Outpatient Treatment

This type of treatment is for youth who are struggling with an addiction and are ready to learn how to abstain from substance use, are motivated to change, and have a supportive home life.

Treatment involves up to six hours of individual or group counseling each week while youth live at home, attend school, and share in family life.

Counseling focuses on communication, decision-making, drug education, leisure education, life skills, stress management, self-esteem, and relapse prevention. Youth and their families are encouraged to attend family programs.

Adolescent treatment programs at Chestnut use the research-based Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA). Developed and tested by Chestnut's Lighthouse Institute. A-CRA guides age-appropriate behavioral treatment and has been proven effective in multiple research studies.