Southlake Teen Treatment

Over 6,500 adolescents live in Southlake, Texas. Nearly a third of them described their mental health as poor “most of the time” or “always” in 2023. That is a lot of teens who aren’t doing well.

At Bricolage, that concerns us. That’s why our mission is to provide quality mental health care to adolescents in Southlake and surrounding areas. Teens doing “okay” mentally isn’t good enough for us. We want to teach your teen the skills they need to thrive and overcome all the mental and behavioral health obstacles standing in the way of them living their best life. 

How do we do it? Let us tell you about our approach and why it’s so effective.

Bricolage’s Life-Changing Evidence-Based Care and Skill-Building Therapy

Many treatment centers describe themselves as “evidence-based,” using approaches backed by research and proven to improve mental health. At Bricolage, we hold the same standard. Every therapy we offer is supported by results, ensuring your teen’s time is spent on treatment methods that truly make a difference – but we take it a step further.

Effective treatment models are just one part of the process. Lasting recovery also means giving teens the tools to manage life’s challenges and protect their mental health long after treatment ends. At Bricolage, we customize the skills we teach based on each teen’s individual needs and repeatedly practice them together until they feel natural.

Some of the skills teens build at Bricolage include:

• Setting and reaching realistic goals
• Managing difficult emotions using healthy strategies
• Handling stress without harmful behaviors
• Communicating with confidence and clarity
• Recognizing personal triggers
• Reframing negative or unhelpful thoughts
• Building lasting self-care habits

Why Southlake Families Choose Bricolage

Several features make Bricolage stand out as a one-of-a-kind teen mental health center. We’ll share just a few.

Helping Teens Apply Skills in Real Life

Therapy provides valuable insight, but true progress comes from being able to apply those lessons outside of the walls of a treatment center. That’s why we focus on active practice, ensuring every teen develops the confidence to use what they’ve learned in real-life situations.

Rather than concentrating only on problems or mistakes, we emphasize strengths and highlight the positive steps teens take. When obstacles crop up, we guide them toward healthy ways to overcome them, offering encouragement as opposed to excessive criticism. This strengths-based approach helps teens feel empowered instead of overwhelmed.

Some of the skills your teen may strengthen with us include:

• Effective communication strategies
• Emotional self-regulation techniques
• Identifying and understanding triggers
• Healthy sleep routines
• Thought restructuring methods
• Goal setting that feels achievable

Every teen is unique, which is why each treatment plan at Bricolage is carefully designed around their strengths, weaker areas, and goals. Your child receives care built specifically for them.

Holistic Care That Involves Your Family

We view teen mental health holistically, recognizing that lasting wellness comes from addressing the whole person, not just symptoms.

Family involvement is central to this process. Connection and support from loved ones play a powerful role during treatment and beyond, but knowing how to help isn’t always easy. That’s why our programs include family therapy sessions. These give parents and caregivers practical tools to strengthen communication, provide healthier support, and grow alongside their teen.

No matter the treatment level, we keep families informed with consistent communication and updates, so you always know how your child is progressing and how you can best support them.

Specialists Dedicated to Teens’ Growth

Our team is made up of psychiatrists, nurses, and other professionals who specialize in working exclusively with adolescents. We’re committed to learning and growth for teens and for ourselves. By staying up to date on the latest research and refining our practices, we ensure our care is always effective, evidence-based, and aligned with your teen’s individual needs.

Bricolage’s Programs for Teen Mental Health

We offer two main programs: our intensive outpatient program (IOP) and our partial hospitalization program (PHP), often referred to as day treatment.

What will best serve your teen depends on their circumstances. Both are a great help, but they’re different and built to serve teens at different parts of their mental health journey.

Check out our chart below to learn more.

What We Treat: Adolescent Mental Health

Bricolage’s mental health care takes an approach that many other facilities don’t. The reality is, teen mental health is complicated. Many kids who come to see us have complex diagnoses, having been labeled with multiple conditions. Some, on the other hand, feel unwell, but don’t have an official diagnosis at all. Every teen who needs support for their mental health is welcome at Bricolage. Nothing is too big or too small for us. Here are just a few of the conditions and symptoms 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.

This is just a brief snapshot of our care. If your teen is managing something outside of this list, please contact us regardless. We’re here for your family.

The Bricolage Take on Mental Health Diagnosis

We can and will diagnose mental health conditions when necessary. With that said, at Bricolage, we treat the “why,” not the “what.” Putting a name to mental health symptoms can be helpful to an extent, but that’s not our primary focus. Why? Because:

1. Teens can experience devastating symptoms even without a diagnosis. Some find comfort and clarity in their diagnosis. Other teens can feel out of place or disheartened, especially if they don’t fit into a typical, clear-cut diagnosis. These concerns aren’t any less important than a diagnosis!
2. A diagnosis isn’t an action plan. A diagnosis puts a name to symptom clusters. Beyond that, it doesn’t teach teens what they need to overcome those symptoms and actually get better. 
3. Treatment is different for everyone, even if they have the same condition. While there are some “standard protocols” for many concerns, the typical approach doesn’t always work for everyone! No two brains are alike, so every individual will have a different experience, even with the same treatment. They need care tailored to them. 
4. Teens might believe their diagnosis means they’re broken and can never fully heal. Thankfully, that’s not true at all! The brain’s spectacular ability to change is at the core of what we do at Bricolage. Developing healthy habits and skills that empower us is how our brain health improves, and how teens can take control of their well-being and the symptoms interfering with their lives for good.