Located just minutes from the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains, Pacific Teen Treatment is dedicated to creating a nurturing and healing environment to treat the contemporary issues facing today's teenager. Staffed by experienced, highly trained professionals, the program treats only six clients at a time to provide a highly personalized treatment experience, specifically tailored to the needs of each client and family.
We believe in a family-focused approach, with all family members playing an integral role in the treatment process. Our areas of specialization include teen mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and teen trauma and various behavioral issues including school avoidance, social isolation, and addiction issues, which can expand beyond substance abuse to also include social media, gaming and internet addictions.
We believe in a family-focused approach, with all family members playing an integral role in the treatment process. Our areas of specialization include teen mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and teen trauma and various behavioral issues including school avoidance, social isolation, and addiction issues, which can expand beyond substance abuse to also include social media, gaming and internet addictions.
Services
At Pacific Teen Treatment, our mission is to provide teens who struggle with mental and emotional health issues, a safe, supportive environment to gain the insight and skills necessary to navigate their way to recovery. Our values focus on four areas of treatment that ensure we work with and develop the skills our clients need to manage and regulate their emotions to lead happy and fulfilling lives.
Pacific Teen Treatment provides care for adolescents who struggle with mental and emotional health issues through a custom tailored 30-60 day residential treatment program. We focus on identifying and treating the core issues that impact teens and their families. Instead of using treatment modalities that focus on altering behaviors through punitive approaches we search for, identify and treat the underlying mental or emotional health issues.
The teenagers we treat struggle primarily with mental and emotional health issues such as anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. They are intelligent and naturally gifted in many ways, yet struggle to regulate and manage their emotions. They tend to be very sensitive to their surroundings and the well-being of others, often at their own expense.
Our dedicated staff are not only highly trained and experienced, but also knowledgeable of the adolescent population. We actively hire counselors, psychologists and other mental health professionals who have the specific desire to work with adolescents including specialized training, certificates and/or licensure.
There is no single answer to this question because every adolescent is unique and each family differs. One key red flag to keep an eye out for is if your teen is unable to be an active participant in his or her life. Is your child able to attend school, socialize, and partake in extra-curricular activities that bring them joy?
Reviews (10)
Zoe Krupp
Jan 21, 2022
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I LOVE PTT. The entire staff is amazing (like seriously incredible). Kathie and Jeremy are so nice, Dr. Kimn was so helpful, all the therapists made me feel safe and important. The CA’s were so fun but were also always there to talk when I needed it. The teacher was so nice and on top of things so I actually ended up getting ahead in school. The cleaning staff was amazing and so thoughtful. Cyril’s cooking was soooo yummy. We had “house meetings” so the staff would really take into consideration the needs and likes/dislikes of the clients so we always felt heard. The groups we did were
Sarah
Dec 02, 2021
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I’m not sure how I found PTT (there are so many programs out there, some good some terrible), but I am so grateful that I did. PTT staff provided our kid with incredibly comprehensive care that included family and parent therapy, which was crucial. Thanks to PTT, we are now in a place where recovery seems possible, even likely, for our kid. If you’re searching for help for your teen, it can’t hurt to give PTT a call. Jeremy, the program’s founder, is incredibly knowledgeable and can help you decide if it’s the right fit for your loved one.
Lydia Smack
Oct 27, 2021
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I had two stays at PTT, they were both extremely helpful and helped me bounce back after some really rough spots in my life. If you are looking for a place to help with mental health this is definitely the place for you😊. All of the staff is really kind and supportive. As there are only 6 clients at a time everyone's experience is truly tailored to what they need at the time. I loved both of my stays and I recommend this facility to anyone who is struggling with mental health, addiction or eating disorders.
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Janelle J.
Aug 28, 2021
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I attended PTT for 15 days in November of 2020 for anxiety and depression related symptoms following a severe suicide attempt. my stay at PTT was short due to the extreme lack of care and negligence i experienced there. i was in crisis most of my time there; self-harming openly everyday, actively suicidal, and engaging in risky behaviors. tragically, i received no help whatsoever. admittedly, i was extremely willful of being sent to residential for (the then) third time, but the staff was embarrassingly unprepared to deal with someone with my behavioral and emotional issues. i could not be more
Brian B.
