Behavioral Health

Nexus Youth & Families’ Behavioral Health Department integrates mental health counseling for individuals, groups and
families, with chemical dependency prevention, treatment, and aftercare. We provide a continuum of programs designed to provide families and youth residing in South King and Northern Pierce Counties access to a consistent level of professional services that meet the needs of community youth and their families.

Mental Health Counseling

Nexus Youth and Families’ outpatient counseling program offers a variety of mental health, prevention and intervention services for children, youth and families experiencing emotional and behavioral problems. Our services include individual, group and family counseling utilizing recognized, proven, evidence-based practice models that are offered in our agency, at schools and at our clients’ homes. Many of these services are offered for bilingual Spanish-speaking families.

We accept Medicaid, private pay, and insurance-a sliding fee scale is also available. If you have questions please call us today at 253-939-2202.

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Substance Use

Our Treatment, Intervention and Prevention Service (TIPS) provides a continuum of programs ranging from prevention to aftercare. The overall goal of the program is to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse in our communities. TIPS has been a Washington State-licensed substance abuse treatment provider since 1983. Our prevention and treatment programs rely upon evidence-based best practice models of prevention, intervention and treatment. TIPS provides services in King and Pierce Counties, in schools and in our agency locations in Auburn and Enumclaw.