SCA Clinical Services--A Therapeutic Residential Treatment Community

Mental illness and drug addiction top the list of the most elusive and frustrating chronic diseases to understand and effectively treat. The symptoms of one can mimic the other leaving treatment professionals and parents perplexed and unsure what to do. Making matters even more frustrating--both are very prone to relapse, with cures mostly outside the reach of the treatment community.

It's not unusual for SCA to see young men with numerous failed treatment experiences prior to enrollment in the program. A common theme in most of their backgrounds is the presence of both mental illness and chemical dependency. Other themes include:

Troubled teens and young adults respond poorly to top-down therapeutic methodologies where their being told what to do--especially if it's coming from an adult.  Often we see troubled teens and young adults who have become cynical and treatment-resistant from participation in drug rehabilitation and mental health environments ill-equipped for effective treatment of dually diagnosed young adult males.

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Therapeutic Communities: A Foundation for Long-Term Recovery from Mental Illness and Addiction

Complex pathologies including drug addiction with emotional-behavioral and psychiatric issues make accurate diagnosis and successful rehabilitation extremely difficult often requiring long-term (up to 12 months or longer) stays with individualized and integrated treatment.

The Modified Therapeutic Community (MTC) serves as an evidence-based framework or model for San Cristobal Academy's therapeutic philosophy and approach.

Briefly, MTC sees substance abuse as a disorder of the whole person reflecting issues with moods, personal conduct, emotional stability, and values. Other problems might include:

The specific social goal of treatment within a therapeutic community is the development of a pro-social lifestyle marked first by abstinence and ultimately by the elimination of antisocial behaviors and attitudes.

The psychological goals are to change the overall negative patterns of behaviors, feelings, and thinking that pre-disposes drug abuse. Successful rehabilitation, therefore, involves a multidimensional therapeutic effort encompassing different approaches based on the unique and complex needs of the individual. In the therapeutic community model you're acknowledging the importance of change coming from within. "Therapy" can come from many different aspects of the student's environment or community. For some young men, they may best respond to positive peer roll-models or for others they may get more from participation in animal-assisted therapy. Some students gravitate to group process and others individual counseling.  The San Cristobal Academy treatment staff are trained in many therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Positive Peer Culture, and animal-assisted therapy.

San Cristobal Academy's Therapeutic Community has been designed or modified to meet the special needs of young adult men ages 17 to 26 suffering with chemical dependency and co-occurring disorders. Our highly focused and intensive therapeutic programs are structured and based on community-as-method (that is, the community serves as the primary agent for change.) Treatment is delivered in four phases with residents graduating from phase to phase with each phase corresponding to phases within the recovery process. The phase process allows for gradual progress rewarding improvement with increased independence and responsibility. Goals, objectives, and expected outcomes are established for each phase and then integrated into each resident's Independent Treatment Plan. Staff members function as role models, mentors, teachers, and therapists.

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