Cascade Academy

Cascade Academy is a 26 bed residential treatment center treating adolescent girls between the ages of 13 to 18 who suffer with severe anxiety, OCD and OCD related disorders. The treatment approach utilizes evidence-based treatment modalities: - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) - Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) - Motivational Interviewing (MI) Individual, family and group therapy along with individualized sequential exposures are a key component to treatment. A focus on a balance emotionally, socially, mentally and physically is at the core of their program. Daily exercise, meditation and mindfulness, yoga, nutrition and service are all essential components of their daily regimen. Cascade Academy is committed to successfully helping their girls discover their internal strength by doing hard things. Improving executive functioning and interpersonal skills, social regulation and conflict resolution, daily organic and purposeful exposures and specifically eliminating the avoidance or ritualized behaviors push the girls out of their comfort zone and into their growth zone. Excellent mentors provide around the clock care and are carefully trained to deliver reinforcement specific to anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment. Cascade Academy is licensed by the State of Utah.