About WestCare – Youth Academy Carrollton
WestCare Youth Academy Carrollton is a residential addiction treatment center in Carrollton, Georgia dedicated to helping adolescent boys overcome substance use challenges.
What kinds of addiction treatment does WestCare Youth Academy offer?
The academy provides intensive long term and short term residential substance use treatment with 24 hour supervision.
Services include counseling and behavioral health and substance use groups, cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing, trauma related counseling and anger management, relapse prevention and aftercare planning, and outcome follow-up after discharge.
Who can get help here?
The program serves adolescent boys ages 14 to 17 who are working through substance use disorders.
It also supports youth with co-occurring mental health concerns and trauma histories, justice involvement and LGBTQ+ youth, and those from military families offering a safe and structured setting designed specifically for young men.
What does day-to-day life look like on campus?
Residents live on a secluded peaceful campus where they attend accredited classroom study, participate in therapy and peer support, and enjoy supervised recreation both on and off site.
The campus features 24 hour staff supervision supported by high resolution cameras and electronic security to maintain a safe therapeutic environment.
How much does treatment cost?
All services at the Youth Academy are free, funded through the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Office of Addictive Services. Additional payment assistance and government funding support help ensure families face no financial barriers to care.
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Levels of Care
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
At certain points in the recovery process, it's important to have support available 24/7. 24-hour clinical care offers a safe environment in which to recover from drug or alcohol addiction in peace, knowing medical detox and other treatment will happen with professionals on hand.
Treatments
Substance rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from substance abuse, including alcohol and drug addiction (both illegal and prescription drugs). They often include the opportunity to engage in both individual as well as group therapy.
Clinical Services
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.
Recreational therapy (aka therapeutic recreation) uses creative and fun activities to help with addiction recovery. Recreational therapists lead patients in entertaining and engaging activities like sports or games; art (drawing, painting, sculpture); drama, music, and dance; and/or community outings (field trips) to improve patients' physical, social, and emotional well-being.
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Richard Steinberg
President
Ken Ortbals
CEO
Danny Blanco
COO – Florida
Jason Engel
Chief Clinical Officer
Contact Information
2385 Oak Grove Church Road
Carrollton, GA 30117
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