Every family is different, and so are your needs. No matter where you are on your journey, we’re here to help.
Thrive Programs
Each of our Thrive Programs provide consistent daily support and practice for making the changes your family needs, including:
Care Coordination
Intake and customized assessment
Individualized service plan for teen and family
Support service referrals as needed
Progress tracking via live check-ins, tele-appointments, and tech-based tracking
Care communication coordination for up to 2 additional service providers
Skill Building
One family session per week (therapist or peer mentor, depending on need)
Daily at-home work
Parent Support
One peer mentor session per week
Daily at-home work
Total Care Touchpoints
2 hours direct service per week
2 hours progress tracking and out of session practice, 4 days/week
Total: 10 hours of support per week
Thrive Programs List
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+ Family Tune-Up
When the “work” of a family—supporting each other—gets harder because of communication problems and unhelpful ways of relating, it’s time for a tune-up.
- Goal: improving family communication
- Emphasis: identifying family engagement patterns, practicing new skills
- Who would benefit: families with teens or young adults seeking greater harmony and effectiveness as a family
- Program: short-term, 3-month program
+ Family Owner’s Manual
Solving the problem of “why didn’t anyone ever teach us how families work?” Providing a custom-designed roadmap for what you need to run smoothly as a family, plus ways to get past difficulties, in one handy manual.
- Goal: identifying family patterns, conduct communication troubleshooting
- Emphasis: identifying family engagement patterns, custom-tailored interactive exercises for skill building
- Who would benefit: families with teens or young adults seeking greater harmony and effectiveness as a family
- Program: short-term, 3-month program
+ Family Dashboard
A custom-designed set of tools that work for every part of your family’s life. We call it “The Wall That Works”. Together, we design and install the tools on a centrally located wall in your home—like the kitchen or hallways—where family members gather for daily use, so you can practice when and where you really need it.
- Goal: family creates “The Wall That Works”
- Emphasis: identifying family engagement patterns, interactive exercises for skill building and troubleshooting, collaboration
- Who would benefit: families with teens or young adults needing a higher level of support around communication, conflict resolution, and alternative choice making.
- Program: short-term, 3-month program
+ Command Center
Missing homework, dropped deadlines, backpack and bedroom in chaos—when daily life gets to be too much to juggle, finding the tools to manage is a game-changer for a teen.
- Goal: executive functioning skills development
- Emphasis: assessing academic and executive functioning needs, executive functioning coaching, living skills support
- Who would benefit: teens or young adults struggling to manage the jobs of daily and academic life.
- Program: short-term, 4-month program
+ School Reboot
For students struggling at school, we unpack what’s going wrong and how to address it from every angle. Bringing new solutions, we provide the support and practice to create real change, daily.
- Goal: optimizing the school environment
- Emphasis: assessing academic and executive functioning needs, educational therapeutic interventions, school advocacy
- Who would benefit: teens or young adults struggling with their current learning environment from academic challenges, learning differences, social disconnection.
- Program: short-term, 4-month program
+ Launching to Life
Adulthood is a big step beyond the structured life of college. Job, home, friends, identity are all up for grabs. We provide the support to help young adults step confidently into this next phase.
- Goal: transitioning to life beyond the structured environment of college
- Emphasis: assessing academic and executive functioning needs, executive functioning coaching, living skills support; optional career development support available
- Who would benefit: college school students preparing to graduate
- Program: mid-term, 6-month program
+ College Launch
Getting ready to move from home is a big deal. A lot of teens simply don’t have the experience they need to manage academics and daily life successfully on their own. The stakes are high. We help teens learn to manage on their own, so they’ll succeed.
- Goal: preparing to succeed in college
- Emphasis: assessing academic and executive functioning needs, executive functioning coaching, living skills support; optional college application support available
- Who would benefit: high school students preparing for a college transition (freshman—juniors preferred)
- Program: mid-term, 6-month program
+ Finding My Tribe
The stresses of bay area teen life—high school pressure, easy access to devices, and more—make connecting to friends and keeping them harder all the time.
