We just pulled off what treatment centers couldn’t ✈️
Treatment could never -- the first ever in-person retreat for former troubled teens.
What Paris Hilton’s SICAA Bill 🏛️ Means for Troubled Teen Industry
We break down the implications of the newly passed Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, championed by Paris Hilton, and how its mandated federal study could change the landscape of youth treatment programs. Drawing on our own experiences and insights from working with over 40 clients this past year, we explore why the data on post-treatment success—or lack thereof—raises eyebrows.
It’s not magic, but it’s also Not Therapy 🔮
From "troubled teens" to thriving teams—whether you’ve tried therapy, treatment programs, or are just so over feeling stuck, this one’s for you. 💚 Read the Not Therapy success stories and see what’s been working for families like yours!
🚀 Troubled Teen Trailblazers Talk Transforming Treatment
Two former troubled teens' take on where residential treatment & wilderness programs can innovate
How to NOT get gooned...and save your parents $100k💰
Instead, invest that $100k into college, bitcoin, the Westminster dog show, or start a business!
The girl 💅 that NO ONE wants to talk about
Our take on Paris Hilton as two former troubled teen treatment survivors 💚 Our thoughts on mental health support, alternatives to therapy, and the importance of family emotional literacy.
The number one parenting red flag 🚩
And it has nothing to do with their kid...
Buckle up 🚗 for my biggest overshare to date
A recap of my 20's - Instagram vs. Reality 🌟 From troubled teen to transformational coach: my personal journey beyond traditional therapy
💔 relationship tips from a former troubled teen
Realizing how the lessons learned from relationships in my 20's have finally paid off! parents breathe sigh of relief
When going back to treatment isn't depressing ☀️🌴
Not Therapy was invited to visit a treatment program last week to give our feedback. These are our thoughts 💡
🚨ATTN PARENTS! Plz let us mess up more.
We get that you’re exhausted, and you have every right to feel scared that we’re going to slip back into old behaviors. **Spoiler alert:** we will.
"I hate all my kid's friends" 🙊
Or alternatively: “My kid has no friends.”
My parents have been there.
POV 👀 your treatment center is found liable for fraud
Mine and my peers' reactions when we learned our troubled teen residential treatment center has to pay $2.5m in punitive damages for fraud.
FINALLY. community built BY former troubled teens FOR former troubled teens.
We’re just a group of former troubled teens who want to improve their own mental health while helping other young people who’ve been in treatment do the same.
why we struggle to keep it casual 👀
So oversharing our childhood trauma *isn't* how we make friends in the real world?
BLOG POST TAKEOVER featuring current troubled teen💖
When a former troubled teen and a current troubled teen live together in an apartment together for 8 weeks. They might kill each other, or they might become better people for it 🥰
My kid still hates me for sending them to treatment 🤬
“I’ve said sorry like a million times, and they won't forgive me!!”
From a former troubled teen’s perspective, here’s how to start the healing process after treatment.
In our troubled teen VILLAIN ERA 😈
It's not just that we're so done with therapy after treatment...we're ready to enter our villain era.
🚨ICYMI…we finally said thank you to our parents
And it only took us 12 years to finally do it! Colin and I ran our first-ever online workshop for parents of teens and young adults, and it had one of the highest attendance rates ever for a workshop hosted by the Other Parents Like Me community!
So…I found my old home contract from treatment 🏠
Taking bets on how long I followed the rules until my parents' plan went completely out the window.