Therapeutic Program Overview

The center is located in Morganfield, Kentucky one hour from Evansville, Indiana and the Evansville International Airport. It is situated on several acres. The center houses youth from 12-18 years of age in a residential treatment facility that houses 80 resident-students (32 females and 48 males) for a duration of not less than 12 months and up to 24 months. The residents will be divided into units of up to 16 students, which will be called teams. The residents will be required to complete a five-phase intervention program that will include individual counseling, family therapy, and academic structure. As the resident successfully progresses, he or she will advance to the next phase and earn additional privileges. The focus of the center is to offer psychological intervention for the individual, family therapy, develop effective coping strategies, anger management, social skill development, life skills, and provide academic support at the on-campus private school. Journey’s Quest will service resident-students diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorders, Aspergers Disorder, Oppositional Defiance, Adoption issues, and other related psychological, behavioral and academic needs. Journey’s Quest will not accept adolescents who have severe psychological disorders, or who have been diagnosed with a conduct disorder, criminal sexual offense, or have been adjudicated by the courts, this will assure the safety of other residents and staff at the treatment facility.

The purpose of Journey’s Quest is to engage troubled teens with a strong therapeutic intervention based on first, a nurturing environment that does not utilize debasing or belittling tactics. Although therapeutically firm, the centers environment and approach to therapy is based on the innate worth of each resident. Second, the therapeutic approach utilizes a positive CBT, BT and DBT intervention curriculum that allows for appropriate confronting of the resident-student without debasing and an approach that teaches skills that lead to healthy self management and appropriate developmental skills. DBT also promotes the earlier concept of nurturing the individual while teaching the resident how to handle life in a positive proactive manner and avoid self-destructive behaviors such as self-abuse. Third, the center will utilize a positive peer culture that values feedback and therapeutic confronting from same age resident peers and adult clinicians. Fourth, the center promotes a balanced multi-disciplined intervention team that is chaired by the professional licensed clinician but includes the Milieu team manger (associate counselors), academic representative from the on campus school, recreational staff representative, addiction counselor, and clinical director. Each will serve as part of the strategy team for the resident, however the final say with regards to intervention strategies will rest with the primary clinician.

The resident will actively participate in a weekly l hour session with the primary therapist, an l hour realization group session with the primary therapist and a co-therapist of the opposite gender. Residents will engage in a weekly PSG (problem solving group) session with Milieu staff, and will be placed in weekly specialty groups (grief and loss, social skills, mens/womens issues, thinking errors, adoption, etc…) based on their specific needs. Residents will also have a bi-weekly one-hour session with parents to engage in parent child relationship issues. They likewise will meet each morning for kick off sessions and each night for windup sessions. Residents who meet substance abuse, dependencies and addictions issues will also meet weekly with the addiction counselors.