Trauma-Focused Mental Health & Substance Use Treatment for Teens
Helping Teens Find Their Roots Through Recovery
Long Beach’s Top Teen Mental Health & Substance Abuse Program
OUR PROGRAM
Our Whole-Person Approach
Our whole-person approach to treatment considers all factors that lead a young person to struggle with mental health and/or substance use, by uncovering what is underneath and treating the underlying causes of these issues, developing resilience and healthy habits, and providing them with the tools to identify and cope with issues on their own.
We help your child heal through evidence-based therapies, mindfulness and meditation, self-esteem and skills development, family therapy, experiential groups like drumming and art therapy, and movement-based therapies.
We also provide family therapy that is imperative for any young person’s healing, working with loved ones to better understand what is going on and how they can help support them for long-term health.
Whole Person
Approch
We treat the whole person, not just the symptoms.
Develop Resilience & Healthy Habits
We help our clients build healthy habits, gain confidence, and develop resilience.
Identify & Cope With Issues On Their Own
We work to identify key triggers and establish behaviors to overcome them.
OUR SCHEDULE
Monday-Friday
PHP, IOP & OP
Roots offers all outpatient levels of care — PHP, IOP and OP — depending on your child’s needs and schedule. Most teens will start out attending 5 days a week at PHP and then drop down to IOP.
OUR SCHEDULE
Monday - Friday
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Most teens will start out attending 5 days a week, and then drop down to 3 days a week.
Our Clinicians
Our team of clinicians is passionate about helping young people recover from behavioral health issues and develop resilience
Krista Small, ACSW
Primary Therapist
Krista Small is an associate clinical social worker (ASW) and came to Roots Through Recovery in 2023. Krista received her Masters in Social work from University of Washington in 2016. Since then she has worked for non-profits working with Youth who experience homelessness. During that time Krista was able to obtain knowledge in ACE’s and trauma informed care.
Krista continues to work with all her clients with this lense. Since moving back from Seattle, WA to her hometown in Southern California in 2019, Krista has committed herself to working with adolescents, young adults, adults, and their families to reach goals and achieve their highest level of self. Krista takes a client centered and solution focused approach which provides the client opportunity to gain autonomy in their own treatment and return back to their highest level of functioning. Solution focused therapy is provided with empathy and the highest positive regard in order to provide accountability to reach goals.
In her personal time Krista takes family walks with her dog, two children, and partner. She enjoys connecting with nature, listening to music, and creativity through sewing her children’s clothes from recycled materials.
Lori Way, AMFT
Primary Therapist
Bio coming soon
Milton Camejo, AMFT
Primary Therapist
Milton Camejo is a Veteran and Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. He attended Cal State Long Beach for his undergrad, and then studied at Cal State Dominguez Hills for Graduate school, where he received his Master’s Degree. Milton describes his approach as a therapist as leaning toward humanistic existentialism, which does sound scary but helps bring clarity to the experiences we have.
He has worked with Teens, Veterans, LGBTQIA+, Couples, and Poly-Unions. Milton has worked extensively with Trauma, Grief, Anxiety, Depression, Angst, and relationship communication. He loves the Dodgers (baseball), Motorcycles, and tons of other nerdy things. Milton says his superpower is ADHD, and if we lived in a fantasy world he’d be the Muscle Wizard (its like a SUPER buff Merlin).
INSURANCE
We Make It Easy
Roots Teen and Adolescent accepts most major insurance as an out-of-network provider. We are contracted with Health Net/MHN, Tricare West and Medi-Cal. We also offer competitive cash pay options for families who wish to pay out of pocket for their child’s treatment.
INSURANCE
We Make It Easy
Roots Teen and Adolescent accepts most major insurance as an out-of-network provider. We are contracted with Health Net/MHN, Tricare West and Medi-Cal. We also offer competitive cash pay options for families who wish to pay out of pocket for their child’s treatment.
AREAS WE WORK IN
What Do We Address?
We treat adolescents ages 12–18 who struggle with mental health challenges like depression and anxiety, as well as trauma-related issues and co-occurring substance use disorders. Additionally, we address social media and technology-related issues, self-esteem issues, and issues related to a lack of purpose.
Teen Depression
We engage with clients to understand the roots of their depression and provide long-term treatment plans.
Childhood Trauma
The impacts of childhood trauma often last into adulthood. Our program helps teens overcome trauma and build resilience.
