Spruce Mountain Inn

Spruce Mountain Inn helps young adults realize their vocation, educational, and independent living goals by addressing mental health conditions and providing personalized life skills training. Their residential and transitional living programs provide care for depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and additional co-occurring disorders. Through evidence-based and experiential therapies young adults (ages 18-28) break harmful habits and escape triggers in order to thrive in adulthood.
Spruce Mountain provides a variety of evidence-based therapies including family therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). They also incorporate group therapy,12-Step meetings, psychoeducation groups, and exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy.
Another aspect of Spruce Mountain’s treatment involves a career support program, in which clients are placed in a local internship and life skills training groups. Through this track, clients form career objects, gain relevant skills, and accumulate relevant job experience. Additionally, in order to promote independent living, clients can receive educational support. Spruce Mountain Inn’s career and education coordinator works with clients to online coursework or classes at a local university to further their education goals during treatment.
At Spruce Mountain, clients can enjoy a variety of experiential and expressive therapies with a focus on adventure, art, movement, and music outings. Some of their off-site activities involve local trips such as art and music events, museums, movies, thrift shopping, and beach days. Additionally, their adventure group will take hiking trips, go rock climbing, skiing, and canoeing. Their movement group provides organized sports and games such as volleyball, basketball, tennis, frisbee, and gym workouts.
On their expansive rural campus, the Spruce Mountain lodge offers shared or single rooms, a comfortable lounge area, a rec room, an art studio, and a TV room. Clients can enjoy chef-prepared meals, yoga classes, access to fitness equipment, access to musical instruments, and an outdoor dining area. During the 9 month stay, technology and social media use are moderated. Clients begin their program at The Inn and later transition to The Apartments (staffed, transitional living), then The Greatwood Lodge (unstaffed, transitional living). Treatment generally lasts 9 months on average and can accommodate 22 clients at a time. Spruce Mountain accepts self-pay for treatment costs.

Young Adults

1. Initial Assessment

A clinical team evaluates your history, needs, and goals to create a personalized plan.

2. Active Treatment

Evidence-based therapies including 1-on-1 Counseling and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, typically 30 days.

3. Progress & Recovery

Regular progress reviews, skill-building sessions, and adjustment of your treatment plan.

4. Aftercare Planning

Continued support, relapse prevention strategies, and connections to community resources for lasting recovery.

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