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"Launch" Program for Young
Adults
The Launch program helps young adults who have not
achieved independence from their parents, due to
mental illness such as depression, anxiety, ADHD,
Bipolar Disorder or substance abuse. As part of this
program, the young client and their family receives a
combination of individual treatment, life and executive
skills coaching, patient self-management skills training,
support therapy group meetings, and family therapy,
along with ongoing psychiatric follow-up.
A multidisciplinary treatment team works intensively
with both the client and the family to develop skills to
facilitate the young adult's independence. Under the
guidance of the treatment team the family sets up an
"individual apartment" within the family home where
the young adult with therapeutic support for their
mental illness and special skills training learns to
independently take responsibility for the management
of their mental health or substance abuse issues and
their general living until they are ready to transition to
their own separate living environment.
An individualized treatment plan is customized for each
young adult and their family after an initial assessment,
which may include some of the following services:
Comprehensive Testing
If required more in-depth cognitive, neuropsychological,
personality, psychological or learning disability
standardized testing can be conducted to make a more
accurate diagnosis.
Vocational testing and guidance is also available for
client's who are not sure of their career path, the
academic requirements for those careers or who want
to change their career.
Through testing the program is able to match careers
with the client's interests, personality and aptitudes.
Individual Therapy
Intensive individual therapy which may include
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques to promote his
identification of situations that trigger his unwanted
emotions or behaviors and thinking patterns resulting in
negative emotions such anxiety , depression or
frustration and behaviors such as substance abuse,
anger outbursts or cutting and then learning adaptive
ways to manage these thoughts, including cognitive
restructuring, behavioral activation, and mindfulness
skills training, in order to cope with the trigger
situations more effectively.
Medication Management
A psychiatric, complex medical evaluation or existing
medication review by our adult, adolescent and child
psychiatrist to identify whether medication could be
used to treat the young adult's symptoms or determine
whether their existing medication regime is effectively
treating their symptoms. The psychiatric team
(psychiatrist and Nurse practitioner) will then closely
monitor the client on a regular basis to determine
whether they are benefitting the medication prescribed
or from changes or additions to his medication regime
prescribed to target his symptoms.
Patient Self-Management Skills Training
Skills training to help the young adult take
responsibility for managing their mental illness with the
support of their doctor and therapist rather than just
relying on their parents to intervene when they cannot
care for themselves is a critical part of this program.
Patient self-management skills training includes:
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Educating the young adult about their mental
illness, how the treatment they are receiving
actually works.
Recognizing the importance of treatment
compliance to prevent relapse.
Maintenance of a routine that includes regular
exercise, good sleep hygiene, and a healthy
diet.
Stress management skills and recognizing and
avoiding stressful situations that will put them
at risk for relapse.
Recognizing their early symptoms which signal
their relapse.
Recognize the importance of early intervention
and develop an intervention plan for when
these early symptoms start.
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Family Therapy and Parent Counseling
Family therapy is a critical part of this program to help
the parents and family members stop enabling the
young adult and facilitate their independence. Family
therapy is also used to promote the young adults coping
skills, improve communications between family
members, resolve conflict, understand roles and set
appropriate boundaries.
Academic and Executive Skills Coaching for College or
Career
Many young adults have ended up living at home after
not coping with college due to mental illness or
executive skill deficits in skills such as organization and
planning, prioritizing, impulse control, emotional
regulation, shifting from one activity to another,
Initiating and completing tasks, self-monitoring, timemanagement and working memory which have resulted
in procrastination and the student becoming
overwhelmed and failing. The Initial assessment will
identify any executive skill deficits and executive skill
coaching is provided to teach the client strategies and
tools to compensate for the deficits identified. In
addition to general academic support and
encouragement coaches is focused on the client's day
to day challenges and includes topics such as:
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Life Skills Coaching
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Meal planning, grocery shopping, food
preparation, kitchen skills, household upkeep
and laundry.
Financial management, budgeting and
household shopping.
Personal safety, hygiene, sleeping and
organization.
Essential social skills and self-advocacy.
Relationship Skills / Young Adult Group
Participation in our young adult support group helps
the client develop more effective social skills in a safe
environment and helps the client to promote positive
relationships and identification with similar-aged peers.
Ongoing Monitoring
The client's frequent contact with members of the
treatment team allows the team monitor the progress
or changes and/or worsening in their symptoms as an
essential component of their treatment.
Developing a timeline which includes
assignment due dates, and dates for tests and
exams in order to successfully juggle college
demands.
Effective study habits, time management skills,
organization, and planning ahead to meet
deadlines.
Completing research papers and projects using
mind mapping software.
Applying for academic accommodations if the
client qualifies.
Job Search/ Job Maintenance Skills
In order to achieve more financial independence, the
client learns job seeking skills. The counselor facilitates
the client’s progress in applying and interviewing for a
job then maintaining his job.
The Woodlands Behavioral Health & Wellness Center| 111 Vision Park Blvd Suite 250 Shenandoah, TX 77389| www.addwoodlands.com| 281-528-4226