Focus Depression Recovery Adolescent Residential Care

Your son or daughter will receive care at Rogers’ main hospital campuses in Oconomowoc or Brown Deer, Wisconsin. While in treatment, your teen will live on site for approximately 45 to 60 days in a safe, secure environment.  

Treatment components

While in treatment, your teen will receive more than 25 hours of therapy and skills training each week. In group, individual and family sessions, he or she will use a variety of proven effective therapy components, led by behavioral activation. This type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps re-engage your child in activities they once enjoyed. By boosting the level of activity and social interaction, his or her depressive symptoms will decrease over time. Additional therapies include mindfulness and dialectical behavior therapy, along with appropriate medication management.

Other elements of therapy include:

• Experiential therapy (art, recreational, horticultural and movement therapy) 
• Personal wellness education
• Spiritual care
• Community outings and therapeutic passes
• Parent involvement through Parent University
• Personal recovery plan for continuing care

If you’re uneasy about enrolling your teen in residential care, experience shows the sooner he or she receives the treatment they need, the sooner they’ll get back to just being a kid again. By addressing your child’s mental health challenges early on, you’re improving their chances of living a healthy adulthood.

Here’s what a typical weekday will look like.

While busy, your teen’s weekly schedule is manageable and allows time for breaks and personal activity. You and your family may visit your child on the weekends and participate in therapeutic passes. During treatment, your child will be encouraged to participate in community activities to help stimulate him or her and reduce depression.

As a parent, you play an important role in your teen’s successes both in our care and at life outside Rogers. Through Parent University, we offer you education on your child’s treatment, skills they learn and techniques they will use. Attending these educational sessions will help ease your teen’s transition home and ensures he or she receives consistent messaging.

Our multidisciplinary staff members are trained to provide individualized care for your child’s unique, complex or severe behavioral health situation. Using a team-based approach, our staff address each factor contributing to your teen’s mood disorder. During your child’s stay, you’ll remain in close contact with the treatment team.

The team includes:

• Board-certified psychiatrist
• Licensed clinical psychologist
• Registered nurses
• Primary therapist
• Behavior specialist
• Experiential therapist
• Education therapist
• Registered dietitian
• Residential care specialist
• Program manager