Effective Adolescent and Young Adults Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment in Placerville, California
Our team of empathetic professionals specialize in outpatient and Intensive outpatient treatment of adolescents and young adults with addiction and mental health issues.
Our Approach…
When treating adolescent clients, including the family is especially important. Drug and alcohol use does not just affect the person using, but also the entire family. Here at Willingness To Change. we provide several ways for families to become involved in treatment. We balances the traditional “chemical dependency” model with current developmental psychology and the latest research in addiction as a brain disease.
What About the Family?
Admitting a family member is a substance abuser is difficult. The family finds it harder still to admit they are affected by the addiction and may, in fact, be sustaining the problem by their own behaviors. Both individual treatment for the identified patient and therapy for the family are crucial to the family’s transition to become a functional, balanced system.
Warning Signs of Teen Drug or Alcohol Problem
If you are concerned that your adolescent is using alcohol or other drugs, look for these warning signs:
* other family members who abuse substances;
* missing classes, truancy or a sudden drop in grades;
* change to a different peer group;
* quitting extracurricular activities that were important to the adolescent;
* legal difficulties;
* possession of drug-related paraphernalia;
* possession of fake identification;
* unknown source of income;
* physical changes such as memory lapses, slurred speech, loss of motor coordination, bloodshot eyes, dilated pupils or rapid weight loss;
* excessive use of eye drops; or
* “hanging out” in strange places such as garages, storage sheds and alleys.