- Goal: building teen social support and connection with others
- Emphasis: assessing social skills needs, communication and social skills training
- Who would benefit: teens struggling to find their people
- Program: mid-term, 6-month program
+ Finding Me
For students exploring who they are, and the support needed to more fully express that process at home, school, and throughout daily life.
- Goal: supporting gender, learning differences, or racial identity issues
- Emphasis: assessing communication and social skills needs, developing self-advocacy skills
- Who would benefit: teens struggling to find their identity
- Program: mid-term, 6-month program
Learn more about how our Thrive Programs can help your family learn, heal and grow.
Grow Programs
Our Grow Programs provide a higher level of daily support and practice for more complex family situations, including:
Care Coordination
Services above plus daily mood and functioning tracking via live check-ins, tele-appointments, and tech-based tracking
Skill Building
2 sessions per week: 1 clinical, 1 peer mentor for teen
Daily at-home or on-campus work on non-session days, two hours/day
Parent Support
2 sessions per week: 1 clinical session, 1 peer mentor sessions
Daily at-home or on-campus work on non-session days, two hours/day (readings, workbook exercises, practice)
Total Care Touchpoints
4 hours direct service per week
12 hours progress tracking and out of session practice; 6 days a week
Total: 16 hours of care per week
Grow Programs List
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+ Learn to Launch
Our flagship program, Learn to Launch teaches teens to find their sense of motivation and purpose, understand their strengths, and build the practical tools to start reaching life goals now.
- Goal: engaging successfully at school, at home, and throughout daily life
- Emphasis: assessing academic and executive functioning needs, executive functioning coaching, living skills support, social skills support
- Who would benefit: middle and high school students experiencing significant and multiple areas of difficulty: school, friends, family, or life engagement.
- Program: longer term, 9-month program
+ IRL: In Real Life
In the age of “digital natives”, turning to devices for entertainment and diversion is a normal choice. But when devices become a place for connecting at the expense of real life activities and relationships, it’s time to make a change.
- Goal: aligning device choices with short- and long-term life goals
- Emphasis: assessing device use, sleep patterns, physical wellness; motivational coaching, social skills development
- Who would benefit: teens experiencing lack of choice or life impairment due to devices
- Program: mid-term, 6-month program
+ Peacemaker
When family conflict makes existing family issues even more complicated, it’s time to stop what’s happening and start fresh. We help parents step into action and implement significant changes for long-standing or seemingly intractable conflicts.
- Goal: dramatically reducing family conflict
- Emphasis: assessing family dynamics, conflict resolution training and communication skill building
- Who would benefit: families experiencing difficulty reaching agreements and providing consistent safety in the home
- Program: mid-term, 6-month program
Learn more about how our Grow Programs can help your family today.
Heal Programs
Our Heal Programs provide the highest level of daily support and practice for complex family situations, including:
Care Coordination
Intake and customized assessment
Individualized service plan for teen and family
Support service referrals as needed
Daily tracking via live check-ins, tele-appointments, and tech-based tracking
Care communication coordination among the entire team
Skill Building
4 sessions per week: 2 clinical, 2 peer mentor for teen
Daily at-home or on-campus work
Parent Support
One therapy session and two peer mentor sessions per week
Daily at-home or on-campus work
Placement service option available
Total Care Touchpoints
7 hours direct service per week
3 hours daily tracking and homework, 7 days a week
Total: 28 hours of care per week
Heal Programs List
+ Seeking Safety
Our most intensive support program, Samara’s crisis management program provides daily in-home support to ensure teens stay safe. This high touch approach ensures families have the urgent support they need to make quick decisions and manage the home environment effectively for the entire family.
- Goal: Safety and stability for the teen and family
- Emphasis: daily risk assessment and management, intensive daily interventions
- Who would benefit: teens struggling to stay safe and engaged in daily life at school and at home; parents struggling to manage effective care
- Program: short-term, 3-month program
Learn more about how our Heal Programs can help your family today.
Individual Consulting
Available on a case-by-case basis. Contact us for more information.