Mountain Youth AcademyResidential Treatment in Mountain City, TN
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Mountain Youth Academy is a residential treatment facility located in Tennessee, 13 miles from the Virginia border, specializing in trauma-based treatment for children and adolescents ages 5-17 with an IQ of 60 or above. The facility provides individualized mental health treatment in a secure therapeutic setting, serving at-risk youth and those with intellectual disabilities. Treatment programs include individual and group therapy, a licensed non-public school curriculum, and specialty programs such as neurofeedback therapy for brain dysregulation and substance use disorder treatment. The facility utilizes trauma-informed, child-centered care to help youth address their mental health needs.
Role
Residential Treatment
What a first session looks like
Virtual & In-PersonConfidential assessments are available. Call 888-828-7393 to schedule an assessment.
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. A structured trauma therapy that helps the brain re-file painful memories so they stop hijacking the present.
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Mental health treatment
Setting
- Residential/24-hour residential
Facility
- Residential treatment center (RTC) for children
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Therapeutic foster care
- Case management service
- Suicide prevention services
- Education services
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Children/Adolescents
- Adults
Special programs
- Members of military families
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
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