Mental Health Care Just for Teens
Worried About Your Teen?
If your teen is struggling, don’t wait. Early support can make all the difference.
Call us now at 832-376-5129 or fill out the form — a specialist from our team will reach out to schedule your free assessment.
Have hope, help is on the way!
Your Teen’s Mental Health Journey Starts Here!
Center for Teens is here to offer hope and healing to adolescents struggling with mental health challenges. Every one of our programs is rooted in evidence-based practices and delivered with compassion, skill, and our hope for a brighter future – for your teen, for all teens.
Have hope, help is on the way!
Evidence-Based Compassionate Behavioral Health Care
Center for Teens offers evidence-based treatment and support for adolescents and their families wherever they are on their journey toward improved mental health. From adolescents facing a serious mental health crisis, to those who want to learn and practice psychological skills for navigating expectable challenges, we offer programming to meet each teen’s unique needs.
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Adolescent Mental Health Programs and Therapy
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
Our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) allows teens to receive comprehensive mental health treatment during the day, and return home for evenings and weekends. This program is best suited for teens who need intensive treatment, but don’t require 24-hour supervision.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
CFT’s Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program (IOP) provides concentrated, group-based care that helps adolescents make accelerated treatment gains while they continue to attend school and engage with the important people in their lives. Teens in this program need a higher level of care than weekly individual therapy sessions, but less structure and support than an all-day or inpatient program.
Outpatient Therapy
Center for Teens offers traditional individual, family, and group counseling. Licensed therapists work with adolescents and their important adults to define treatment goals and implement plans tailored to address each client’s unique needs.
Mind Matters Program
Let us equip your child with the emotional resilience and tools they need to confidently face life’s challenges. In our six-week after-school Mind Matters Program, teenagers will learn and practice evidence-based psychological tools before they feel overwhelmed. For this reason, meeting twice a week, this group empowers teens with practical strategies for managing the inevitable stressors of adolescence. Thus, the Mind Matters Program prepares them to thrive both now and in the future.
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Mind Matters Program: Foundations for Mental Health
Let us equip your child with the emotional resilience and tools they need to confidently face life’s challenges. In our six-week after-school “Life Skills” groups, teenagers will learn and practice evidence-based psychological tools before they feel overwhelmed. For this reason, meeting twice a week, this group empowers teens with practical strategies for managing the inevitable stressors of adolescence. Thus, the Life Skills Groups prepares them to thrive both now and in the future.
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Emotions in Focus: A Guide for the Teenage Years
Introducing Emotions in Focus: A Guide for the Teenage Years, part of Center for Teens’ Mind Matters Program for Teens educational series. Adolescents in this engaging program meet with a trained therapist and a small group of their peers. Together, they learn and practice valuable skills for building self-esteem, cultivating happiness, and coping with expectable, yet difficult feelings like anxiety, sadness, and anger.
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The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis: We’re in this with you.
The adolescent mental health crisis is intensifying, with more teens experiencing severe issues like anxiety, depression, and self-harm at alarming rates. Pressures from academic performance, social media’s damaging effects on self-esteem, and increasing social isolation are all contributing to this surge. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called this an “urgent public health crisis,” stressing the immediate need for more accessible mental health services. Yet, due to a significant shortage of pediatric mental health professionals, many families face long delays in accessing care. At Center for Teens, we work to close this gap by providing both intensive treatment for teens in crisis and preventive care to help them build emotional resilience
Whether you’re a parent urgently seeking help for your child or a professional looking to refer a client, Center for Teens is committed to offering evidence-based, compassionate care tailored to meet the needs of adolescents at every stage of their mental health journey.
Mental Health Crisis Report
Mental Health Symptoms
A 2023 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlighted that more than 40% of high school students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness during the previous year. This percentage marks a continued increase from previous years, indicating that the mental health crisis among teens is ongoing and worsening.
Suicide Attempts
A 2023 report by The Trevor Project found that 45% of LGBTQ+ teens seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, with 14% attempting suicide. LGBTQ+ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide compared to their heterosexual peers, highlighting the severe mental health challenges faced by this group due to stigma, discrimination, and lack of support.
Suicide Rates
Data from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) shows that in Harris County, suicide was the second leading cause of death among adolescents aged 15-19 in 2021. The suicide rate among this age group has increased by nearly 40% over the past decade.
Mental Health Access
A 2023 survey by the Houston Behavioral Health and Suicide Prevention Task Force found that nearly 60% of adolescents in Houston who needed mental health care did not receive it. This is due to various barriers, including cost, stigma, and a shortage of mental health professionals in the area.