NTP Consultants takes an approach in counseling that is easy to understand. Our counseling promotes sobriety and growth and helps you to:

Our agency promises the following: We will help you feel “understood”, you will be educated on the various aspects of substance abuse (how it affects your mind, body and spirit), and we will always abide by strict codes of ethical conduct.
 

We take a complimentary role with the Twelve Step Programs, as our agency believes the philosophies behind this program will benefit the majority of clients.  We also take a complimentary role with the mental health practitioners in our community.  NTP Consultants can provide effective treatment techniques for those that are dually diagnosed, yet we shall not fail to make an appropriate referral when the client’s problem is beyond our area of training, expertise or competence.  

In accordance with the disease concept of addiction, we do not approach clients as people to “cure”.  It is our position that with the proper interpersonal counselor-client relationship, we may enhance motivation and help a client learn his or her desired behavior.  Our ultimate goal is to discharge you from the program when you are stable, productive, willing to be accountable for your own actions, capable of using the resources gathered through treatment, and can function clean and sober in a healthy recovery environment. 

Types of Treatment:

In conjunction with the “recovery model” as described above, NTP Consultants utilizes rational-emotive therapy.  This model of treatment challenges client’s irrational belief systems and dysfunctional self-statements…   “According to the ABC Model of RET, negative life events we often confront are called Activating Events, or A’s, and the emotions and behaviors that subsequently accompany these events are called the Consequences, or C’s.  People will claim that negative Activating Events in their lives (or in their pasts) actually cause their current distress.  In contrast, RET holds that it is their thoughts and beliefs, or B’s about Activating Events that primarily and more directly cause their disturbances.” --Dianne Doyle Pita, Addictions Counseling The Crossroad Publishing Company 1998  Our goal will be to change unhealthy “belief systems” so that you may change your feelings and behavior in order to live a happy and productive life.   When possible, family therapy will be highly encouraged as part of the treatment process. Sessions will focus on the importance of support, resolving conflicts, establishing appropriate interactions among family members, and education regarding support resources for significant others. NTP Consultants embraces a family systems view; acknowledging the mutual interaction of all family members and the evolving nature of both the disease of addiction and recovery over time within the family. When working with families, the goal of treatment becomes one of moving the family toward the use of consistent but flexible rules and caring, but clear interactions with appropriate boundaries. Family/marital counseling can help with problems such as: Teenagers that are beginning to experiment with drugs/alcohol Teenagers that are being raised by parents who are abusing drugs/alcohol Rebellious teenagers How YOU can cope with alcoholism or substance abuse by a family member or close friend who does not want to quit using Marriage and family conflicts resulting from drinking/drugging Educating those around you about your disease once YOU understand it. Communication skills Infidelity or abuse which occurred during alcoholic/drug-related “binges”.

We do this by: Looking at your relationships within systems of friends, family, school\work; and understanding how your problems developed Focusing on the power of relationships within systems as the instrument of change and healing Remaining solution-focused during treatment – not spending time reminding you of all you have done wrong; but rather what you can do right when sober Pinpointing problems and completing family/therapy sessions as soon as specific, concrete and measurable goals are met Group therapy is offered when appropriate. We believe group therapy is an ideal setting for working on social relationships. Group therapy assists with denial and self-analysis through interactions with other alcoholics and addicts. Self-esteem improves when our counselors use group dynamics to provide a substance abuser with a sense of strength, support and safety as the members work together to change and to accept themselves. “Relapse Prevention Sessions” are offered; with education regarding the process of recovery and support (for both client and family) through the phases of recovery.  Aftercare counseling involves reviewing relapse prevention techniques, and monitoring of compliance to an individualized “recovery plan” created within the course of treatment.  12-Step meeting attendance is monitored as well as providing opportunity to process information obtained during 12-Step meetings.  Aftercare counseling is  set up with intervals between appointments being longer each time until both counselor and client feel discharge from treatment is warranted. NTP Consultants   75 S. Main St. Suite 5 Chambersburg, PA 17201 PH: 717-261-9100 Fax: 717-261-9104 E-Mail: ntp.consultants@comcast.net   Our counselor, Teri Peck, CAC, ICDAC www.ntpconsultants.com