Lava Heights Academy is a Residential Treatment Center for troubled teens ages 12-18, offering comprehensive arts therapy programs covering all four arts modalities – music, drama, art and dance/movement. Our therapists and arts professionals work with teens who have psychological, emotional, behavioral, social, and other developmental challenges – reaching them in ways traditional talk therapy cannot. The arts provide a way for students to communicate and overcome complex feelings, fears and struggles when words alone are not enough. Experienced and caring therapists promote dialogue, between group members and address social skill development, as well as facilitate opportunities to enhance empathy, initiation, and cooperative play.