Day Treatment
Admission Services
The prevention programs focus on promoting protective factors—that is, the characteristics of a student’s environment that can support healthy and positive youth development.
These protective factors can be implemented at a student’s home, community, and school. During the day treatment program, clients will develop themselves through Art Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Prevention Education and many more.
Criteria
People can join our mental health day programs voluntarily. We accept referrals from mental health professionals, organizations, and you or your family. Our admissions counselors are happy to answer any questions about how we can help you or your loved one.
To be successful, clients must be fully involved in their recovery. This means committing to positive changes, such as taking prescribed medicine, attending individual and group therapy sessions, and practicing new skills and behaviors.
Adult Primary Criteria
To ensure the highest standard of care, adult clients must commit to a comprehensive and holistic treatment approach. We believe that recovery is a collaborative journey that requires active and sustained participation in all therapeutic activities. Prospective clients must meet the following primary criteria:​
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Age 18 or older: Our programs are specialized for adults who are ready to engage in a mature therapeutic environment focused on long-term wellness and independence.
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Commitment to Medication Management: Active participation includes a willingness to follow prescribed medication protocols and maintain an open dialogue with our medical team regarding recommended adjustments to support clinical progress.
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Diagnostic Alignment: Individuals should be diagnosed with one or more of the following conditions, where our holistic modalities have proven most effective in fostering recovery:
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Depressive disorders (depression)
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Bipolar disorder and other mood disorders
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Schizophrenia spectrum disorders and other psychotic disorders
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Borderline personality disorder and other disorders that can be treated using dialectical behavioral therapy
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Co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders that meet criteria for participation in our Dual Diagnosis program
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Anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, panic, and others)
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Integrated Treatment for Co-occurring Disorders: We recognize the complexity of mental health and welcome clients with co-occurring diagnoses (e.g., substance use, PTSD, ADHD) who are motivated to address these challenges within our supportive framework, provided they do not meet exclusionary criteria.
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Health and Safety Compliance: To maintain a safe community for all, clients must participate in preventative health measures, including providing proof of seasonal flu vaccination or receiving it upon admission as directed by the Holistic Elevation medical team.
Adult Exclusionary Criteria
Holistic Elevation is a voluntary, unlocked facility, and our clients must be willing and able to participate in group activities. Holistic Elevation does not accept applicants with one or more of the following diagnoses or presentations:
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Significant cognitive impairment (Alzheimer's, dementia, intellectual disability, organic disorder)
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Recent or ongoing violent behavior
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Primary autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or co-occurring ASD that would prevent full participation in treatment. Patients who benefit most from our treatment programs can navigate various social situations, engage meaningfully in groups, independently manage a varying schedule on an open campus, and complete activities of daily living (ADLs) with limited support.
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A primary substance use disorder or substance use requiring medical detoxification. If our admissions assessment determines that substance use disorder is the primary driver of current symptoms, clients may need to complete primary substance use treatment and achieve a period of sobriety before enrolling at Holistic Elevation for continued dual diagnosis care.
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Current or persistent suicidal or homicidal behavior requiring 24/7 supervision in a locked facility to prevent harm to self or others. Many individuals with recurring thoughts of suicide or suicidal ideation may be safely supported at Holistic Elevation.
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Recent or ongoing violent behavior
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A primary eating disorder or current eating disorder behaviors
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Primary diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Personality disorders not treated by one of our evidence-based modalities
Nicotine-Free Campus
Holistic Elevation is a 100% Nicotine-Free Campus. The Nicotine-Free Campus prohibits all smoking, vaping, and the use of all tobacco and nicotine products, except those approved for use in smoking cessation strategies. Clients who currently are using nicotine products at the time of admission are enrolled in the nicotine cessation program as part of their treatment. Clients receive support to quit using nicotine products, including peer support, education, and mindfulness groups; educational materials; support to obtain and use nicotine replacement products; and prescriptions for medications as indicated.
ExpressME Therapeutic Camp (Creative Arts)
Helps students with social-emotional developmental experiences in a super-fun therapeutic day camp setting.
The camp addresses all social challenges but is explicitly designed to help children with social cognitive deficits. ExpressME Camp aims to advance students' social competency while building self-esteem through social, physical, and creative activities with peers. 
Children STEAM Therapy Program
This is designed to help children between the ages of 6 to 12. Students will take part in interactive and expressive activities that stimulate their problem solving and peer interaction skills. The camp will focus on teaching self-love, boundary setting, respecting peers, and being tactfully assertive.
Suicide Prevention Program
Peer2Peer Leadership Program is an intensive one-year component which offers selected youth additional leadership training and development opportunities.
Youth are engaged in advanced training that cultivate the following skills and/or knowledge; peer bonding/empathy; conflict resolution and mediation skills building; suicide warning signs and resources, deescalating situations and bullying, as well as trauma awareness and coping strategies and advocacy for self and others. The best solution is Peers Helping Peers.
Students working together to record their masterpiece. "Video Production in Action"
​Intensive Trauma Program
This is a week-long camp designed to help youth between the ages of 13 to 19 to develop healthy relationships, cope with stressful situations, and create changed mindsets that help prevent the cycles of trauma.
Students participating in the program may have experienced trauma, academic failure, ongoing challenges, suicidal thoughts, behavioral challenges, feeling isolation, parental neglect, foster care teens, and other students facing life challenges.
Staff recording the Students and trying to make them laugh while the other staff stated "Action on the set." The moment staff becomes the students. Lol