PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY

Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program

New Connections provides intensive outpatient treatment services for youth and their families at our Counseling and Recovery Centers in Concord and Pittsburg. The program is called Pathways to Recovery, and is conducted by professional therapists who specialize in chemical dependency problems.

Pathways to Recovery includes an adapted version of the Matrix Model of Addiction and Recovery. The program is based on extensive clinical research, and has been employed at New Connections for several years. Over 1,000 youth and adults have successfully completed treatment at New Connections since 1990.

This program is sponsored by Contra Costa County's Health Services and Community Development Departments, the Cities of Concord and Walnut Creek, and foundation grants and private donations.

Who May Attend:

Adolescents (ages 13 through 18) with alcohol and/or other drug problems and their families may attend Pathways to Recovery. Following a comprehensive clinical assessment, clients are placed in a program and provided with a treatment plan which best serves their needs.

Program Features:

• Up to ten hours of activities over three afternoons/evenings each week.
• Three to five months of intensive substance abuse treatment.
• Individual, group and family sessions.
• Multi-family and parent support groups.
• Classes on life skills, introductions to 12-Step programs, and alcohol and drug education.
• Random urine analysis testing.
• Continuing care for up to one year.

How To Register:

Youth and their families may contact New Connections to schedule a comprehensive assessment. The assessment serves to identify substance abuse problems and other concerns, and may require up to two hours. For more information, please call Cheryl Feldman, MA, Youth Treatment Coordinator at 925.363.5000 x 131. For additional information about treatment services at New Connections, please call Cally Martin, LMFT, Director of Programs & Services, at 925.363.5000 x129.

New Connections:

New Connections is an innovative and award-winning counseling and recovery agency, which has served Contra Costa County since 1972. Among other honors, New Connections was named as one of the top 20 programs in the United States by the Association of State Alcohol & Drug Abuse Directors. For more information about the agency, please call 925.363.5000.