Parenting any teenager can be a challenge. Parenting a troubled teen struggling with depression, drug or alcohol abuse, an eating disorder, oppositional defiance, self mutilation, ADHD, sexual addictions, adoption issues, or suicide ideation can be infinitely more difficult and challenging. Unfortunately, taking the wrong approach in these situations can often backfire, potentially permanently disrupting the family and destroying the future of that teen.





CERTS programs share a common belief in the innate greatness of our students. These troubled teenagers ignore their abilities and focus, instead, on their perceived shortcomings as they spiral downward. Based on extensive research, CERTS has designed a unique Personal Greatness Program that helps each child rediscover their inner greatness as they work through their clinical program. The numerous therapeutic activities that our students engage in rebuild brick by brick the wall of their "personal greatness" and help to alter our student's thought patterns about their future lives.

CERTS Programs also believe very strongly that any progress that doesn't involve the family will be short-lived. Therefore, all CERTS facilities have strong parent and family education and involvement to ensure lasting change.

Because of these beliefs and standards, parents with children in a CERTS facility have the peace of mind that comes from knowing that their child is receiving the very best help possible from a caring, expert staff. Click here to take our online assessment and find out if their is a CERTS facility available for your child.






Because information can give you piece of mind and help you to make better decisions, our professionals have created the CERTS InformationCenter. The CERTS InformationCenter provides information on numerous behavioral health issues like depression, eating disorders, ADD, drug or alcohol abuse, conduct disorder and more. Each page answers important questions on these conditions like:

What is it?
How do you know they have it?
What causes it?
What happens when you have it?
How do you treat it?

Program for Girls Ages 15-17
Kolob Canyon Residential Treatment Center is a special place of healing for girls struggling with issues like depression, drug or alcohol abuse, self-mutilation, anger and defiance, eating disorders, and other behaviors that are rooted in poor self-esteem and depression. Every element of this specialized program is designed to bring about life-long change in your daughter so that she can enjoy a fulfilling and meaningful life



http://www.certsgroup.com/certs_index.htm

'When you are small there is no protection from shame, and now that you are older your attempts to keep the unsafe out cost you more then you can imagine. We need to breath in the direction of danger and to sing. We must not only be wounded - for surely all of us are that, but be willing to suffer the terrifying healing with its stations of humiliation, shame, endurance and grief'
- Sark, Succulent Wild Woman, 1997.

Edited by: imustnotcry at: 3/3/04 5:08 pm