Nashotah Center for DBT Female Adolescent Residential Care

At Rogers, we understand that if you are considering this type of treatment, there is a need for the intensive level of care only available in a residential setting. While here, the teens live on campus at Rogers’ Oconomowoc, Wisconsin location, in a comfortable, home-like setting. A typical stay lasts 60 to 90 days. 

In this level of care, we can reduce safety risks associated with emotional dysregulation and work to gain skills that will help teens learn how to manage personal conflict and symptoms of personality disorders, and decrease the risk of future traumas such as abusive relationships.

In addition to medication management, treatment includes 30 hours per week of skills training, group therapy, DBT-based experiential therapy and more within an individualized treatment plan. 

Immersion in DBT 

Led by a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, a dedicated team of professionals is trained in the Marsha Linehan Institute’s model of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). These DBT skills serve as a foundation of care. Here female teens build distress tolerance, improve emotional regulation, maintain safety, and learn non-judgmental personal acceptance and mindfulness in managing life’s challenges. DBT prolonged exposure may also be part of the individualized treatment plan. 

Other components of care include:

• Experiential therapy (art, music, recreation, movement)
• Academic and classroom work with certified teachers 
• Spiritual care options

Family involvement is another key part of treatment, allowing for more effective treatment and easing the transition back home and to work or school. This includes family therapy and Rogers’ Friends and Family University, a program that educates parents about treatment, recovery, and how to best support their children’s mental health needs. Friends and Family University occurs twice a month for three hours per each session.

Here’s what an average weekday may look like.

Our treatment team members

The treatment team works closely together using a strengths-based, DBT-informed approach that allows patients to experience emotions with more awareness and acceptance so that they can develop healthier relationships and make real change in their lives. 

The entire clinical team is engaged in ongoing training in DBT therapy by Behavioral Tech, LLC, an internationally recognized training organization under the direction of Dr. Marsha Linehan, PhD. Staff participate in a weekly DBT consultation group, which ensures your child receives effective and compassionate care throughout her treatment stay. 

Members of the treatment team may include:

• Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists
• Licensed clinical psychologists
• Pediatric, family practice and internal medicine physicians
• Registered psychiatric nurses
• Registered dietitians
• Master’s level social workers/counselors
• Therapeutic specialists
• Experiential therapists
• Art therapists
• Certified teachers
• Child and adolescent-trained residential care specialists