Star View Adolescent Center

Star View Adolescent Center in Torrance, California, is an adolescent residential program providing therapeutic and rehabilitative services to clients ages 12-17 with a high level of needs. They specialize in treating those with trauma and severe emotional challenges, providing an integrative therapeutic program that eliminates the need for adolescents to be admitted to a hospital. Star View has the capacity to host 60 clients at one time and their residential facility features an onsite pool, basketball court, and tennis court. Their therapeutic approach incorporates an individualized and evidence-based approach, giving clients the best opportunity to succeed. Some of their therapies include aggression replacement training (ART) and the attachment, regulation, and competency (ARC) model. The ART approach is a psychoeducation program that helps adolescents control anger. The ARC model is used to address trauma and incorporates family involvement to help adolescents process their emotions with a trusted loved one. Star View Adolescent Center is accredited by the Joint Commission and has been operating since 1996.