MCA Service Pathways

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Pathways Towards Personalized Care that is Just Right for You

To help you take the first step, we’ve created a series of service pathways: guides designed to help you identify the support you need, why it matters, and how to begin.

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1. Teen Therapy

Wondering if your teen could benefit from therapy?

Adolescence brings rapid emotional, social, and cognitive changes that can overwhelm even the most capable teens. Our teen therapy program helps young people build emotional regulation, confidence, and healthy relationships while offering parents insight and support to strengthen the whole family system.
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2. ASCEND Young Adult Intensive Outpatient Treatment and Support

Young Adults Feeling Stuck and Parents Feeling Helpless?

Ascend supports young adults whose emotional ups and downs, reactivity, or stuck patterns are disrupting their growth, relationships, and daily life. When things feel overwhelming, chaotic, or off-course, our structured, intensive program helps them stabilize, reconnect, and move forward—with clarity, purpose, and confidence.

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See If Ascend Is Right for You
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3. Group Therapy & Skill-Building

Ready to grow through shared experience and structured support?

Group therapy at MCA offers a space to build connections, practice emotional regulation, and explore personal growth alongside others. Whether through DBT skills groups, open-ended process groups, or creative art therapy, our programs help teens, young adults, and adults strengthen insight, reduce anxiety and shame, and develop lasting tools for change. [Learn more »]

Find a Group That Fits
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4. Trauma Therapy

Ready to heal from the past and reclaim your present?

Whether from childhood, acute events, or ongoing stress, trauma can create a legacy of pain, reactivity and disconnection. Trauma therapy at MCA supports individuals of all ages in recovering from trauma and processing difficult experiences that continue to shape how they think, feel, and relate. Through EMDR, relational, and body-based approaches, our clinicians help you safely separate the past from the present so you can move forward with clarity, confidence, and lasting change. [Learn more »]

Take the First Step Toward Healing
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5. Executive Function Coaching

Struggling to stay organized, motivated, or on track?

Executive function is the brain’s management system responsible for planning, organization, impulse control, and follow-through. Executive function coaching at MCA helps teens and young adults turn overwhelm into momentum. Whether challenges stem from ADHD, anxiety, or shifting routines, our coaches provide practical tools for planning, follow-through, and emotional regulation. With consistent support and accountability, clients build structure, reduce stress, and strengthen confidence in their ability to manage life’s demands.. [Learn more »]

Build Structure That Sticks
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6. Couples & Family Therapy

Feeling stuck in conflict or disconnected from the people who matter most?

Couples and family therapy at MCA help rebuild trust, strengthen communication, and create more connected relationships. Whether you’re navigating tension, transitions, or past hurt, our therapists guide you with care through systems-based approaches that bring clarity, healing and change. With the right support, even long-standing patterns can shift, and relationships can grow stronger. [Learn more »]

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