Yes We Can Youth Clinics

For various reasons, young adults can become completely stuck in their lives. If other treatments or support have had little to no effect, Yes We Can Youth Clinics seeks to be the turning point. Every year, they treat more than 1.000 young people in their national and international clinics, from 13 to 25 years, with mental health issues, addictions and behavioural problems. The treatment programme consists of a 10-week residential treatment programme followed by a 10-week digital aftercare programme. Since the start in 2011, unconditional warmth, safety and confrontation at the right time are pivotal. Together with other young people (called “fellows”) from all around the world, they will learn to recognise and acknowledge their problems, ask for help and speak out. In parallel with the child’s treatment, parents/carers will participate in an intensive family coaching and counselling programme. During the treatment, over 500 highly specialised healthcare professionals work hard to help the fellows and their families turn hopelessness into happiness.Safe atmosphere where unconditional warmth and creating recognition are pivotalAt Yes We Can Youth Clinics, unconditional warmth, safety, and confrontation at the right time are pivotal. Many young people at the clinic face the same problems, such as depression, trauma, and substance use. Problems that many of their colleagues have overcome themselves. This creates a lot of recognition between fellows and employees. The group dynamics create the will and the strength for the fellows to really change.Specialised healthcare professionals who are present 24/7Yes We Can Youth Clinics works with multidisciplinary teams to make sure fellows are never alone in the clinic. Psychiatrists and registered clinical psychologists collaborate with expert-by-experience counsellors, youth coaches, a medical staff, psychologists, family therapists, youth/educational workers, socio-psychiatric nurses, educationalists, systemic therapists, nurses and youth coaches to support and supervise the treatment process. A personal case manager and therapist will guide the fellows and their families through the process from start to finish. In total, more than 500 professionals work for and with the fellows, and the youth coaches are present 24/7.All-English intensive residential treatment programmeYes We Can Youth Clinics offers an intensive 24/7 residential treatment programme of 10 weeks, followed by a 10-week aftercare programme, that teenagers and adolescents participate in together with other fellows. They learn to recognise together that they have problems, ask for help, and tackle them. There is also an intensive family programme for parents and carers. The treatment of Yes We Can Youth Clinics is successful for many of the fellows they treat. 74% of their fellows no longer need specialist care after Yes We Can.