In 1976, New Day Youth & Family Services began as Albuquerque's first and only runaway shelter. For the past 40 years, New Day has remained singularly focused on meeting the needs of young people in trouble.

Services Offered

New Day Youth and Family Services provide outpatient behavioral health services to children & adolescents between the ages of 4-21, and their families in a school or Safe Home setting. The range of behavioral health Services Offered: individual and family therapy, group therapy (on an as-needed and group appropriate basis), crisis intervention, and CCSS services only for those youth who reside and/or are discharged from our Safe home.

The following is a description of the therapeutic services that may be offered at New Day Youth and Family Services Offered:Individual Therapy - May be provided by a Master's level therapist or Master's level intern from an approved University. Individual therapy may occur as frequently as needed to provide the consumer with the support and intervention required promoting therapeutic gains and preventing decompensation in the consumers functioning.

Family therapy - May assist all family members in increasing their awareness of each other's need's, develop appropriate role relationships and promotes health and growth of the entire family system. Licensed Master's level therapists or masters-level interns provide this modality.

Group Therapy - Group therapy (when group appropriate) can further develop social skills that include communication and problem-solving skills, and constructive affect expression. Group content and format will vary according to themes and issues that are relevant to the group milieu that has been identified. Groups may be experiential, process, didactic, or task-oriented in their structure. A licensed Master's level therapist or intern conducts all therapy groups.

Crisis intervention - Available to our established clients who are in need of "stabilizing" the situation using the families strengths and developing skill set. Referral to higher levels of care will be made only after all attempts to stabilize the family environment have proven unsuccessful for the consumer and family. Licensed Master's level therapists or masters-level interns provide this modality.

Fees and Payment

New Day Youth and Family Services provides services to all youth and families in need in the agency's community regardless of socioeconomic status.

This is a non profit agency.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Bilingual

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Pro-bono
Medicare
Medicaid

Online Counseling:
During COVID-19