The Adolescent Therapeutic Community: An Integrated Model of Care

• By: John M. Venza, LCSW-R, LMHC Outreach
• April 19th, 2022
• adolescents, community, mental health, motivation, peers, resources, Spring 2022 Issue, substance use, teenagers, therapeutic community, treatment
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I was once told early in my career that the Therapeutic Community (TC) takes an hour to explain but a lifetime to master. The traditional Therapeutic Community model has saved countless lives over the past several decades featuring a therapeutic milieu that uses the community as the healer and...

Talking with Teens in Residential Treatment During COVID-19: The Opportunity in The Crisis

• By: John M. Venza, LCSW-R, LMHC Outreach Development Corporation
• May 20th, 2020
• community, COVID-19, family, mental health, residential treatment program, summer 2020 issue, teens
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Teenagers who make the bold decision to enter a residential treatment program for their mental health and substance use disorders are a unique subset of the adolescent population. They are a group of young people who have committed to temporarily separating from their families, schools, communities...