New Pathway Counseling

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20 Powers Drive, Paramus, NJ 7652, USA


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Motivational Enhancement Therapy: Even when people with addiction issues enter a rehabilitation program because they realize they have problems with drugs and/or alcohol, they often have some ambivalence about their need to stop using. When an addict enters treatment at New Pathways, their first appointment is an initial assessment by a substance abuse treatment professional, followed by two to four individual therapy sessions.

Supportive Expressive Therapy: Often people with addiction issues distance themselves from their experiences, their thoughts, and emotions. During these therapy sessions, patients learn to feel comfortable when discussing their life experiences to identify and address interpersonal relationship issues. With the guidance of the therapist, the patient develops strategies to solve these challenges without relapsing into old patterns of thoughts and behavior that support addiction.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: The DBT skills group is designed to increase mindfulness, emotional regulation, stress management and interpersonal skills.

Individual Drug Counseling: In one-on-one sessions with a professional addiction treatment counselor, patients develop and use coping skills and other strategies to stop addictive behavior and to achieve and maintain complete abstinence from substance use. The therapist encourages participation twelve step groups, such as Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholic Anonymous. The therapist also encourages the patient to address other issues that often have an impact on recovery, such as family and social issues, employment, and illegal activity. Most patients participate in counseling sessions one to two times a week.

Relapse Prevention Therapy: In relapse prevention therapy, patients learn to enhance self-control skills by recognizing and correcting problem behavior. Specific techniques include:

To about the SOAR program at New Pathways Counseling addictions treatment centers in Bayonne, Paramus, Jersey City, and Pine Brook, NJ, call (201) 436-1022 to speak to a member of our staff today.  


Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Detoxification
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

Facility Type


Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient detoxification
  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State department of health

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Private health insurance

Emergency Mental Health Services


Payment Assistance Available

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

Language Services


Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system
  • Adolescents
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Persons who have experienced trauma
  • Transitional age young adults

Ancillary Services

  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • 12-step faciltitation approach
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Contingency management/motivational incentive
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Martix Model
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/adolescents
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • DUI/DWI clients

  • New Pathway Counseling

    20 Powers Drive, Paramus, NJ 7652