Individual and Family Therapy

ACS always seeks to match youth and families with the services that meet their specific needs.  This is often very challenging when families have very few resources available in their communities.  In particular, accessible and affordable therapy for individuals or families is often nonexistent or frustratingly elusive.


Our affiliation with the Court and location to Juvenile Probation enables us to engage youth and families who would not otherwise receive services.  ACS provides both short- and long-term counseling, which is frequently made a condition of probation.  ACS also works with family members to facilitate changes within a child's family.

Group Education and Treatment

Attendance to and participation in these psychoeducational groups are a condition of probation.

We offer:

  • Adolescent Issues Group
  • Anger Management Group
  • Life Skills Group for Young Women
  • Substance Abuse Group
  • Firesetter Treatment Group
  • Motherhood Group

Photo courtesy of e³°°° on Flickr.com. 

Group counseling is one of the most effective ways to address issues for teens.  Enrolling a teen in anger management group or in individual therapy can make all the difference.  We can address a problem quickly, before the youth gets into further trouble.  The ACS adolescent groups, which focus on skills training, are co-led by an ACS clinician and a volunteer graduate student intern. 

Translate This Page

  

189 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02141 | p: 617-494-0135 | f: 617-494-0136 | email: acs@acskids.org