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
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.
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 💡
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?
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.
Treatment made me forget how to talk to people.
Imagine you’re heading off to your freshman year of college. You have that excited-anxious feeling about living on your own, making new friends, wondering if people will like you, and taking college classes. Now imagine feeling that way, but you haven’t talked to your peers for the last two years.
When the latest Netflix doc calls your residential treatment center a cult 😱
Last Tuesday, The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping was released on Netflix. We were straight-up shook after watching it.