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Insight Teen Treatment Program On How Teens Can Establish A New Identity To Overcome Mental Health Issues

Dr. Trevor Small and Johnathon Guerino from the Insight teen treatment program discussed how teens can establish a new identity after suffering from mental health or substance abuse issues.

According to officials from the Insight Teen Treatment Progam, the teen mental health and substance abuse program at Insight Treatment in Santa Clarita works to help teens establish a new identity after they have struggled with issues brought on by various causes.

According to Dr. Small, teens may establish identities around destructive behaviors such as substance abuse, self-harm and more. Dr. Small noted that he often sees teens that lose their old identities, such as being an athlete, musician or an artist.

“Our identity becomes ‘how do I not feel’ versus ‘how do I fix the problems that are in my world,’” Dr. Small said.

Guerino told a story about a teen at the Insight teen treatment program who used to be a baseball player. Guerino said that this teen would say that, because he had found drugs, he stopped playing baseball.

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Guerino continued by saying that if you talked to this particular client further it was really about a loss of social connections related to baseball after he got hurt. This loss of connection motivated this teen to use drugs and develop a substance abuse disorder according to Guerino.

The officials from Insight believe that it is this loss of identity that can cause some teens to fall into unhealthy behaviors and establish more destructive identities.

One method to address this loss of identity at the Insight teen treatment program is to build community, officials said. According to Insight, their focus on building a community for teens suffering from mental health disorders and substance abuse issues helps to improve outcomes.

“So often a loss of community leads to an increase, as we know, of mental health symptoms and addiction,” Dr. Small said.

Insight’s teen treatment program uses their community and social structures to help teens build and establish new, healthy identities.


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Ed. Note: This article is a KHTS Community Spotlight for Insight Treatment Programs in Santa Clarita.

Insight Treatment Programs is an outpatient treatment program for teens and their families. The program treats teen mental health issues and teen substance abuse. Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, ADHD and more. Rehab services are also offered to help teens with drug and alcohol abuse issues. Insight Treatment Programs also offers academic services for teens who have had their school life affected by mental health and substance abuse issues.

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Santa Clarita, CA 91350
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