New Directions Counseling Associates provides a counseling process that involves individual or family counseling on a weekly basis, along with a parent/guardian education component. Each session has a specific purpose in the structured process of guiding an adolescent, young adult or adult toward abstinence and recovery. We recognize that almost all adolescents begin without the motivation to change. Our first task is to help people develop a greater recognition of the consequences of their chemical use, and to support the growing motivation to change.

Experience shows that recovery will be long lasting only if changes continue to be made in several key areas in an adolescent's or young adults life. Such changes will necessitate a review of attitudes, feelings and behaviors, and that is where the parents come in.

The Family Education Program is structured to help parents/guardians understand their crucial role in the successful treatment of adolescent chemical abuse. Participation in this part of the program is essential. We also support and encourage parental awareness and growth through recommended readings and referrals to parent support groups in the community.

The staff at New Directions Counseling Associates has specialized in the treatment of adolescents and young adults since 1982. The staff also enjoys teaching classes at a wide variety of training institutions and offers consultation services to schools, hospitals and other health care providers.

New Directions Counseling Associates has a extensive network with other adolescent care providers and is happy to work with families to find appropriate resources should there be a need for specialized services or a more intensive treatment program.

Counseling services are provided between the hours of 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Parent Education Program is offered every few weeks on a Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.