Transition Group

When teenagers return home from residential placement, Groupworks West is there to ease the transition.  Our outpatient program is designed to support teens that are stepping down from the intensive structure and supervision of residential facilities.

We offer group therapy for adolescents who are re-entering the home and a regular school setting.  Facilitators use a cognitive-behavioral model that provides members with proven strategies to cope with powerful emotions, life stressors, and peer pressure.

 Group members will learn to:

- Recognize triggers for self-destructive thoughts and behavior

- Develop problem-solving strategies for controlling self-destructive thoughts and behavior

- Ask for support in order to prevent hospitalization and/or return to residential placement

- Develop appropriate communication and assertiveness

- Develop affect-regulation and conflict-resolution

- Develop emotional and interpersonal awareness

We also offer a parallel parent support group to assist parents in developing the behavioral and psychological skills required to make the teen’s transition home successful.  

Parent Groups focus on:

- How to create an optimal home environment for a successful transition

- How to craft a behavior plan to assist in maintaining structure and clear expectations

- How to talk through issues in order to build a strong parent-child relationship

- How to create measurable goals

- How to minimize and regulate conflict

Our Transition Program also offers family, couples and individual therapy.