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Positive Directions

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Center for Prevention and Counseling

Positive Directions provides addiction treatment and mental health care in Westport, CT, with outpatient services. People seeking care can access cognitive behavioral therapy, individual counseling, and group counseling. Payment options include private health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and self-payment.

90 Post Road West, Westport, CT, 06880

Services & treatment options

Treatment

Type of Care

  • Mental health treatment
  • Substance use treatment
  • Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Care setting

  • Outpatient
  • Regular outpatient treatment
External Opioid Medications Source
  • No formal relationship with prescribing entity
  • Other contracted prescribing entity
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  • Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  • No formal relationship with prescribing entity
  • Other contracted prescribing entity
Type of Opioid Treatment
  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
Pharmacotherapies
  • Medication for mental disorders

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling
Assessment/Pre-treatment
  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for tobacco use

Who we help

Special Programs/Groups Offered
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
  • Young adults

Age Groups Accepted

  • Adults
  • Children/Adolescents
  • Seniors
  • Young Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Payment & insurance

Payment and insurance

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private health insurance
  • State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Support services

Transitional Services
  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
Recovery Support Services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Recovery coach
  • Self-help groups
Other Services
  • Treatment for gambling disorder
  • Treatment for other addiction disorder
Education and Counseling Services
  • Family counseling
  • Group counseling
  • Individual counseling
  • Marital/couples counseling
  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
  • Substance use disorder education
Ancillary Services
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Mental health services
  • Suicide prevention services

About the center

Facility operation
  • Private non-profit organization
License/Certification/Accreditation
  • Mental health clinic or mental health center
  • State Substance use treatment agency
  • State department of health
  • State mental health department
Facility Smoking Policy
  • Smoking permitted without restriction
Facility Vaping Policy
  • Vaping permitted without restriction
Facility Type
  • Outpatient mental health facility