Our Programs and Services
Programs for Teens, Adults, and Families
Preliminary Assessment
We have developed an all-inclusive, assessment program that will determine if a problem exists, and to what degree, it affects their life. Upon assessment completion, the client and counsellor develop a program tailored to the individual's needs. Goals are based on the basic philosophy of creating awareness, taking responsibility and making changes.
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Individual Counselling
Clients work one on one with the counsellor in regularly scheduled private sessions. Recognizing the value of flexibility our counselling sessions are either offered at our premises or a mutually agreed upon site. Referrals to addiction-related support groups and or treatment programs either public or private are also made depending on the individuals needs.
Family Counselling
We also offer preliminary family assessments as families can suffer along with their loved one. Through private sessions, the counsellor meets with the family or those concerned. This can range from strategies on dealing with your loved one's dependency, resources and support through a very difficult time. These sessions, depending on the needs of the family or group, may or may not directly involve the attendance of the client.
Teen Counselling
We believe addiction is a principle problem that can prevent adolescent and teens from realizing their full potential. School, relationships and mental health often suffer as a result of drug and alcohol abuse. Untreated substance abuse can lead to legal problems, hospitalizations and sometimes death.
Counselling sessions are focused on a teen's involvement with substance use and the impact it has on their relationships with self, family and community. Weekly sessions encourage youth in developing accountability and responsibility for their life and the direction it is heading. Change is a process and we work with youth in supporting the necessary changes to recover from problem substance use and addiction.
Peers Helping Peers
An approach which we helped pioneer in the late eighties throughout the Secondary School System has been a Peer Helping Peers approach. Talking about change is one thing but many teens need someone their own age to help them find their way through difficult social times, setting up limits and boundaries with past friends and developing a healthier personal identity. Through groups and individual informal meetings, we help peers develop new relationships with others in recovery.
Coaching Programs & Intensive Out-Patient
We have developed a coaching program as a response to clients who would like more support than weekly counselling sessions provide, but still less intrusive than a structured treatment environment. Our coaching program allows the client the flexibility of staying connected to their daily life while having all the benefits of a more intensive day treatment program.Our out-patient, coaching recovery program focuses on goal attainment and life enrichment tailored to client needs. Daily, weekly and monthly counselling sessions are offered online, by phone or in person. A protocol is developed based on the guiding principles of Awareness, Responsibility, & Change, which the counsellor and the client create together during the assessment and is entered into for a minimum of a 30-day period. This method has also proven valuable as a pre-treatment program for those wishing to enter a more structured recovery environment.
Coaching fees include all individual-counselling sessions, telephone consultations, case management work and participation in recovery-oriented activities (introduction to community-based recovery groups, recovery workshops and any additional therapeutic activities counsellor and client agree upon).
In-Patient Care
Sometimes treatment is the only option it may be important to remove yourself from your addictive lifestyle and environment so that you can focus on overcoming your addiction dependency, without the added stress of a difficult or negative environment. If it is found that immediate help is appropriate, the staff at New Life has hundreds of contacts throughout the local, national and international recovery community allowing you immediacy and the highest quality of care available.
Relapse Prevention Counselling
We all know that most people struggle in recovery with relapse, which unfortunately is a common occurrence. Working through cravings, preventing relapse and working through a relapse are all important aspects in your recovery. You may find that you are living day by day with the fear of relapsing. Living in fear greatly hampers your recovery and sobriety, and is not necessary. The New Life Counselling staff will teach you how you can live a happy, healthy life, without fear and without relapse.
At New Life, we teach patients to change their self-concept through our flexible innovative treatment approach, addiction relapse does not have to occur or get in the way of recovery. People can live happy, healthy lives without the constant negative affirmations that they are sick, and must fear that they will relapse at any moment. This is only a perception, not a reality. Any person has the ability to change their perception, thinking, behaviour and reality. We will provide you with relapse prevention techniques that allow you to change your perception and thinking and live a healthier happier life free of worry and fear.
Group Counselling
Therapeutic support groups are offered to provide clients with an opportunity to discuss their problems with others in a safe comfortable atmosphere.
Intervention Training
About 15 years ago researchers began to realize that "not helping hurts"; they discovered that we were killing people with kindness. As a result, a person with a substance problem would sometimes arrive in treatment - or at the emergency room - too late. Every substance abuser has a family, friends, co-workers, or classmates who care. Using proven intervention training techniques those concerned are better able to encourage the chemically dependent person to accept the reality of the problem and seek support in dealing with it.
Specialized Services
Support for Criminal Justice Matters
Many clients find themselves with criminal charges stemming from their substance abuse. We offer independent clinical assessments, court reports and referrals for clients and families. We have counsellors and treatment providers that do onsite jail assessments on a weekly basis. We also accept collect calls for assessments and referrals from clients while awaiting bail, while in custody, during presentence or for early paroles.
Employee Assistance Programs
Substance abuse is still the leading cause of poor productivity, absenteeism and poor employee morale. At New Life, we have specific workshops designed to educate and support an abstinence free workspace. Everyone has the right to be as safe as possible while on the job.
Presentations and Seminars
New Life Counselling develops and delivers programs for schools, community groups and the business community. The context of these can include the areas of health promotion, prevention, early intervention techniques and community resources. We also have numerous other seminars on a wide variety of health and wellness related topics that are available. Email or call us for information.