Clinical
Welcome to BlueRock Behavioral Health
BlueRock therapy is a unique experience that sets us apart from traditional outpatient or residential settings. Unlike typical clinical offices, our sessions often take place in engaging environments, such as while fishing, playing basketball, navigating a ropes course, or simply enjoying a sunset by our campus pond.
Our long-term goal for our residents is to achieve full reintegration into their family and community, with the skills and insight to continue a healthy and functional lifestyle into young adulthood. We achieve this goal through implementation of our program philosophy, and the five cornerstones of genuine change: responsibility, respect, family relationships, principled living and physical and emotional health.
We mark the therapeutic progression through the following indicators:
- Acknowledgement of their needs and responsibility for behavior leading to placement in residential care, which informs their master treatment plan
- Behavioral indications of work towards treatment goals
- Improvement of self-esteem, integrity and self-confidence
- Pro-social interaction with other clients and non-client members of the community will be encouraged and not prohibited
- Openness in examining thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to increase their sense of agency and involvement in their care
- Positive family and community interactions
- Ability to interrupt cycles and seek help when destructive or risky behavioral patterns begin
- Assertiveness and good communication skills
We are a relationship-based model, meaning that we believe trusting relationships drive change. We implement evidence-based treatment modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Collaborative Problem-Solving (CPS) and Neurofeedback.
The Three Pillars of our Clinical Approach
Trust
At BlueRock, we recognize that trust is the foundation of all therapeutic progress. Our relationship-based model prioritizes building strong, genuine connections between our staff and students.
Transformation
We believe in the power of transformation through evidencebased practices and experiential learning. Our clinical team utilizes proven modalities such as EMDR, TFCBT, and neurofeedback, tailored to each student’s unique needs.
Transition
Our ultimate goal is to prepare students for successful transitions back to their families and communities. We focus on teaching practical life skills, problemsolving techniques, and emotional regulation strategies that students can apply in real-world settings.
The Emphasis is threefold:
- Gaining a young person’s consent to address trauma or adverse experiences
- Validating challenges while supporting their sense of agency and responsibility in treatment
- Nurturing positive relationships and highlight their growth achieved by providing positive experiences, creating healthy and supportive relationships, and teaching skills
Relationships are foundational to living a fulfilling life. For those who have endured trauma and loss, healthy relationships are an integral part of the healing process. BlueRock is focused on healing relational trauma through our trauma-informed clinical approach, social environment, and therapeutic outdoorsy setting.
