I provide help for adolescents who may already have a serious problem with chemicals or may just be starting to experiment.  

I help adolescents break free from addictions.  I know that adolescence is an extremely difficult period, a time when teenagers often experiment with a variety of things.  This experimentation can turn into far more serious problems. 

I work with the parents*, the teen’s teacher, and others that can offer insight into the child’s background and personality, to target the teen’s destructive behaviors. A treatment plan is developed very thoroughly. It provides clear-cut goals and objectives to the family, the teen, and all others involved in the teen's recovery.

I have had the pleasure of leading countless young people to a more rewarding path. The kids I work with have difficulty with a variety of issues. Many of them display negative attitudes, are apathetic, impulsive, ungovernable, irresponsible, have poor self-esteem, and lack accountability. I enjoy being a part of their growth through recovery, watching as they learn to talk things out, rather than act them out. The metamorphosis as they learn about responsibility, integrity, self-respect, self-discovery, and working as a team is a beautiful thing to see. Helping these kids find their true path and bringing forward the wonderful traits all of them possess is very rewarding.

At CCS, Inc. I also have skilled staff that can work with specific diagnosis such as ADD/ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Depression, Conduct Disorder, Bi-Polar, Attachment Disorder, Anxiety/Panic, and Social Phobias. 

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In an effort to develop the necessary understanding and acceptance of where you are, as a parent,

it is extremely important that you maintain an open mind while reviewing your child’s problem areas, as well as,

your own problems. Often the child’s success is directly impacted by the parent’s ability to make the needed changes.

It continues to be our observation and experience that parents who “work a program for themselves” literally double their child’s chances of success. This premise is based in parents achieving the following objectives;

A.) An honest appraisal of the problem areas of their child and themselves.

B.) A willingness to make the necessary changes.

C.)A willingness to work their own program.

“Working the program for yourself” is the means by which we can reach these objectives. Please keep in mind from the very start that your child is wanting and expecting you to not take his/her problem and this program seriously. Therefore it is imperative at this point that you send him/her a loud and clear message that there are going to be some changes. Certainly the most effective way to do this is not through promise and/or threats, but by demonstrating your sincerity through your behavior; meeting with the staff, a willingness to make changes, and the willingness to working “your program”. You can’t expect your child to take this program seriously if you don’t.

Thank you.

A book I encourage all my parents to read is "Beyond The Yellow Brick Road: Our Children and Drugs" By Bob Meehan with Stephen J. Meyer

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