Wheeler saved my son’s life. We are beyond grateful.
Anne Marie and her family were frantic after the discovery of her teen son Danny’s attempted suicide. She engaged Wheeler’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Services program as a first step to assess the situation and connect with resources to treat her son’s depression. This incident marked the start of a year-long journey toward hope and healing.
Shortly afterward, Danny entered Wheeler’s Extended Day Treatment program, which helps youth and families establish more positive ways of interacting and provides an opportunity for youth to remain at home in the community, significantly reducing the potential for hospitalizations or out-of-home placements. The program provides group, individual, family and multi-family therapy, psychiatric evaluation and medicine management in a structured therapeutic setting.
Four months later, Danny successfully completed the Extended Day program. He transitioned to Wheeler’s Children’s Outpatient Program (COP) where he continued to thrive in a one-on-one therapeutic setting. Wheeler’s COP services address behavioral health challenges related to childhood and adolescence. Clinicians deliver gender-specific, trauma-informed and a person-centered approach to care through individual and family therapy, targeted group therapy, medication management and integrated care coordination based on the needs of the child.
“My son’s therapist made us feel like Danny was the only one in the program,” said Anne Marie. “She also guided me to be the best mother I could be.”
“This is a family that really wanted to do the work,” said Jordan Cyr, MS, clinician, Wheeler Children’s Outpatient Services. “Their progress is a huge testament to how individual growth significantly affects family growth on so many levels.”
Danny looks forward to the future. He’s working toward his driver’s license and talks about plans for college where he’ll pursue a career in photography.
“My husband and I are so happy when we hear our son talk about the future,” said Anne Marie.“Wheeler saved my son’s life. We are beyond grateful.”
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