Adult Teen Challenge Life Renewal

Adult Teen Challenge (ATC) Life Renewal is a private, faith-based rehab that provides treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, and dual diagnosis in Brainerd and other locations throughout Minnesota. Their programs are gender-specific and age-specific for men, women, and adolescents.

ATC Life Renewal provides detoxification services, long-term residential treatment, inpatient care, and aftercare programs to individuals in need of recovery services.

Residential treatment at Adult Teen Challenge Life Renewal is a faith-based approach to overcoming addiction that also incorporates clinical and evidence-based treatments. Ambulatory detox services can be provided if needed prior to beginning the program. Once an individual is ready to work on the mental and emotional side of recovery, individual therapy, family therapy, life-skills classes, and 12-Step meetings begin.

ATC offers long-term residential recovery programs that stress the importance of spiritual development, connection to faith-based activities, character development, and creating a community of positive support and reinforcement. Through therapeutic work, life-skills development, and setting behavioral milestones, each participant begins to create a new life that reflects positive qualities. Group classes and faith-based programming are offered on a daily basis, along with clinical treatment for substance use disorder.

Once treatment is complete, aftercare support becomes a positive way to maintain sobriety and continue recovery. Before graduating from ATC’s program, time is spent creating an aftercare plan. This helps maintain a level of continued effort and routine once participants return home. Connection to outside mental health services, medical care, and support groups is commonly offered. In special cases, housing, educational needs, and vocational support may be incorporated into the aftercare plan.

Group therapy involves connecting in a group setting to discuss and work through mental, emotional, and physical issues. There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups and experiential therapy.