Jul 13, 2021
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In my opinion, PTT is an outstanding facility. PTT was my daughter's third residential treatment facility and the only one so far to make a noticeable difference in her. Unlike other facilities we have been involved with, the program at PTT is much more involved. Also, the focus is not only on the individual person, but the family dynamic as well, to help ensure long-term benefits of the program. We were impressed with the entire staff at PTT and they worked with us on insurance issues we had. I could not be more happy with the facility and the outcome.
Alexis Lee
Jun 16, 2021
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This place is 5 star, it literally saved our daughter.
When our daughter entered PTT she was in a deep depression and was extremely closed off, combative and suicidal. We tried several individual therapists and two different IOP groups unsuccessfully.
She was not able to do school, wasn’t motivated to shower and didn’t want to be around her friends. All she talked about was not wanting to live, and what was the point.
When she entered PTT she bonded with the other kids there immediately because she knew she was not alone in her struggle and could finally talk to kids her age who could relate
When our daughter entered PTT she was in a deep depression and was extremely closed off, combative and suicidal. We tried several individual therapists and two different IOP groups unsuccessfully.
She was not able to do school, wasn’t motivated to shower and didn’t want to be around her friends. All she talked about was not wanting to live, and what was the point.
When she entered PTT she bonded with the other kids there immediately because she knew she was not alone in her struggle and could finally talk to kids her age who could relate
J. M.
Jan 15, 2021
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Trying to find this kind of care is very stressful in the way that we all know that when we get to this point chances are that our lives have become pretty messy.
I searched and searched for the best home away from home care for my daughter who has been suffering with depression, anxiety and OCD.
I can not express how wonderful Pacific Teen is - This program saved my daughter's life and our family when we were all at our lowest point.
She loved every single person from Jeremy to the Therapists - the Psychiatrist - the Staff. She felt safe and cared for. The home is beautiful and peaceful and
I searched and searched for the best home away from home care for my daughter who has been suffering with depression, anxiety and OCD.
I can not express how wonderful Pacific Teen is - This program saved my daughter's life and our family when we were all at our lowest point.
She loved every single person from Jeremy to the Therapists - the Psychiatrist - the Staff. She felt safe and cared for. The home is beautiful and peaceful and
Neal K.
Jan 11, 2021
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Pacific Teen Treatment was an amazing experience for our daughter and our family, start to finish. Jeremy was incredibly helpful, understanding, communicative and just all around great. The counselors at PTT were all great and the parent and family sessions were well run and helpful to all of us. It's a long road for sure, but our daughter left in a much much better place then when she arrived. The tools they provided and the communication they opened up in our family have been instrumental in our daughter's positive progress. Nothing but great things to say about PTT!
Alexandra Mornell
Sep 10, 2020
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Pacific Teen Treatment was recommended to us at a time when our lives had come to a complete standstill. And while my daughter did not go into the program willingly, she asked to extend twice with the understanding that it was safe to be vulnerable at PTT, safe enough to open up and unpack years of accumulated trauma and depression kept hidden.
I cannot adequately express my gratitude to the PTT staff, but those who worked with my daughter and our family directly, as well as those who oversaw her work and our progress throughout those 61 days, were compassionate, honest, and fearless with us 100
I cannot adequately express my gratitude to the PTT staff, but those who worked with my daughter and our family directly, as well as those who oversaw her work and our progress throughout those 61 days, were compassionate, honest, and fearless with us 100
K. C.
Jun 08, 2020
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We were at such a time of hopelessness and despair, worried sick about our son. He was struggling with substance abuse and on a downhill path of self-destruction. We didn't know where to go and scared to send him to some unknown program. Jeremy was amazing and able to answer all of our questions and reassured us that our child would be well cared for. PTT is highly recommended. The holistic approach with professional staff that truly care about youth had proven to significantly help our child find the himself again. The small group is so beneficial in that there were authentic relationships built
