What Services are Included in Oakwood’s TMP?

Oakwood’s Therapeutic Mentoring Program combines weekly therapeutic mentoring sessions with weekly individual therapy sessions, monthly family therapy, and ongoing parent coaching: a combination that we have found is highly effective. If your adolescent/young adult is struggling with substance use or abuse, drug screenings performed by Oakwood staff can also be incorporated into your family’s treatment plan.

Therapeutic Mentoring: Therapeutic mentoring itself differs from traditional individual therapy in that it provides life skills training by offering clients a broad range of day-to-day supports. Oakwood’s Therapeutic Mentoring Program (TMP) pairs each client with a mentor who, through one-on-one appointments and personal interactions, serves as a trusted guide to the adolescent or young adult. The emphasis in this mentoring relationship is on establishing and achieving goals and supporting positive life skills — including educational and vocational endeavors. In this vein, our therapeutic mentors support the clients directly in their daily environments, meeting the clients in settings such as their home, school, or sober living facility.

Individual Therapy: Individual therapy with one of our licensed therapists is focused on the adolescent/young adults’ experience and helps to identify their strengths and weaknesses related to effort and outcomes. Typical issues discussed include procrastination, lack of motivation, poor planning, and failed or delayed task implementation. Helping the teen or young adult begin to identify factors which influence them and lead to unsuccessful task implementation can assist them while working alongside their mentor.