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Girls Residential Treatment in Fresno
Our Makena program serves adolescent girls who require a higher level of care than outpatient services can provide, offering 24/7 clinical support in a calm, home-like setting. The Makena campus is intentionally set apart from busy roads and urban noise, creating an atmosphere that feels grounded and unrushed. Teens move through their days in a rhythm shaped by nature—walking between spaces, engaging in outdoor activities, and returning to quiet, home-like residences each evening. This physical calm supports nervous system regulation and allows therapeutic work to go deeper. Care is trauma-informed, individualized, and designed to help teens stabilize, build skills, and return home with greater capacity for long-term progress.
Our Makena program serves adolescent girls who require a higher level of care than outpatient services can provide, offering 24/7 clinical support in a calm, home-like setting. The Makena campus is intentionally set apart from busy roads and urban noise, creating an atmosphere that feels grounded and unrushed. Teens move through their days in a rhythm shaped by nature—walking between spaces, engaging in outdoor activities, and returning to quiet, home-like residences each evening. This physical calm supports nervous system regulation and allows therapeutic work to go deeper. Care is trauma-informed, individualized, and designed to help teens stabilize, build skills, and return home with greater capacity for long-term progress.
Most teens stay at Muir Wood for 45–60 days, with some benefiting from up to 90 days of treatment. Care is delivered by a multidisciplinary team of highly credentialed clinicians. Programs are gender-separate to support safety and focus, while care remains individualized, inclusive, and affirming of each teen’s identity.
Throughout treatment, teens remain actively connected to their families through structured family therapy, while parents receive coaching, support, and ongoing collaboration with the care team—supporting continuity beyond discharge.
Daily life at Makena is designed to support healing beyond therapy sessions. Days include time outdoors, structured movement, and moments of reflection built into the schedule, while evenings unfold in quiet, home-like residences where teens can decompress and connect. This balance of structure and spaciousness helps teens feel grounded, supported, and more open to change.
That work is reinforced by a daily rhythm of care. Set in serene, nature-rich surroundings in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, teens spend their days engaged in therapy, academics, and structured outdoor activities that support regulation, resilience, and self-awareness. Evenings take place in home-like residences that allow space to decompress, reflect, and connect—so daily life itself becomes part of the therapeutic process.
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In serene, nature-rich settings like Makena, our campuses are intentionally designed to feel both expansive and safe—offering teens room to breathe, reflect, and reconnect. With 24/7 care, teens spend their days as part of a broader community—engaging in therapy, academics, and outdoor activities that strengthen resilience and self-awareness. At night, they return to home-like residences to process, decompress, and connect with others. This balance of community and intimacy creates a unique healing environment where every moment becomes a part of the recovery process.
Makena Campus at a Glance
The Makena campus is intentionally designed to support the clinical work of healing and stabilization. Located in Clovis and set among rolling hills and open land, the campus offers wide-open views, natural light, and a sense of physical openness that many teens have not experienced in months—or years. Quiet outdoor spaces, thoughtfully designed common areas, and room to move allow teens to step away from constant stimulation and reconnect with their bodies, emotions, and sense of self.
The setting is an active part of our clinical philosophy. Natural surroundings, access to daily outdoor movement, and calm, light-filled spaces support emotional regulation and focus—helping teens settle more quickly into treatment and engage more fully in therapeutic work.
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Meet Your Treatment Team
Care at the Makena campus is led by a dedicated team of licensed, highly credentialed clinicians who specialize in adolescent mental health and substance use treatment. The team works closely not only with each teen, but also with their family—recognizing that lasting progress depends on partnership, transparency, and shared understanding. Families are kept informed and involved throughout treatment, while teens benefit from clinicians who balance professional expertise with warmth and approachability.
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Dr. Ian Wolds
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Ella Jackson
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Rawly Glass
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Christie Dooley
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Kendra Y.
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Benefits of Teen Residential Treatment
Residential treatment offers teens the structure, safety, and clinical depth that outpatient care alone may not provide. In a 24/7 supported environment, teens can step away from daily stressors and focus fully on mental health stabilization, emotional regulation, and skill-building.
At Makena, residential care allows for consistent therapeutic engagement, close clinical monitoring, and meaningful peer connection. This immersive level of care supports deeper insight, healthier coping strategies, and lasting progress—while preparing teens and families for a successful transition home.
The Muir Wood Teen Difference
Our team partners closely with parents and caregivers from day one—clear updates, a personalized plan, and real-world tools you can use between sessions – so your loved one can move toward stability, well-being, and lasting wellness alongside peers facing similar challenges.
Some of our key differentiators include:
Specialists in Adolescent Care
Everything we do is built for teens ages 12–17, not adapted from adult models. Our team includes board-certified psychiatrists, highly trained therapists, nurses, educators, and recovery counselors who specialize exclusively in adolescent mental health and substance use treatment. Working as an integrated team, they deliver evidence-based, developmentally appropriate care tailored to each teen’s unique needs
Environments That Foster Connection and Growth
In serene, nature-rich settings like Makena, our campuses are intentionally designed to feel both expansive and safe—offering teens room to breathe, reflect, and reconnect. With 24/7 care, teens spend their days as part of a broader community—engaging in therapy, academics, and outdoor activities that strengthen resilience and self-awareness. At night, they return to home-like residences to process, decompress, and connect with others. This balance of community and intimacy creates a unique healing environment where every moment becomes a part of the recovery process.
Expertise in Primary Mental Health + Substance Use
With expertise in treating both primary mental health and co-occurring substance use challenges, our trauma-informed approach helps teens heal deeply and build lasting change. We focus on the whole person—addressing both emotional well-being and underlying behavioral patterns—to support lifelong healing.
Support for the Whole Family
Healing doesn’t happen in isolation—it happens together. At Muir Wood, families stay actively involved through therapy, education, and a 16-week aftercare coaching program that builds trust, communication, and stability long after treatment ends.
Accessible, High-Quality Care Covered by Insurance
Muir Wood is committed to removing financial barriers to care by partnering with most major insurance providers, ensuring families can access high-quality, evidence-based treatment when it matters most.
Educational Support that Restores Confidence
Through our WASC-accredited academic program, students continue their education with personalized support. Success in the classroom becomes a vital step in restoring confidence, structure, and a sense of possibility.
Continuum of Care
When residential treatment is complete, Muir Wood prioritizes a thoughtful, well-coordinated transition to the next level of care. For teens who live in the Clovis and greater Fresno area, this may include step-down support through our local IOP. For others, we collaborate closely with community providers, outpatient therapists, schools, and treatment partners to ensure continuity beyond residential care.
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Serving Fresno and the Central Valley
Our Makena campus for girls extends Muir Wood’s mission of compassionate, evidence-based care to families across the Central Valley. Designed exclusively for teenage girls, this program offers round-the-clock clinical support in a calm, restorative setting that feels safe and grounded. By bringing high-quality adolescent treatment to Fresno, we make it easier for families to find the help they need.
- Address: 12820 Auberry Rd, Clovis, CA 93619
- Phone: (559) 838-4447
- Levels of Care: Dual-Diagnosis