Teen Substance Abuse
Our specially tailored teen substance abuse program is long beach’s top IOP program.
Social Media & Technology
We engage with clients to understand the roots of their depression and provide long-term treatment plans.
Dual Diagnosis / Co-Occurring
Teen substance abuse and mental health are closely correlated. We are equipped to help with mental health and substance abuse.
Teen Anxiety
Anxiety in teens is at an all-time high. Our program is specifically tailored to address anxiety symptoms in teens.
Admission Process
Streamlined And Straightforward
Our admissions team makes the process for being screened and enrolled into our program as streamlined and easy as possible. The key is to gather as much information as we can to make sure that we are a good fit for your child’s treatment, and they are a good fit for our program. There are just a few steps to doing this:
Initial Phone Call
Our admissions team will conduct a phone assessment to gather information to find out what is going on with your child, as well as collect insurance information.
Clinical decision
Our clinical team will make an admission decision based on the information gathered, and let you know if your child is accepted.
Schedule intake
We will find a date and time that works for you and your child to come in to start the enrollment process.
Treating the Whole Family
When any child is suffering, the family will often assign blame to themselves, questioning where they went wrong and what they could have done differently. Roots family therapy transforms this thinking from shame and blame to healing and support by developing the tools to create a healthy environment with strong communication so their child can thrive. Family trauma, such as divorce, domestic issues, grief, and loss can all disrupt the family system and bonds between family members, and while the young person is the “patient,” only through whole-family healing can the child heal.
Treating the Whole Family
When any child is suffering, the family will often assign blame to themselves, questioning where they went wrong and what they could have done differently. Roots family therapy transforms this thinking from shame and blame to healing and support, and developing the tools to create a healthy environment with strong communication so their child can thrive. Family trauma, such as divorce, domestic issues, grief and loss can all disrupt the family system and bonds between family members, and while the young person is the “patient”, only through whole-family healing can the child heal.
Building Connection
From a very early age, we are in search of our tribe – the place where we feel most connected and the most ourselves. This process comes easy to some who are able to develop strong, long-lasting connections with their peers and loved ones. For others, this is extremely challenging, and the isolation and lack of connection can lead to poor self-esteem and issues like depression or social anxiety or manifest into teen substance abuse disorders. Our goal is for young people to develop a sense of belonging within our community, understanding that they are not alone and that there are other people with shared interests to develop peer connections.
Connection to our family and loved ones are often broken or disrupted due to behavioral issues and family trauma, which is healed in family therapy so that these critical connections can be repaired.
Building Connection
From a very early age, we are in search of our tribe – the place where we feel most connected and the most ourselves. This process comes easy to some who are able to develop strong, long-lasting connections with their peers and loved ones. For others, this is extremely challenging, and the isolation and lack of connection can lead to poor self-esteem and issues like depression or social anxiety, or manifest in substance use disorders. Our goal is for young people to develop a sense of belonging within our community, understanding that they are not alone and that there are other people with shared interests to develop peer connections.
Connection to our family and loved ones are often broken or disrupted due to behavioral issues and family trauma, which is healed in family therapy so that these critical connections can be repaired.
Developing Resilience
We believe it is not enough to identify trauma if a young person doesn’t have the skills to deal with trauma or challenges as they arise in their life. Resilience is a critical trait that can only be developed by acquiring the skills to recover quickly when challenges arise.
Developing Resilience
We believe it is not enough to identify trauma if a young person doesn’t have the skills to deal with trauma or challenges as they arise in their life. Resilience is a critical trait that can only be developed by acquiring the skills to recover quickly when challenges arise.
Addressing Social Media & Technology
Teen depression and anxiety are at an all-time high. It is not a coincidence that young people spend an inordinate amount of time on devices, taking in unrealistic portrayals of life and a bombardment of information related to global tragedies and negativity. Technology has taken the place of human interaction and broken down interpersonal connections that are vital to our development. It is only when young people can step away from these influences that they are able to truly be introspective and start to repair their connections with others.
Addressing Social Media & Technology
Teen depression and anxiety is at an all-time high. It is not a coincidence that young people spend an inordinate amount of time on devices, taking in unrealistic portrayals of life and a bombardment of information related to global tragedies and negativity. Technology has taken the place of human interaction and broken down interpersonal connections that are vital to our development. It is only when young people can step away from these influences that they are able to truly be introspective and start to repair their connections with others.
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