The program’s purpose is to help clients and their families achieve and maintain a drug-free lifestyle. Our goal is to deliver a customized, thorough therapy program that identifies and addresses the client’s specific needs. Clients who are qualified for IMPACT services do not require a higher level of care due to medical, psychological, or behavioral issues. (For example, tapering needs for drugs and alcohol, methadone maintenance treatment, and residential programs).

We provide services in our offices, at clients’ homes, or in public places such as local schools, courts, and coffee shops. Our services encourage the engagement process and a family-centered approach because substance use can be stigmatizing and may interfere with the ability to recognise the need for treatment. We provide therapy for substance use disorders as well as mental health issues and trauma.
Collaboration with primary health, governmental agencies, and formal and natural support systems is used to provide care.

The NCMC provides a number of therapy options to help patients manage their symptoms, improve their functioning, and get a better understanding of their mental health issues. Diagnostic examination, individual psychotherapy, family/couple treatment, and pharmaceutical prescription and administration are among the services provided. Clients must also participate in psychotherapy treatment at the NCMHC in order to obtain pharmaceutical services.

For the 10% of the population impacted by substance use disorders at the time, there were no treatment options other than local hospital emergency departments. The early 1970s decriminalization of alcoholism in Massachusetts—a legislative movement spearheaded by CASPAR’s founders—confirmed CASPAR’s belief that persons with substance use problems need treatment, not incarceration.