Directions for Youth & Families provides 13 specialized counseling programs. Three of the more intense programs are PROMISES, for sexual abuse survivors, Children Who Witness Violence, and COMPS, Children of Murdered Parents and Siblings. DFYF staff are trained in resilience-oriented, trauma-informed care. All programs have individual, family, and group counseling components.
The families we serve work hard to achieve change. They do not come and simply share their feelings once a week. They participate actively in challenging discussions and try new ways to cope and adapt. They have counseling homework week to week. The individuals and families in these programs come to services as a result of traumatic experiences with a very specific set of clinical needs. These programs are important because they serve those specific needs through a helping relationship so that individuals and families can process, adapt, and move forward into healthy, productive, full lives.
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