Our Services
The Bridge, Inc. understands
the many challenges that today’s families often face.
We offer a variety of high quality, cost-effective, professional mental
health and substance abuse assessment and treatment services to adolescents,
adults and families. Individual, group and family counseling are offered by
trained clinicians, some of whom are bilingual, representing several mental
health and substance abuse disciplines. Our two mental health and substance abuse
counseling locations offer a comfortable and confidential counseling
environment.
Specific programs are listed
below (click on headings for additional information).
Counseling Services
We offer professional
counseling services to adults, adolescents and children. The services
help individuals and families with marital problems, parent/child
conflicts, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, compulsive behaviors,
substance abuse and more.
Adult
Substance Abuse Services
Our Substance Abuse Services
consist of a variety of programs and service components that are offered
to clients based upon their assessed level of care and specific clinical
needs.
Family
Crisis Intervention Counseling Services
The goal of the
Family Crisis Intervention Program is to provide short-term crisis intervention
services to referred juveniles and families to stabilize the current crisis,
divert the case from family court and reduce the risk of recurring crises.
Adolescent Substance
Abuse Services
The program targets
adolescents in Northwest Essex County who are in need of aftercare following
residential substance abuse treatment or for whom substance abuse and related
issues are significant enough to warrant more intensive intervention.
School Based Substance
Abuse Prevention Services
These
services are designed to offer primary prevention/early intervention services to
contracting local schools. Working closely with school personnel, we identify
students who are at high risk for substance abuse. The substance abuse
prevention counselor, who is on-site at the school, provides a range of
professional services including: information and referral, assessment for
students and their families, consultation to teachers and other school
personnel, and crisis intervention and referral.
Directed for teens on the
grounds of Irvington High School. The
program strives to help youths stay in school, graduate, continue their
education or gain employment with strong skills. Working closely with Irvington
High School personnel we identify students who may be at risk for school failure
or substance abuse. Our on-site
social workers provide a wide range of professional services, including crisis
intervention and referral, educational workshops for students and parents on a
variety of subjects, assessment and referral and consultation with teachers and
other school personnel.
The MAP Program: "Making Achievement Possible"
is a middle school based program at the Middle School In Irvington. The program
offers students learning support and preventative health services, mental health
and substance abuse counseling.
Family Preservation
Program (FPS)
This program uses a
professional clinical team that coordinates an intensive in-home family crisis
intervention and education program to families identified by DYFS in Essex and
Union Counties with a child who is at risk of out-of-home placement.
Stepping Stones, Women's Addiction Services
Stepping Stones is a unique
women's Intensive Outpatient Service empowering women to take control of their
lives and plan for their futures through emotional, spiritual and healthy
lifestyle components.
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