Mission - NASAS - Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counseling Services

Northern Arizona Substance Abuse Services - N.A.S.A.S. Flagstaff, AZ

Our Mission
       To improve the quality of life for our clients and for the community of Northern Arizona by providing intervention services to reduce substance abuse, addiction, domestic violence and other emotional distress in the adult population. We are committed to counseling practice that reflects our values of respect, honesty, accountability, acceptance, and change.

GOAL:
       NASAS goal is to provide quality, professional, timely intervention services to adults who seek out our services; and to work cooperatively with other agencies, and organizations to respond effectively to the needs of the client and the community.

VISION:
       NASAS shall be an ever-expanding and ever-improving agency that continually responds to the needs of the client, of the community and of our staff. We are committed to constant improvement of our knowledge and skills to be effective facilitators of positive change. Our values of honesty, accountability, acceptance, and respect serve as the mainstay of our practice. NASAS will frequently self-evaluate and make the needed corrections to meet the challenges of continually providing exemplary services.

PHILOSOPHY:
       NASAS believes that substance abuse, addiction, domestic violence and other self-defeating behaviors are complex problems, with multiple causes that require a multi-focus approach to assessment, intervention and treatment. Every client who comes to our agency is an individual with his or her own specific strengths, resources, life experiences, problems and coping skills. Our goal is to facilitate the change process in the client system, by providing services that seek to understand the client's wants and needs, and to empower them to move toward emotional health and well being.

       We believe our job is to provide excellent, professional services. We utilize a variety of intervention strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, on Motivational Enhancement Therapy, on 12-step philosophy, on the Trans-Theoretical Model of change, and on other research based, professional therapies/intervention. Having different strategies allows us to respond to the unique, individual needs of each client system.