BasePoint Academy Teen Mental Health Treatment and Counseling Forney

BasePoint Academy is a mental health counseling, therapy and treatment service facility specifically for teens and adolescents ages 11-18 struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues. They’re located in Forney, Texas, just east of Dallas past Mesquite. It’s one of three BasePoint Academy locations in the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth area. They provide partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) programs.

BasePoint Academy offers a full array of services to accommodate your young person’s addiction crisis including no cost assessments and a full time onsite physician. They also offer transportation to and from their location for your convenience.

Many different insurance providers are accepted and there are self-pay methods available.

BasePoint focuses on treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse and suicidal ideation. They also work with kids who have a dual diagnosis, for instance, trauma related anxiety and substance abuse. The treatment process is evidence and science based, centered on the concept of resiliency.

BasePoint asserts that teens and adolescents exposed to trauma, who develop maladaptive coping behaviors like drug use, are more resilient or mentally elastic due to their youth. They’re better able to absorb new, healthier coping mechanisms than adults. BasePoint harnesses this elasticity and natural aspect of youth in their treatment approach.

In my opinion, a major plus when weighing this treatment facility against others are the many different forms of therapy that BasePoint Academy offers. These can include activity based, dialectical (DBT), whole family group therapy, psychopharmacology, or medicine supported therapy, psychodynamic, trust based, cognitive (CBT), psychotherapy, and play therapy.

In addition to therapy, they also feature free assessments, a crisis hotline, amenities, and medication management so they don’t become too dependent on their prescriptions.

With this many different forms of treatment available, this facility seems able to shift gears to a different or more effective method of treatment if necessary and to facilitate a high chance of success as a result.