Treatment Components

Every organization offering residential treatment is, at a minimum, expected to provide some combination of individual, group and family therapy as well as opportunities for learning self-regulation skills through participation in psycho-educational didactic groups. When choosing a treatment center one might go beyond the minimum by asking exactly what kind of psychotherapy is to be offered.

The treatment at Avalon Hills is guided by one basic philosophy: Treat to Outcome. Quite simply this means that we are constantly open to making research based adjustments that will increase our ability to affect change that will endure. Enduring change requires deep, structural change within the neural self-systems out of which behavioral patterns come. We want all the combinations of our various therapies (individual, group, family, experiential, neurofeedback and biofeedback) to work together to help the residents develop:

• A renewed sense of self-agency
• A sense of identity
• Enhanced self-esteem
• A sense of self-awareness

With this base we hope to teach crucial skills including:

• Reflective self-awareness (mindfulness)
• Regulation of thoughts and emotions
• Anxiety management
• Mood management
• Living with recurrent stressors

To learn more about how neurosplasticity concepts and applied neuroscience interventions are integrated into the Avalon Hills program, please visit our Neuroplasticity Pioneers section of this website.