ARMOR is an outpatient program for teens who require more intensive treatment. Teens will learn emotion and behavior regulation strategies, skills to build and strengthen relationships, and techniques for the management of psychologically distressing situations.
Day treatment provides more intensive care on an outpatient basis. It is a higher level of counseling care for children and teens who have significant behavioral or mental health issues, for whom a lower level of care is not effective. Our ARMOR Day Treatment for Teens is community-based treatment in a clinic setting, appropriate for teens ages 14-17.
ARMOR is designed for teens who need clinically proven and effective treatment to more successfully manage their depression, anxiety, trauma, or other serious mental health conditions. Our program staff helps children and teens develop and practice skills such as impulse control, emotional regulation, communicating their feelings, and healthy ways to cope. ARMOR stands for Assertive Relationships, Mindful Openness, and Regulation. These are the results teens can experience when they enroll in the ARMOR program.
Teens attend treatment three or four hours per day, five days a week. This intensive treatment is a step up in care for teens who have regressed or plateaued in traditional outpatient counseling, and it is are an important step to consider before symptoms escalate, requiring hospitalization. Day treatment is also appropriate for clients who are stepping down from hospitalization.
Our program offers excellent, evidence-based treatment with the ability to integrate a Christian perspective to support clients both emotionally and spiritually.
If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact us at 800.438.1772.
We recognize that the ARMOR program is a large investment of time for the client and may mean lost time in school. However, for many of the clients we serve, their mental health diagnoses are affecting their lives to the point where their functioning and performance at school is suffering. We understand that many parents worry about whether their child will be able to catch up when they return to school full time.
We encourage school counselors, who support admission to the ARMOR program, to work with parents to ease these worries and create a plan for how their child will attend the ARMOR program without it having a negative effect on their long-term grades. We are also happy to work with school staff to create this plan as needed. We strongly believe that investing time in the ARMOR program will help each client grow and learn new skills that will help them be more effective in every aspect of their lives, including school.
Each staff member at Christian Family Solutions has an extensive background in treating those with depression and anxiety issues and brings unique experience to the group setting.
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