A free seminar will provide detailed information about naloxone, including how and when it can properly be used to reverse overdose. Free Narcan® kits will be available to participants. Seating is limited, RSVP required.

Read the full post : Naloxone (Narcan®) Training

Disposing of old or unused medications is a great way to help to prevent abuse in your community, and Drug Take Back Day comes just once per year!

Read the full post : Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday, April 29th

The Counseling Center at Freehold presents a professional seminar and networking luncheon, with an opportunity to meet the Clinical Director, and guest speaker Candace Tocci, Clinical Director of nearby Sunrise Detox Toms River.

Read the full post : Professional Seminar May 4: "The Process of Recovery"

Professional Outreach coordinators from The Counseling Center will be attending the Moments of Change conference in Palm Beach, Florida September 26-29. Come see us and learn the latest on treatment and recovery! Read the full post : Moments of Change 2016

On Thursday, July 14th at 11am, The Counseling Center at Freehold, NJ will host a Lunch & Learn Open House to commemorate its new Mental Health Outpatient Program! Please RSVP if you wish to attend. Read the full post : Lunch & Learn Open House 2016

Join us on in September (Date and venue TBA) for the Guitars, Drums and Angels concert, in memory of Justin Thouret. The event will be a full afternoon of great music, featuring 8 bands, as well as video Public Service Announcements (between sets) for mental health/substance abuse.

Read the full post : Coming in September: Guitars, Drums & Angels Concert

Rob Anderson of The Counseling Center will be profiled in an upcoming feature called "Second Chances", published in Westchester Magazine. Read the full post : Who Deserves a Second Chance?

Two NJ health care professionals will be recognized with awards at the upcoming New Jersey Employee Assistance Professionals Association luncheon. Read the full post : NJ EAPA Annual Awards Luncheon

Join us for The Counseling Center at Freehold's next Community Support & Education Night on Tuesday, March 24th, 2015. Our topic this month... Read the full post : Community Support & Education Night March 24th, 2015

The next Community Support & Education Night is scheduled for Tuesday, December 16th,  6:00pm - 7:30pm at The Counseling Center at Freehold Read the full post : Community Support & Education Night December 16th, 2014

The next Community Support & Education Night is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18th,  6:00pm - 7:30pm at The Counseling Center at Freehold Read the full post : Community Support & Education Night November 18th, 2014

IOP and OP (Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient) treatment programs are an essential component of the "Continuum of Care" for New Jersey residents dealing with substance abuse. Read the full post : Representing IOP at "Moments of Change" Conference

Community Support & Education Night is open to the public. Tuesday, October 21st,  6:00pm - 7:30pm at The Counseling Center at Freehold. Please see the full post for RSVP information. This month, guest speaker from Al-Anon presenting on how families can cope with the insanity of addiction in their homes. Read the full post : Community Support & Education Night, October 21st, 2014

Community Support & Education Night featuring "Positive Communication within Family Dynamic". Open to the public, please see the full post for RSVP information. Read the full post : Community Support & Education Night, September 16th, 2014

Our next Community Support and Education event is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17th,  6:00pm - 7:30pm at The Counseling Center at Freehold features Lou Krupkin and his certified police narcotics detection dog Cabo. Read the full post : Community Night featuring Lou Krupkin and Drug Sniffing Dog "Cabo"

As the substance abuse treatment industry in New Jersey raises awareness of the dangers of prescription pain killer abuse and the risk of heroin addiction, drug dealers start circulating fake oxycodone pills, which are actually heroin. Pictures enclosed. Read the full post : Warning : Heroin disguised as oxycodone tablets

Our next Celebration of Recovery is scheduled for Tuesday, July 15th,  6:00pm - 7:30pm at The Counseling Center at Freehold Read the full post : Celebration of Recovery July 15th, 2014

Our next Celebration of Recovery is scheduled for Tuesday, June 24th,  6:00pm - 7:30pm at The Counseling Center at Freehold Read the full post : Celebration of Recovery June 24th, 2014

Read the full post : Can You Ride a Stationary Bike? Earn $ per Mile for Heroin Addiction Treatment

From May 19 to May 23, radio station 107FM will be helping to raise awareness of the heroin problem in New Jersey, and helping to reduce the stigma and help fight the good fight against addiction. Read the full post : Raising Awareness on the Radio: NJ Radio on the Heroin Issue

Heroin addiction is a big problem for New Jersey, but it often starts with prescription pain medicine addiction. Can prescription pain killer addiction be stopped before it leads to heroin use?

Read the full post : New Jersey Suburban Heroin Crisis 2014

A high-profile crowd packed into the Herbertsville Fire Company in Brick, New Jersey on April 2 to listen to Governor Chris Christie announce the Narcan Pilot Initiative. The Initiative will allow first responders, including police, to carry Narcan, a drug that can save lives when administered during a heroin overdose.

