerns. Together, they will overcome challenges, learn from each other, and heal by learning these necessary skills.
We recognize that families are essential to teens' success in recovery. This is why, at the outpatient level of care, we involve families through regular communication. Teens need ongoing support from their families to find healing, and we equip families with the tools to provide this support for their children beyond treatment.
Our primary treatment modalities at Briolage Behavioral Health include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), seeking safety, and exposure therapy. No method is better or worse than another, and a combination of them may help your teen achieve the goals they have for themselves.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a talk therapy that aims to help people understand their thoughts and emotions and how they impact their lives. Through this type of therapy, your teens will learn skills that assist them in changing negative thought patterns into healthier and more productive ones that benefit their goals.
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is another type of talk therapy based on CBT. It focuses on learning coping skills to help manage intense emotions and promote healthy social relationships. Skills typically taught in DBT include distress tolerance, mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotion regulation.
Seeking safety is a type of CBT used to treat co-occurring post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder. It helps teens attain safety in their thoughts, behaviors, emotions, and relationships while working through their experienced trauma and substance use at the same time.
Exposure therapy is another type of CBT that creates a secure environment for your teen to be exposed to trauma, anxiety, and fears. Often, teens may avoid things, activities, or situations they are afraid of, significantly reducing their quality of life. Facing their fears shows them what they can do.
These are just a few treatment modalities your teen may encounter at Bricolage Behavioral Health. Which ones they encounter will depend on their recovery goals and what will work best for your teen. We will work with your teen to determine what these are.
As a parent, you may have many questions and concerns about your child’s recovery journey. At Bricolage Behavioral Health, you can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that scientifically proven treatment methods support our program, and many of our teen patients find healing daily. Through outpatient treatment, your teen will discover healing that will last a lifetime. Contact us today to begin your teen’s recovery journey.
At Bricolage Behavioral Health, we’re passionate about empowering teens to discover healing. Our strengths-based approach to treatment means your teen will be valued for who they are while learning healthier ways of thinking and coping with stressors. Healing is possible, and we see it every day. To learn more or to begin your teen’s outpatient treatment journey, call us at 469-968-5700.
Bricolage Behavioral: Where Teen Minds Matter
Bricolage Behavioral Health is strength-based, skills-based, evidence-based, and medication-light. We empower your child or teen to develop the skills they need to take control of their mental health with effective, science-backed therapy.
At Bricolage Behavioral Health we believe that whole family healing affords your child the best chance for long term mental health and can put your loved ones on the path to a healthier, happier life.
Bricolage Behavioral Health
3204 Long Prairie Road
Suite A
Flower Mound, TX 75022
Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM–9:00 PM
Sat & Sun: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
