All of our youth services are offered in a safe and healthy therapeutic environment that promotes gaining valuable education and knowledge, learning practical life skills, developing self-awareness and a sense of personal responsibility and hope. We offer:

• Assessment and Evaluation
• Education
• Individual Counseling
• Family Counseling
• Group Counseling
• Intensive Outpatient
• Referral
• Urinalysis Screening
• Judicial Commitment Examinations

Our Youth Outpatient Program offers a wide variety of services to meet the unique needs of adolescents and their families dealing with substance abuse, dependence, or related high risk behaviors.  Outpatient counseling is customized for each person based on their individual needs and can range from group counseling sessions once or twice per week to one-on-one sessions once every couple of weeks.

Our Intensive Outpatient component is our highest level of care and offers a comprehensive approach that meets conveniently at least 9 hours per week.  This type of service is designed for those that may require a more intensive focus to help get on the road to recovery.  This practical level of care allows young people to remain in school, with their families, and in their communities with minimum or no disruption.

THE BRIDGE PROGRAM

The Bridge Program provides a full year of family-centered intensive case management for Berkeley and Charleston county adolescents preparing for release from a juvenile justice facility or discharge from an inpatient addictions treatment facility.  In addition, in an attempt to meet the needs of a broader community of adolescents, the program also accepts referrals of young people at risk for incarceration from local juvenile justice offices. 

Because the move from an institutional or other residential settings represent a difficult time for both the adolescent and the family, the Bridge offers a gradual step-down transition into the community by providing a comprehensive array of specialized services. 

Following an assessment, the program links the client to needed services to include outpatient individual, family and group counseling, as well as home-based support services to enhance healthy life skills.  The program is a wrap-around approach to services (e.g., health care, tutoring, employment).