Adolescent and Family Services (AFS)
Behavioral health services for teens and families in Lane County
Build skills for improved mental health
Reduce your reliance on drugs and alcohol
Improve your relationships with friends and family
AFS Provides Help for Teens Facing Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges
Are you struggling with your mood and emotions? Would you like to change your relationship with drugs or alcohol? Would you like to improve your relationships with others?
AFS is here to help you overcome these common challenges. To do so, we consider all aspects of your life – mind, body, and community – to create a life worth living. Your voice is prioritized in all phases of goal setting and service delivery. Our services are strength-focused and consider your chosen identities, culture, and recovery pathway. AFS uses interventions backed by science to help you build skills to face life difficulties with strength and confidence.
Build a Life Worth Living
AFS helps teens identify their strengths, discover their values, and set goals designed to achieve the life they want. It can be hard to predict or control what the world brings, but AFS can help you develop skills to navigate challenges along the way. After completing the program, teens can emerge with improved mood, improved coping, and the tools for future success.
Who Would Benefit from our Services?
- AFS works with teens ages 14 to 19 who are experiencing the following life struggles:
- Depression
- Stress and anxiety
- Experiences with trauma
- Emotion dysregulation
- Drug and alcohol use
- Relationship difficulties
- AFS is inclusive and serves teens of all identities and backgrounds.
- AFS strives to involve family members in the teen’s treatment, when appropriate and with guidance from the teen.
Over 200 teens served each year
AFS Services Are Informed by the Top Science-Based Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
A practical, short-term therapy approach focused on helping individuals identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices, emphasizing skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Helps people develop resilience following trauma by fostering healthier thought patterns and reducing emotional distress.
Contingency Management
Combines cognitive behavioral and reinforcement techniques to help individuals reduce their use of drugs and alcohol; supports both abstinence and harm reduction recovery pathways.
AFS Service Details
- AFS counselors are located in all high schools within the 4J and Bethel School Districts.
- Counselors also are available at our clinic location.
- A mobile clinic service supports teens who are not in school or are unable to visit the clinic.
- Telehealth appointments are available upon request.
- Sessions are typically 1 hour in length and conducted weekly.
Referrals to our AFS program can be made by clicking the referral button below.
AFS Referral Form
Frequently Asked Questions
Contact UsComplete our referral form (link provided above) and someone will contact you to answer any questions and discuss next steps.
There are no out of pocket costs for AFS services. Costs are covered either through Medicaid billing or through grants and contracts.
AFS specializes in treating teens with mood and most types of anxiety disorders, along with substance use. Our program is not able to serve youth with specific conditions such as Eating Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Psychosis, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or Conduct Disorder. Further, our programs is not able to provide psychoeducational evaluations or neurodevelopmental evaluations for conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
AFS does not provide medication services. However, counselors can work with teens and families to access those services in the community.