Youth Mental Wellness
Research suggests one in five adolescents will suffer from a mental health disorder, such as depression, anxiety, substance use, or eating disorders. The goal of Tonka CARES is to build partnerships, increase education and awareness, and improve accessibility to resources surrounding mental wellness among youth in our community. Important mental health habits—including coping, resilience, and good judgment—help adolescents to achieve overall well-being and set the stage for positive mental health in adulthood.

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Treatment & Therapy
Becoming more aware of resources within the greater community can help you in navigating the path to wellness and recovery. Below you will find a short explanation for both types and levels of behavioral and chemical treatment programs. For more information on specific providers please visit our resource page.
Levels of treatment include:
- Inpatient Addiction Treatment–campus-based intensive care with separate lodging and programs for males and females
- Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab–treatment that meets four evenings a week, so you can live at home, attend school, or go to work
- Sober living–a welcoming, safe peer community with built-in addiction recovery support and resources; designed specifically for young adults ages 18-29
- Continuing Care–ongoing counseling to reinforce your healthy behaviors, relationships, and lifestyle
Types of Therapy:
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a treatment approach that emphasizes balancing behavioral change, problem-solving, and emotional regulation with validation, mindfulness, and acceptance.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of treatment that focuses on exploring patterns of thinking that lead to self-destructive actions and identifying the beliefs that direct these thoughts. Through CBT, people can learn to modify their patterns of thinking to improve coping.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) uses mindfulness and behavioral activation to increase psychological flexibility and the ability to engage in values-based, positive behaviors while experiencing difficult thoughts, emotions, or sensations.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Much of our stress and pain comes from being pulled away from the present moment. We are distracted with regrets about the past, worries about the future, and judgments about the present. Mindfulness is all about encouraging awareness of oneself in the present moment, without judgment.
Practicing mindfulness can help to improve our social and emotional well-being, and contribute to the ability to manage difficult or stressful situations.
Several activities exist to improve mindfulness, mindful breathing, body scans, meditation, and yoga, are just a few that can improve your daily awareness.
Mindfulness Resources
https://www.stopbreathethink.com/
Help Resources
Counseling Resources (Chemical &Behavioral Health)
Traverse Counseling
(952) 595-5967
Relate Counseling Center
Minnetonka Location
(952) 932-7277
Southlake Pediatrics
Mental Health Integration
http://www.southlakepediatrics.com/
(952) 401-8300
myHealth for Teens & Young Adults
Medical and Mental Health Care
Locations in Hopkins and Chaska
(952) 474-3251
Prairie Care
Healthy Emotions Program
Eden Prairie Location
(888)-9-prairie
Suicide Crisis
If you are feeling thoughts of self-harm, suicidal thoughts, or thoughts of harm to others call 911 immediately.
SAVE.org
Suicide Awareness, Voices of Education
TEXT “START” to 741741
Toll Free: (800) 273-TALK (8255)
24 Hour Crisis Line
Suicide Prevention Lifeline
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Toll Free: (800) 273-8255
Crisis Connection
https://www.canvashealth.org/crisis-support/crisis-connection/
(612) 379-6363
Hennepin County Crisis Intervention Center
http://www.hennepin.us/residents/emergencies/mental-health-emergencies
(612) 348-2233

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Judy Hanson
Project Coordinator
judy.hanson@minnetonkaschools.org
952-401-5056 (desk)