Private, personalized & intimate
Welcome to Avery’s House in Boise
We Accept Insurance
Clean, comfortable, and safe accommodations
A strong focus on family participation & support
Small-group setting guarantees personalized attention
Avery’s House is a residential treatment facility for adolescents struggling with behavioral and mental health issues. Our home promotes hope, healing, and new beginnings. Take a moment to explore our facility gallery and learn a bit more about our staff and programs.
Facility Highlights
A comfortable and modern living environment designed to feel like a home away from home.
- 👩🏻⚕️ Personalized Care and Attention: A maximum of 14 residents at any given time, 2 clients per room, ensures a high level of attention and care.
- ⏰ Round-the-Clock Support: Our dedicated staff provides 24-hour care, ensuring safety and support day and night.
- 🛌 Comfortable and Modern: All gender facility with separate living spaces to respect privacy and comfort.
- 🧘🏽 Comprehensive Wellness: Luxury leisure areas to relax and unwind.
- 🥕 Meals & Nutrition: Daily on-site breakfast and healthy catered lunches and dinners, customizable to all dietary preferences.
- Nightly structured community activities, including Park Night, Karaoke Night, Bake Night, Treat Night, and Game Night, to build camaraderie and social skills.
- Equine Therapy (Off Site) offering unique therapeutic experiences.
Staff Highlights
Discover the exceptional qualifications and compassionate approach of our staff, foundational to the transformative care we provide.
- 🎓 Educated & Empathetic: Master Level Therapists with extensive training, bringing personal experiences to enhance connection and understanding.
- 🔍 Comprehensive Caregivers: Offering case management, psych services with medication management, all underpinned by a trauma-informed approach.
- 💊 Sensitive Specialists: Experts in trauma care, providing empathetic and informed support tailored to each resident’s needs.
- 🍎 Wellness Advocates: Ensuring holistic health with access to dietary guidance as part of the overall wellness strategy.
Dusti Huddleston
Clinical Director
We Accept Insurance
We work with most major insurance providers to help minimize out-of-pocket costs. Let’s check to see if your provider will cover your teen’s treatment.
Program Highlights
Explore the core pillars of our program, designed to support and enrich the recovery journey of each adolescent in our care.
Duration
The program usually lasts about 6 to 8 weeks, but the exact length can vary based on the child’s unique case and our clinician’s professional recommendation.
Modalities
Our treatment includes personalized plans featuring Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) – proven to promote healing and personal growth.
Group Support
Our group therapy is rooted in trauma-informed care, fosters peer support and resilience, enhancing coping strategies within a supportive community.
Educational Advocacy
Avery’s House mandates participation in an educational track, tailored to each child’s needs, ensuring they stay aligned with or return to their academic path.
Case Management Services
This service helps manage the details, supports your family, and ensures your child has everything they need to recover and thrive – making sure everything works together smoothly.
Psychiatric Services with Medication Management
Our approach involves a thorough evaluation by a qualified psychiatrist, who works closely with each teen to tailor medication plans that meet their specific needs.
Stay involved in your child’s healing journey
Studies have consistently demonstrated that teens experience better recovery outcomes, reduced behavioral problems, and improved overall well-being when parents actively participate in their treatment process. The positive impact of parent participation is clear and compelling, making it an indispensable element of effective adolescent care.
- Weekly Visitation: You are invited to visit your child every Sunday for two hours.
- Family Therapy Sessions: Participate in weekly family therapy sessions alongside your child and their therapist.
- Parent Support Group: You’re required to join our weekly parent support group to gain essential tools for supporting your child.
- Weekly Phone Calls: Your child can sign up to call home three times a week on scheduled nights, keeping family connections strong during the program.
*Please note: This list serves as a preliminary guide only. The official and comprehensive packing list, along with other essential information, will be emailed to you directly. Ensure to refer to the official list for a complete understanding of what to bring to our program.
What to bring: Packing for comfort and care
As your teen prepares to join our residential treatment program, it’s important to ensure they have everything needed to make their stay comfortable and conducive to healing. Since they will be living on-site for the duration of their treatment, we recommend packing essential items that will help transform our center into a home away from home. Here’s a list of suggested items to bring along*:
- Identifying information (i.e. driver’s license, school ID)
- Insurance card (if applicable)
- Prescribed medications
- Clothing (one week’s worth)
- Appropriate sleepwear
- Workout attire
- Toiletries (that do not contain alcohol and are non-aerosol)
- Electric shaving razor
- Books
- Journal and writing utensil
- Photos of family members and/or friends
- School work, if needed
A typical day in the residential program
Here’s a glimpse of what a typical day looks like at Avery’s House, giving you an idea of the structured yet supportive environment our residential program offers to each teen. The daily schedule at Avery’s House is flexible and may be adjusted based on each teen’s individual needs and the recommendations of our clinicians, ensuring personalized care throughout their stay.
Admissions Process
Whether your child is beginning or continuing their recovery, getting into the Avery’s House Teen Program is a simple 3-step process that begins with one simple phone call or message.
1- The initial phone call
Tell us your teen’s story, explore treatment options, and discuss payment options.
2- Pre screening
Confirm treatment, insurance coverage, and details about what to expect.
3- Start Therapy
Arrive at Avery’s House, meet our staff and other participants, tour the facility, and get settled in.
Tamara Helfer
Medical Director
FAQ’s
- What type of therapy do you do? The therapeutic modalities that we use are Cognitive Behavioral therapy and Dialectal Behavioral Therapy.
- Do you offer trauma therapy? All our care is trauma informed care. We offer trauma therapy but will be dependent on the presentation of the client to do the trauma therapy.
- Are you co ed? We do take both male and female adolescents. They will have separate living spaces but will have therapeutic groups together. We focus on teaching adolescents how to cohabitate respectfully and in an appropriate manner.
- What do you do about school? We always try to work with the client’s current school first if it’s an option. A lot of kids that come to Avery’s house are struggling in school and need to get caught up. We also have kids that schools very important and they want to make sure to stay on track. We have set hours every day for schooling. We have staff that will sit with the kids and help them one on one with their schoolwork to make sure that they complete all necessary schoolwork each week.
- What does after leaving Avery’s House look like? Prior to discharge we will start planning aftercare with the client and family. We have options for Virtual and In person outpatient services.
- Who do I contact with billing questions? Upon admit, you will receive a financial agreement that outlines everything financially. The financial agreement will have both our Billing Director and Controllers phone numbers on it.
Cole Sewall
Program Manager