Additional Info

Financial Aid Available : No

Insurance Accepted : Yes

SEVIS approved and accepts foreign students : Yes

Program Description : Solstice West is a clinically sophisticated residential treatment center for female and assigned female at birth students between the ages of 14 and 18 and utilizes a combination of cognitive-behavioral, family systems, and experiential therapies. Solstice West specializes in trauma, attachment, and loss. Our secondary clinical focus is on addictions, including process addictions and substance abuse. Our relationship-based approach emphasizes high levels of family intervention, emotional safety, healthy boundaries, and a phase program based on the archetypal Hero’s Journey, creating an environment conducive to healing from trauma of all varieties (i.e. loss, abuse, PTSD, bullying, and other traumatic experiences). Our phase system is designed to assist students and their families in internalizing the change process.

Solstice West is a 44-bed facility, located in Layton UT. Solstice West is licensed through the State of Utah Department of Human Services. The school is accredited by AdvancED, allowing school credit to transfer to any school or college in the country. Academic classes (provided on campus) are taught in a conventional classroom setting by certified secondary education and special education teachers. Our school is certified by SEVIS through the US Department of Homeland Security, allowing us to accept international students.

Each week our students receive 2.5 hours of individual/family therapy and another 10 hours or group therapy and experiential interventions (including Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Therapy (TF-EAP), DBT, and other specialty groups), all guided by multidisciplinary treatment team made up of our Master’s and Ph.D.-level therapists; psychiatrists; nursing; academic, and residential staff; and the student’s parent(s). Common focuses for the students include:

• Trauma and Loss • Depression • Anxiety • Addiction and Substance Abuse • Eating Disorders • Self-Harm • Suicidal Ideation • ADD/ADHD • Adoption and Attachment Issues • Family Conflict • Academic Problems • Processing Difficulties• Social Anxieties • Emotional Distress

Solstice West also emphasizes physical fitness and adventure-based therapy, with daily workouts and weekly off-campus activities.

Average Length of Stay : 9 - 12 months

College Prep Available : Yes

For Profit or Nonprofit : For Profit

Gender Type : Female only (as assigned at birth)

Age Range Served : 14 - 18

Chief Executive Officer : Jane Peterson

Student Profile : ADD/ADHD, Adoption/Attachment Issues, Anxiety, ASD, Depression, Divorce Issues, Eating Disorder, Failure to Launch, Grief, Learning Disability, Low Self-Esteem, OCD, Self-Harm/Cutting, Substance Abuse, Trauma

Accredited Academic Grade Levels : 9th - 12th

National Accreditation Body : Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

State Licensing Agency : State of Utah Department of Human Services Office of Licensing