The Parenting of Adolescents Program

The Parenting of Adolescents Program equips adolescents and their families in navigating challenging moments in life together by strengthening familial bonds, building on individual and familial strengths, and fostering familial collaboration.
 
The program provides:

• In-home services to youth ages 10 to 17 at risk of being or already involved in the Juvenile Justice System

• Intensive family counseling for 16 to 24 weeks using the Multidimensional Family Therapy Model (MDFT).

• Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) is brief parenting support focused on addressing a specific developmentally appropriate, but disruptive behavioral concerns that the parent has for their teen

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT) to address specific mental and emotional needs of teens and parents who are struggling to overcome the negative impacts of traumatic events in their lives.

Parenting of Adolescents receives referrals from concerned parents, Court Counselors, Law Enforcement Officers, Department of Social Services, and other mental health agencies.

Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT)

A Comprehensive, Family-Centered Treatment Program for Adolescents and Young Adults

Multidimensional Family Therapy is a comprehensive, family-centered treatment program for adolescents and young adults that addresses drug abuse and related behavioral and emotional problems.  One of the primary goals is to help prevent out-of-home placements. MDFT focuses on key domains of the adolescent’s life and provides an effective and cost-efficient therapy. MDFT addresses the areas of adolescent and parent functioning that often create problems and enhances the factors that solve problems, improve relationships, and restore positive development.

Multidimensional Family Therapy believes parents are the best medicine for adolescent problems. Most importantly, parents must take action and seek out help for their teen if they’re worried about involvement in drugs, alcohol, illegal activities, or school failure. There is never a downside to reaching out for help

If you would like support for your family or a family you are working with, submit your request below, or contact DeWayne Harvey-Gatewood at (919) 403-8249, ext. 228.