Youth Home Inc TRICARE East & West Residential Program for Children Ages 12-17 with Mental Illness

Additional Therapy Techniques

Residential Treatment
modes of therapy in youth home residential treatment including sand therapy

We use a number of therapy techniques to promote effective treatment and healing opportunities based on each child's individual needs, including



  • Sand Tray Techniques: used separately and in conjunction with EMDR. Useful to create a creative outlet for our clients to communicate their thoughts and feelings without words
  • Play Therapy Techniques: therapeutic games and interventions used in individual and family sessions to create safe and genuine engagement
  • Therapeutic Stories: used separately and in conjunction with EMDR. Used in individual and family sessions, allowing clients to subconsciously hear and work through their difficulties
  • DBT Techniques: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a combination of cognitive and behavioral therapy, useful in treating borderline personality disorder symptoms and eating disorders.
  • EFT Techniques: Emotional Freedom Technique is a treatment for anxiety, PTSD, and others. Tapping specific points of the body in a particular sequence.
  • ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a mindfulness-based therapy that encourages clients to embrace their thoughts and feelings rather than fighting or feeling guilty for them
  • Grounding: bringing a client’s focus as to what is happening physically, in their body or surrounding, rather than being trapped in their thoughts and anxiety
  • Mindfulness: being aware in the moment and intentional, accepting the client’s feelings, thoughts, and body sensations
  • Meditation: a technique encouraging a heightened state of awareness and focused attention
  • Movement/Somatic Experiences: especially used in family treatment, as a way to reinforce attachment. Physical activities that are used to create or reinforce a mind-body connection
  • Occupational Therapy: help people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities
  • Trauma-Focused Yoga: a trauma-informed yoga practice to increase body awareness in a safe and controlled way, to promote feelings of physical, emotional, and psychological safety


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