Our Mission
To elevate and celebrate the practices of Central Oregon Therapeutic Programs through collaboration, education and mutual support.
About Us
In the spirit of collaboration, we’ve joined together as Central Oregon Program Alliance: innovative therapeutic programs and schools helping adolescents and young adults. Each offers help for young people and their families who struggle with emotional, behavioral and/or learning differences. We created this alliance in 2012, in an effort to collectively grow and improve.
Thank you for visiting our page, if interested in visiting one of our programs, contact them directly.

River Bend Recovery Transitional Living for women
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River Bend Recovery provides structured transitional living for women recovering from addiction and co-occurring disorders in Bend, Oregon. The program emphasizes community and sisterhood as a means to develop connections that will strengthen each individual’s foundation in recovery.
Located on the Deschutes River, River Bend’s beautiful six-bed home provides residents a comfortable, nurturing and safe space as a foundation from which they will build their recovery. River Bend’s census is small by design to allow for a more personalized approach to aftercare. Visit Website
Cascade Crest:
Transitional Living, 18-23.
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Cascade Crest Transitions is a program designed specifically to work and empower young adults with the average length of stay between 9-12 months. . Our students are ages 18-23, who are struggling in their launch to become healthy, independent adults. A typical profile of our students’ challenges might be: difficulty sustaining healthy relationships, problematic mood and anxiety-related issues, mild learning disorders, and drug/alcohol use. We offer a setting in which students develop healthy, independent-living skills, while receiving support and supervision from our licensed therapists, academic advisers, and independent living staff. The Cascade Crest team utilizes Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), EMDR, and motivational interviewing with our students. Visit Website
Pacific Quest:
Residential Treatment, 13-25
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Residential Treatment for youth ages 13-25. Focus on Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Neurodiversity, Gender Identity and Internalized Distress. For over 20 years, PQ has been providing an evidence based approach to primary mental health treatment through the natural beauty of our oceanfront organic gardens on the Big Island of Hawaii. Visit Website
Skyline Recovery:
Transitional living program, 18-32.
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Skyline Recovery is located in scenic Bend, Oregon. Our mission is to set young people onto a path of recovery from substances, trauma, and life difficulties. We specialize in Extended Care or Transitional Treatment for Addiction and Co-Occurring Disorders for men and male identified young adults, ages 18-32.
We pair innovative clinical work with comprehensive life skills for an experiential recovery program. We work closely with each of our clients to set goals for transitioning back into school, work, and ultimately living an authentic life.
Skyline clients have previously participated in a version of primary treatment or wilderness therapy program prior to working with our team, and have a minimum of 30 days of sobriety.
Embark Behavioral Health: short-term residential treatment center.
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Embark Behavioral Health is a residential treatment center in Bend, Oregon. We provide inpatient mental health treatment for preteen and teen youth of all genders ages 10-14 struggling with behavioral health issues. Our treatment center’s beautiful location provides a peaceful, serene setting for students to heal and grow.
Parent Coach Professionals:
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The Parent Coach Professionals team helps parents who need guidance and support in dealing with a teen, young adult, or post-secondary adult confronting the challenges of increasing independence. Whether we are working directly with a program or with a parent in private contract, our strengths-based coaching model provides structure that allows you to gain the skills and confidence needed to parent more effectively. We work with you to help you see your familial relationships differently and then provide the action steps, education, and encouragement that will allow your family to untangle the knot of current patterns that exist, (re)establish balance, and move forward.
Our goal is to help parents and guardians navigate the process of shifting their challenges into an opportunity to build a healthy, powerful, life-long relationship with their son or daughter using a progressive and solution-focused approach. We help you assess a situation, tackle it strategically, and see it through to resolution, leaving you with clear direction, a healthy perspective, and ultimately feeling empowered.
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Bend is world-famous for both its outdoor pursuits and pristine beauty. You can catch an art exhibit, dine at an award-winning restaurant, or spoil yourself at one of our many spas. The sense of community is strong here, residents contribute, participate, and support one another. To learn more about this place commonly referred to as the outdoor playground of the West, Visit Bend is a terrific resource.

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