Is your child aged between 10 and 14 and struggling with mental health issues? Decade2Connect (303-674-6681), a non-profit children’s mental health service provider, can help!
Decade2Connect offers an intensive outpatient program to support children and their families who are struggling to cope with mental health issues.
Running for a period of between 9 and 12 weeks, the new program focuses on the family system and consists of three in-person meetings per week, two of which focus on the child and one on the family as a whole.
Go to https://decade2connect.org for more information!
The program is suitable for participants that are experiencing mental health issues such as:
The program uses experiential and family therapy to help combat stubborn symptoms. Experiential therapy involves learning through reflection. It gives your child the opportunity to take part in various activities and reflect on and learn from these experiences afterward.
Family therapy includes services such as parent coaching, emotion-focused therapy, and psychiatry. It aims to help you provide the most effective support for your children whilst building a better understanding of any current issues.
The program refers to treatment as healing and highlights three components that are integral to recovery:
Connect2Self
This component teaches your child how to connect thoughts, feelings, bodily-felt senses, and actions by learning how emotions work and how to identify them. They will develop regulation skills, tolerance skills, coping skills, self-care, and prevention skills.
Connect2Family
The aim here is to connect families through positive communication and team-building exercises. It teaches you about the importance of self-care and explains how to provide support when emotions are high.
Connect2Community
The final component focuses on how to apply learned skills to social situations outside of the family. It teaches teamwork skills and how to gain and maintain positive peer relationships whilst exploring concepts of self-respect and boundaries.
About Decade2Connect
Decade2Connect was set up in 1955 and operated as a residential treatment facility for boys (under the name Forest Heights Lodge) until 2020. Over 65 years the program has evolved nationally and internationally and has developed to include all genders and their families.
Speaking of the service, a satisfied parent stated, "Working with the Decade2Connect team really changed the dynamics of our family life. They built such a strong relationship with my son that they were able to understand the drivers of his behavior that he was unable to articulate."
If you think you need a little extra support, call Decade2Connect at (303-674-6681) today and access the help you and your children need!
Ready to take the next step and work towards a better life for you and your family? Visit https://decade2connect.org/about for more information.
