Who We Help
We offer residential and day treatment programs for adolescents and adults.
Client Story - Emma
"Skyland Trail is not like any other treatment program. It completely changed my life...
Emma found a healthy future through her work in treatment at Skyland Trail.
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For Families
Discover how Skyland Trail can help your loved one recover and your family heal.
Why Choose Skyland Trail?
Clients participate in structured therapeutic activities from 10AM to 4PM, Monday through Friday, engaging in a different group each hour. On evenings and weekends, clients participate in structured activities on campus and in the community, including trips to Atlanta museums, sporting events, and restaurants.
All clients participate in programs to strengthen mind and body. Clients receive nutrition and active living counseling, including daily structured exercise groups. An onsite primary care clinic collaborates with the clinical team on lab testing and specialized assessments, and clients with co-occurring medical problems like high blood pressure or diabetes receive onsite care.
Not a one-size-fits-all program, each client is matched with a dedicated primary counselor, staff psychiatrist, and peer support group based on diagnoses and symptoms.
Our evidence-based approach starts at admission with a comprehensive assessment. Based on the results, clients are assigned to a specialized treatment team and structured schedule.
We treat adults and adolescents with a primary psychiatric disorder, including bipolar illness, major depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder.
All of our residential communities are unlocked voluntary facilities surrounded by gardens. While in treatment, all residential clients live in a private bedroom with a private bathroom.
We help client families learn how to support their loved one’s progress in healthy and effective ways. We offer a weekly family support and education group at no cost. With permission from adult clients, we communicate openly with families about client progress. And our onsite family therapy program helps many families discover new ways to trust, communicate, respect, lean on, lift up and nurture one another.
Our multidisciplinary treatment team includes experts in everything from nutrition to vocational coaching. Integrated services include:
- Vocational Services
- Art & Music Therapy
- Horticultural Therapy
- Recreation Therapy
- Pastoral Counseling
- Nutrition Counseling
- Cognitive Training
- Certified Peer Counselors
Our clinical staff help clients work on re-establishing healthy sleep and meal schedules, self-care and hygiene, medication adherence, and healthy social and recreational activities. Residential activities help clients prepare for independence and life outside of treatment.
Our longer lengths of stay help clients reintegrate gradually and with support. Our continuum of care creates natural transitions to greater independence. Most clients admit to residential treatment, then step down to day treatment, then intensive outpatient as their symptoms and skills improve. Transitional housing, independence coaching, vocational services, and an alumni program continue to provide support as adult clients transition to independent living.
Why Choose Skyland Trail?
We treat adults and adolescents with a primary psychiatric disorder, including bipolar illness, major depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder.
Our evidence-based approach starts at admission with a comprehensive assessment. Based on the results, clients are assigned to a specialized treatment team and structured schedule.
Our multidisciplinary treatment team includes experts in everything from nutrition to vocational coaching. Integrated services include:
- Vocational Services
- Art & Music Therapy
- Horticultural Therapy
- Recreation Therapy
- Pastoral Counseling
- Nutrition Counseling
- Cognitive Training
- Certified Peer Counselors
All clients participate in programs to strengthen mind and body. Clients receive nutrition and active living counseling, including daily structured exercise groups. An onsite primary care clinic collaborates with the clinical team on lab testing and specialized assessments, and clients with co-occurring medical problems like high blood pressure or diabetes receive onsite care.
We help client families learn how to support their loved one’s progress in healthy and effective ways. We offer a weekly family support and education group at no cost. With permission from the client, we communicate openly with families about client progress. And our onsite family therapy program helps many families discover new ways to trust, communicate, respect, lean on, lift up and nurture one another.
Blog
How to Choose the Right Level of Psychiatric Treatment
Finding the right level of psychiatric treatment can make the difference between recovering and getting stuck in the cycle of your symptoms. There are many factors that will determine what kind of treatment is best for you. If you’re having a hard time with anxiety, but can still get yourself to go to work or…
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Get to know Abby Dickinson, LMSW, an adolescent primary counselor at Skyland Trail in Atlanta, Georgia, who treats teens ages 14 to 17.
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by Sheila O’Shea My first encounter with art therapy was at my one (and I hope only) stay in a mental hospital. I’ve told people since then that it should have been properly called “shut up and color time.” When I first arrived, I was given a page from a mandala coloring book and spent…
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