Wendy Pipentacos and Scott Somers watch trampoline acrobatics. Bring your wallet, a court order, or proof of insurance. Getting insurance companies to foot those kind of bills is getting harder and harder, says Dennis Noonan, lead therapist for Cottonwood's adolescent unit.
Patients are free to leave at any time.
Because of the cost, the center gets few juvenile court referrals unless the offender's parents have insurance that will pay for the treatment, says Noonan. In a year's time, Cottonwood will see about 250 kids, says Weber. As for gender, it's usually about even, boys to girls, though he's recently seeing more boys. It's a real problem, he says, for adolescents to admit they're powerless in the face of drugs. The center does that with something called the body wrap.