OUR PROGRAMMES · TEENAGE ADDICTION RECOVERY
Helping Teens Understand What Lies Behind Addiction
A recovery programme for teenagers aged 12 to 17 experiencing substance dependence, compulsive behaviours, behavioural disorders, digital addiction, pornography addiction, eating disorders or self-harm, with a focus on looking beyond the behaviour to understand the underlying difficulties that may be contributing to it.
Looking Beyond the Behaviour
Addiction and harmful behaviours can be complex. Shamar's approach recognises that the addictive behaviour itself may be part of a larger difficulty, including an attempt to cope with or self-medicate what a young person is experiencing.
Teenage Addiction Recovery therefore looks beyond the immediate behaviour. The programme adapts Shamar's addiction recovery framework for teenagers, providing support within an approach designed around the needs of young people.
Who Can Benefit From This Programme?
The programme is designed for teenagers aged 12 to 17 experiencing:
Substance Dependence
Teenagers experiencing difficulties related to substance dependence.
Compulsive Behaviours
Young people struggling with behaviours that have become difficult to control.
Pornography Addiction
Teenagers experiencing problematic or addictive pornography use.
Self-Harm
Young people struggling with self-harming behaviour.
Digital Addiction
Teenagers experiencing problematic or compulsive use of digital devices, gaming, social media or online activities.
Eating Disorders
Young people experiencing eating disorders or unhealthy patterns relating to food, eating or body image.
Behavioural Disorders
Teenagers experiencing ongoing behavioural difficulties that may be affecting their wellbeing, relationships or everyday life.
OUR APPROACH
Understanding the Person Behind the Behaviour
Shamar's addiction recovery philosophy looks beyond the addictive or harmful behaviour itself to consider what may be happening beneath it.
Look Beyond the Behaviour
Addiction is approached as more than simply the behaviour that can be seen on the surface.
Understand What's Driving It
Explore the possibility that addictive or harmful behaviours may be connected to broader difficulties in a teenager's life.
Address More Than the Addiction
The programme recognises that treating the addictive behaviour is only one part of the wider healing process.
Age-Appropriate Support
Shamar's addiction recovery framework is adapted in content and process specifically for teenagers.
Regular Support for the Recovery Journey
AGE
12 to 17 Years
SCHEDULE
Weekly
Tuesdays
SESSION TIME
17:30 to 19:00
GROUP REQUIREMENT
Minimum 6 Teenagers
Required for the programme to run
Addiction May Be Part of a Bigger Story
Shamar's approach is based on the understanding that addiction may be a symptom of a larger difficulty rather than the root problem itself.
For some people, addictive behaviour may become a way of attempting to cope or self-medicate. Focusing only on stopping the behaviour may therefore address only part of what is happening.
The Teenage Addiction Recovery programme uses this broader recovery philosophy in an approach adapted specifically for teenagers.
THE SHAMAR JOURNEY
Restore · Equip · Release
Restore
Look Beneath the Behaviour
Begin exploring the difficulties that may be contributing to addictive, compulsive or harmful behaviours.
Equip
Develop Greater Understanding
Build greater awareness of the behaviour and the wider challenges that may be influencing it.
Release
Move Towards a Healthier Future
Take what has been learned forward as part of the wider recovery journey.
Programme Details
PROGRAMME
Teenage Addiction Recovery
AGE
12 to 17 Years
SCHEDULE
Weekly on Tuesdays
SESSION TIME
17:30 to 19:00
SESSION FEE
R450
Per teenager, per session
GROUP REQUIREMENT
Minimum 6 Teenagers
Required for the programme to run
YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE
Concerned About Your Teen?
If your teenager is struggling with substance dependence, compulsive behaviours, behavioural disorders, digital addiction, pornography addiction, eating disorders or self-harm, speak to our team about the Teenage Addiction Recovery programme and whether it may be an appropriate next step.