How to Develop Strong Family Foundations
What makes a family strong? It's not about the number of people or even the relationships between…
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Posts by New Haven Team
Racism and Teen Mental Health
Racism has a profound impact on the mental health of teenagers. According to an article published in…
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Teen and Young Adult LGBTQ+ Mental Health
Mental health is a crucial aspect of a teen or young adult’s well-being, and it becomes even…
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The Sleep-Deprived Teen
Sleep deprivation among teens has become an epidemic in recent years and is being linked by researchers…
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Learning Disorder Treatment
Individuals with learning differences often have greater difficulty navigating the world around them. Much of this depends…
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What is PTSD?
Many teenagers in treatment are being diagnosed with a disorder once associated primarily with soldiers returning from…
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ADHD Treatment Options for Teens
Though ADHD is actually a neurobehavioral developmental disorder, by the time most sufferers reach adolescence they’ve internalized…
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder Treatment
As a child enters adolescence, one of her greatest developmental tasks is to individuate from her parents—a…
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Bipolar Disorder Treatment for Teens
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by extreme fluctuations in mood; because it manifests differently in…
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Runaway Teens
Perhaps your adolescent is a chronic runaway, leaving frequently for short trips to who knows where, but…
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What to do When Your Teen Has Suicidal Ideations
Vigilant, educated parents, teachers, and friends can do much to mitigate the risk of adolescent suicide by…
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How to Understand Sensory Processing Disorders
Sensory processing disorder (SPD), formerly called sensory integration disorder, occurs when the brain has difficulty interpreting the…
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Reactive Attachment Disorder Treatment
Parents or the primary caregiver of teens with reactive attachment disorder have typically suffered for years along…
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Why Do Girls Cut Themselves?
Self-harm includes any behavior designed to provide relief from emotional pain through self-inflicted physical pain. Many individuals…
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Does Your Daughter Refuse to go to School?
In our work with adolescents over the past twenty years, the mildly mischievous practice of playing hooky has…
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Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment
Personality is a strange concept. It doesn’t exist in the physical world and is therefore difficult to…
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Why Teens Lie and Manipulate Their Parents
Children learn to manipulate even before they learn to walk or talk. It begins as the innocent but magnificent…
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Teen Depression Help: a Guide for Parents
As any parent of a teenager knows, change is the only norm during adolescence as the young…
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Finding the Right Treatment Program
Most parents seeking a treatment solution for their son or daughter are themselves in crisis, struggling with…
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Types of Mental Health Treatment Centers and Therapeutic Programs
There is no doubt that having a child with a mental health disorder is frightening and overwhelming.…
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Understanding the Role of Referring Professionals
The best initial sources of advice regarding placement are mental health professionals and educational consultants. It’s worth…
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What is Vicarious Trauma? 3 Ways Parents Can Manage Compassion Fatigue
When your daughter experiences trauma, you want to be there for her and help her through it.…
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Emotional Trauma Symptoms in Teens
Trauma symptoms in teens can be caused by many things, from in utero stress, to adoption, or…
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: It’s all Anxiety
It’s not uncommon for me to be in a meeting with a new family and hear the…
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Suicide Prevention
Suicide is an uncomfortable and scary topic, but one that we cannot afford to avoid or ignore.…
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How to Motivate a Teenager with Depression
Does your teenager seem unmotivated, listless or downright lazy? Many teens do. There is a high incidence…
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Student Safety — Our Top Priority
Student safety has been the top priority at New Haven since its founding in 1995. The following…
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Life is Good – New Haven RTC Testimonial
[audio src="https://www.newhavenrtc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Kelly-Molinari-New-Haven-Alumni-Story.mp3"] It was as if a spaceship had come down to Earth, and abducted my real…
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8 Ways to Improve Sleep Quality When Your Teenage Daughter Has ADHD
Parents understand that helping their child get enough sleep is important. It affects her mood, concentration, and…
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The 3 Causes of ADHD — She’s Not Misbehaving, She’s Learning
There are three causes of ADHD symptoms: genetics, biology, and chemistry. Learning about these causes helps families…
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Relational Therapy 101: Parents Guide to Selecting Residential Treatment Center
“New Haven shows us that we are loved, teaches us how to love, and helps us spread…
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Sacagawea House Reopens After Being Remodeled
New Haven is pleased to announce the re-opening of the Sacagawea House at our Spanish Fork Campus.…
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