Read the full post : Gov. Christie Announces Narcan Pilot Initiative

NJ Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Report for 2014 is called the "Master Plan" (PDF download) Read the full post : NJ Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Report 2014

As the controversy surrounding Zohydro continues, one U.S. senator has proposed revoking the FDA's approval until Zogenix creates a less-abuseable version of the drug.

Read the full post : Senator Proposes Ban on Zohydro

New Jersey's first "recovery high school" will open this September on Kean University's campus in Union. Officials are tryting to help students return to school successfully after addiction treatment. Read the full post : Coming Soon: New Jersey's First Recovery High School

The Counseling Center at Fair Lawn, NJ will be opening soon, serving Bergen County residents and communties for whom a cenral Fair Lawn location is convenient. Read the full post : Coming Soon: The Counseling Center at Fair Lawn, New Jersey

The new drug Zohydro is very powerful, and a lot of people are worried about abuse. I built a slide deck to raise awareness about Zohydro. Read the full post : Zohydro: Raising Awareness

Amazing chart from the Ocean County Prosecutors Office shows Toms River New Jersey leads Ocean County with 24 of the record 101 drug overdose deaths so far in 2013.

Read the full post : Toms River Tops Ocean County for Drug Overdose Deaths

The Freehold PBA and Conrail team up again to bring Santa Claus to downtown Freehold, on Saturday December 14th. 

Read the full post : Freehold Santa Train 2013

Pittman Borough officials and the GRASP (Gloucester Regional Addictive Substance Prevention) Coalitionare presenting an open forum to help educate Cloucester County citizens in the fight against drug abuse. The GRASP sponsored open forum will start at 7:00 PM at the Pittman High School auditorium at 225 Linden Avenue in Pittman.

Read the full post : Gloucester County Forum on the New Jersey Drug Epidemic, Wednesday Night

At a recent meeting of the Colts Neck Alliance Against Substance Abuse, Donna Bonk presented a "Parents Perspective", addressing the importance of talking to children about drugs and alcohol before they get into trouble.

Read the full post : Colts Neck Alliance Meeting on Kids, Drugs, and Alcohol in NJ

Volunteers are helping to keep unneeded prescription drug leftovers off of our streets and out of our bays and rivers, with National Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, 2013.

Read the full post : National Drug Take-Back Day - Monmouth, Ocean Counties New Jersey

Our 8th Celebration of Recovery Event focused on tools that we all can use to reduce stress in our lives. Interesting local speakers from New Jersey presented real-world tools we can use for identifying and managing stressors and triggers. 

Read the full post : Celebration of Recovery - Tuesday, October 17

The August Celebration of Recovery will be help Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 at The Counseling Center at Freehold, 4355 US 9 North in Freehold (in the Pond Road Plaza shopping center).

Read the full post : Celebration of Recovery Tuesday Sept. 17

The August Celebration of Recovery will be help Tuesday, August 20 at The Counseling Center at Freehold, 4355 US 9 North in Freehold (in the Pond Road Plaza shopping center). Read the full post : Celebration of Recovery Tuesday August 20, 6-7:30 pm

Donna Bonk represented The Counseling Center at Freehold at the Steered Straight benefit dinner, held at the American Hotel in Freehold.

Read the full post : Steered Straight Benefit in Freehold

Peter O. Czabafy, BA, CADC presented "Making Change Fun", an informative seminar on addiction treatment and recovery, to an appreciative audience in the offices of The Counseling Center in Freehold.

Read the full post : Peter Czabafy at The Counseling Center at Freehold

As The Counseling Center at Freehold Community Relations Representative, I attended the Marlboro Township Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse April 11th meeting and updated participants with details of The Counseling Center's new Adolescent IOP program. This program is an important new resource for community youth and their families dealing with substance abuse problems. Read the full post : Marlboro Township Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse

The OCSAC (Ocean County Association of Substance Awareness Coordinators) is a group of school professionals and community-based professionals who meet to address substance abuse awareness in our education system and communities. New Jersey has mandated that every school system have such a group to assist the schools and communities, so they may become better educated about substance abuse. Read the full post : Ocean County Association of Substance Awareness (OCSAC) Meeting

Celebrate Recovery at our monthly Celebrations of Recovery in Freehold. Invited guests share real stories and more. Click to read full details. Read the full post : Recovery Celebrations Every Month in Freehold

News is spreading about the new after-work rehab and substance abuse counseling now available in Freehold, NJ. The Asbury Park Press profiled The Counseling Center at Freehold, it's Intensive Outpatient Program and modern treatment center. Read the full post : Freehold Substance Abuse Counseling Profiled in Asbury Park Press

Our photographer happened upon this year's Santa Train while visiting downtown Freehold, and captured some precious images of Freehold's Future... Read the full post : Freehold Santa Train