Mission Statement:
Associates in Counseling and Therapeutic Services, LLC (ACTS-LLC) is a professional counseling group committed to providing progressive and culturally sensitive, home-based individual, family and group counseling services. The services provided are driven by best practices research in order to enhance the community through positive change in the lives of at-risk youth and their families.
GOALS
to assist families in achieving a stable, healthy home environment by reducing or eliminating problematic behaviors or emotional conditions
to successfully prevent out-of-home placements
to conduct comprehensive assessments that accurately identify problem areas and needs
to utilize short-term, solution focused treatment strategies to strengthen healthy family functioning
to enhance service effectiveness through utilization of a cross-cultural approach
to offer a variety of services that can comprehensively meet the individual needs of children and families
to take advantage of existing strengths, formal and informal supports, and resources within families and the community in order to bring about positive emotional and behavioral changes with service recipients
to assist service recipients in building skills to enhance healthy family functioning
to closely coordinate and collaborate with other case-involved service providers in order to best serve the interests of service recipients
to empower service recipients to competently participate in treatment decision-making
to provide care, treatment, training, habilitation, and other supports
to use a team approach during the treatment process in order to gain the benefits of colleagues' individual areas of expertise
