Our Services

NEDFYS offers individual, couples, family, and group mental health counseling services to residents of DuPage County.  Mental health counseling services are conducted by licensed and master-level social workers and counselors. Counseling is available in Spanish.

NEDFYS social workers and counselors are a support, not a substitute for police response when it is requested or when community safety requires it. Our partnership with police serves as a model for other communities who want to prevent crime, save lives, rebuild families, and restore hope. ​

At NEDFYS, we value our ability to connect with the community through training and workshops. Training and workshops are conducted by NEDFYS staff and are tailored to focus on our agency impact, mental health disorders, and community-based violence prevention issues.​ In addition,  Prevention efforts with local youth. 

Our continuum of services supports youth who have encountered law enforcement. Programs stress accountability while teaching skills and providing support. Just 6% of youth in a diversion program were rearrested within 1 year (40% with no intervention).

NEDFYS partners with local schools to provide school-based individual and/or group therapy for children and adolescents. Services occur during the school day, onsite at the school. Services occur weekly or as indicated. All of our school-based therapy services are supervised by licensed, clinical therapists.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) focuses on providing assistance to youth that experienced emotional and behavioral problems because of traumatic life events. Studies have shown TF-CBT sessions resulted in behavioral improvement in youth when it comes to dealing with anxiety, depression, and social competence. 

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