Mental Health and Dual Diagnosis Treatment Centers for Teens and Families
Center for Families, a valued member of the Newport Healthcare family of programs, provides guidance, awareness, and education for families in local communities around mental health and substance use struggles. We lead teens and families to sustainable healing through a continuum of care that includes our Therapeutic Day Program/PHP, Intensive Outpatient Program, and Outpatient services.
Each of our treatment programs, located in Malvern and West Chester PA, encompasses evidence-based and solutions-focused components. Through support groups, clinical therapy, and psychoeducation, we involve the entire family in the healing journey—creating connection, cultivating compassion, igniting hope, and generating lasting change.
For Parents
Parent engagement in treatment is the single highest positive outcome indicator. As a teen goes through one of CFF’s programs, parent involvement strengthens the family dynamic and creates mutual empathy—restoring trust and communication. When a teen completes the program, the family takes away a roadmap for continued positive movement, along with the tools that have yielded industry-leading treatment outcomes.
Foundations for Parents
This peer-facilitated psychoeducation program is led by parents who have experience with challenges in both mental health and substance use.
- Learn about substance use and recovery from a parent’s perspective.
- Emphasis is on exploring solutions within the safety of a supportive group.
- Explore the parent’s role in supporting healing and wellness, from crisis to recovery.
Build an increased understanding of negative coping skills, such as substance use, as a manifestation of underlying mental health issues.
Serenity Support Group
This support group is for parents of children with mental health and emotional/behavioral issues.
- Focus is on mutual support through sharing personal experiences and solutions.
- Emphasis is on exploring solutions within the safety of a supportive group.
- Explore family healing and wellness from crisis to recovery.
Foster a strong sense of connection, community, and hope.
For Teens
At Center for Families, we provide teens with the guidance, support, and education they need to have a meaningful and joyful life. Attendance in our various groups, led by licensed clinicians, helps teens build strong relationships, learn and practice healthy coping skills, grow their personal self-worth, and reestablish trust and connection with themselves and their loved ones.
Recovery from mental health struggles and/or substance abuse is not easy, and no one should do it alone. Our clinical groups help teens identify and understand their underlying issues, and learn how to cope with stressful emotions as they arise, instead of turning toward destructive behaviors. This is where true healing begins.
Substance Use Awareness Group
Teens learn skills and self-awareness to support healthy decision-making.
- Guides teens toward awareness and insight into their own behavior
- Allows teens to explore decision-making processes and learn healthy coping skills, in a supportive environment
- Holds teens accountable for their actions by using random drug screens and creating collaborative consequences.
Explore decision-making processes while learning healthy coping skills.
Life Skills Group
Teens experience a supportive healing environment designed to address the emotional and behavioral struggles they face on a daily basis.
- Teens learn to relate better to their peers, gain confidence and self-esteem, and practice techniques for coping with stressful situations.
- Teens explore personal triggers, focus on solutions, and develop a positive outlook on life.
Learn to relate better to peers, and gain confidence and self-esteem.
For Parents & Teens
At our Center for Families locations, parents and teens participate in clinical modalities, such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, tailored to the challenges presented by mental health and co-occurring disorders. In addition, our philosophy of care recognizes that in order to successfully heal and maintain recovery, parents and teens need a shared set of tools for effective communication, trusting connection, and compassionate listening.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Group
Guided by expert facilitators, both parents and teens utilize this modality to address emotional regulation and self-harming issues.
- Clinician-facilitated groups
- Mindfulness and stress tolerance
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Emotional-regulation tools
Develop an increased tolerance of stress and new coping skills for emotional regulation.
We set out to build Newport Healthcare as a comprehensive alternative to traditional teen and young adult rehabilitation. We know that effective mental healthcare must be grounded in evidence-based treatment practices, and therefore we employ therapeutic modalities that have been scientifically validated and accepted as best practice. As the industry leader in teen dual diagnosis treatment, we are committed to providing individualized care informed by data, which makes us better every day for our clients and has established Newport Healthcare as a pioneer in addressing the current mental health crisis.
—Joe Procopio
CEO of Newport Healthcare and Center for Families
What distinguishes Center for Families from other teen dual diagnosis treatment centers near me?
We do more than simply manage symptoms—we get to the bottom of what teens and families are experiencing and address those underlying issues. Our comprehensive treatment takes into account all aspects of a teen’s well-being. For example, our on-staff nutritionist conducts “Lunch and Learn” sessions focused on the impact of our daily food choices on mood, energy levels, and overall wellness. Tools and practices that support teens are seamlessly incorporated into the daily schedule in ways that allow them to learn by doing and experiencing, not just talking and thinking. Moreover, our Partial Hospitalization Program encompasses a Therapeutic Day School, to ensure that teens in treatment with us continue to make progress academically.
After spending time in family therapy at Center for Families, I was finally able to talk to my daughter again.
—Robert, CFF parent
Our Facilities
Amidst the meadows and rolling hillsides of the Pennsylvania countryside, the Malvern Center for Families facilities in West Chester and Malvern provide peaceful refuges where parents and teens can find healing and hope. Close to Philadelphia, but a world away from the hustle and bustle of the city, these Chester County towns are both convenient stops on the SEPTA lines.
CFF’s tranquil locations and home-like facilities are a key part of our specialized adolescent dual diagnosis treatment—and have contributed to making Center for Families one of the top mental health treatment centers in PA.
