Counseling Services

253-939-2202

The AYR outpatient counseling program offers a variety of mental health prevention and intervention services for children, youth and families that experience emotional and behavioral problems.  Our services include individual, group and family counseling utilizing recognized evidenced based proven practice models and are offered in our agency, schools, and client’s homes. Many of these services are offered for bilingual Spanish speaking families.  AYR accepts Medicaid, private pay and insurance and a sliding fee scale is available.  If you have questions, please call us today at 253-939-2202.

Individual and Family Counseling
AYR provides licensed individual and family counseling services that utilize recognized best practice family therapy models. Our therapists help families build strong structured households, enhance parenting skills, increase communication and assist them in finding outside resources that can make a difference in their lives. These services are offered in our agency, schools, and client’s homes.

Parent Child Interaction Training
Early intervention for children aged 3-7 and their adult support system who experience developmental delays and behavior problems. Parent Child Interaction Training (PCIT) is designed to strengthen parenting skills and reduce child behavioral problems. The 14-week program uses live coaching to help parents learn necessary skills for managing difficult behavior for children between the ages of 3 and 7.

Art and Play Therapy
AYR therapists provide specialized art and play therapy with younger children, many of whom have suffered the trauma of sexual and/or physical abuse or neglect. Play and art therapy are often utilized to allow these children to act out internal conflicts, re-establish trust and work through the effects of trauma.

Anger Management and Social Skills
AYR offers seven anger management and social skills groups for youth 5 to 19. These groups are designed for specific age and developmental levels and help reduce aggression, bullying behaviors, school disciplinary problems, inattention, and restlessness.

Stay-in-School Program
This program assists students and their families who are experiencing school attendance problems & academic failure through family therapy and case management services

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy
AYR provides this 12-16 week specialized treatment that works with the child and caregiver to address the bio-psycho-social needs of children who have experienced Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Spanish Language Services
AYR offers bilingual individual and family counseling services for Spanish speaking clients. These services are provided in our agency sites, local schools and client’s homes.

Co-Occurring Services
AYR therapists work with clients that experience co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems. Our clinical team works closely with the AYR substance abuse treatment staff to provide comprehensive care. This combination of mental health and chemical dependency treatment adds to the depth and versatility of our services.

Court-ordered Services
AYR offers individual, group and family counseling to meet court mandated services.

Case Management services
AYR therapists and case managers assist clients and their families in acquiring basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing, and employment.

Psychiatric Medication Management
Medicaid clients receive medication prescription and medication management service supervised by the staff Psychiatrist.

Residential Services

South King County Youth Shelter (SKYS)
Auburn Youth Resources’ South King County Youth Shelter (SKYS) is a nine-bed, state licensed, emergency shelter for children who are homeless, living on the streets, or having difficulty at home.  The shelter serves youth 10-17 years old.

The shelter serves a dual role as a 15-day emergency shelter placement and as an interim care facility for children referred through the Division of Child & Family Services. SKYS provides services for families in-crisis and in need of temporary placement for their children during a family crisis. In addition, SKYS provides temporary emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth. The SKYS’ team works with each child to develop a placement plan that meets their individual needs. The goal of the program is to stabilize children in crisis and facilitate their return to their family home or to a safe and supportive alternative home.

SKYS offers comprehensive services including individual, group and family counseling, substance abuse  treatment  and case management services. A trained multidisciplinary team is dedicated to providing quality care for children in our residential facilities. Placement referrals are accepted around the clock.

It is our belief that children should be given the opportunity to grow and progress to the fullest of their potential. SKYS utilizes a positive youth  development model that focuses on interpersonal relationships and encourages young people and their families to utilize their strengths and abilities to move forward with their lives by taking constructive courses of action. Call 253-735-8866 for further information.

Severson House Transitional Living Program
Severson House an eight-bed, state licensed, transitional living program located in Auburn, Washington. The program is designed to help homeless boys ages 15-17 make the transition from foster care or residential placement to independent living.  Severson House is the only licensed boys’ transitional living program in South King County. The focus of the program is for youth to develop educational, life and job skills to help them become responsible, productive, and independent adults. Boys are required to be enrolled in an educational program and complete   high   school    or    attain   GED  certification.  Further educational development in the form of vocational training or college is encouraged. 

To enhance their job skills, boys are required to work at least part-time while in the program. A strong emphasis is also placed on life skill development. Boys are taught many basic life skills from cooking and cleaning to writing a resume and balancing a check book. AYR is committed to providing professional, comprehensive care for the children in our residential programs. Combined with a dedicated team of youth counselors, a mental health therapist provides individual, family and group counseling.  In addition, AYR substance abuse counselors provide prevention and treatment services.  Call 253-804-8866 for further information.

Outreach Services

Runaway and Homeless Outreach Services
The AYR Street Outreach Program is designed to locate homeless and runaway young people throughout South King County. Much of our outreach services are concentrated along the Highway 99 corridor from Federal Way to Tukwila and in the cities of Kent and Auburn.  The Hwy. 99 corridor has been identified as a high-risk area for homeless and sexually exploited young people. The goal of the program is to provide assistance and referrals in an attempt to transition homeless young people off the streets and into safe and stable housing.

Through a United Way of King County grant and in collaboration with the University District Youth Center the outreach program provides wraparound case management services for homeless youth. 

In addition, the AYR outreach team has also partnered with Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation (VCCC) and Kent Youth and Family Services (KYFS) in the Coming Up program.  The unique collaboration provides a supportive housing program for homeless young adults by combining AYR’s mobile outreach services and wraparound services with VCCC’s housing services, and KYFS’ mental health and substance abuse services.

Substance Abuse Services

253-939-6946

Treatment, Intervention & Prevention Services

The Treatment, Intervention and Prevention Service (TIPS) provides a continuum of programs ranging from prevention to aftercare.  The overall goal of the program is to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse and violence in our communities.  TIPS has been a Washington State Licensed substance abuse treatment provider since 1983. Our prevention and treatment programs rely upon evidence based best practice models of prevention, intervention and treatment. TIPS provides these services in King & Pierce Counties, in schools and in our agency locations in Enumclaw and Auburn.

Treatment Services

Outpatient Treatment Groups
TIPS provides DASA Certified outpatient drug and alcohol treatment programs for youth aged 12-18. Services are provided at agency sites and in area schools.

Family Based Services
TIPS services are family based and value the family as part of the youth’s recovery.

Individual Services
TIPS’ utilizes a combination of both individual and group services that empower youth to define an individual treatment plan.

School & Court Ordered Services
TIPS’ provides both school and court ordered substance abuse evaluations and treatment. These services are offered at our agency sites, area schools and at the juvenile probation offices in Kent.

 Co-Occurring Services
TIPS’ counselors work with clients that experience co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems. Our substance abuse treatment team works closely with the AYR and EYFS’ mental health counseling staff to provide comprehensive care. This combination of mental health and chemical dependency treatment adds to the depth and versatility of our services.

Relapse Prevention Groups
Relapse prevention groups provided that serve to reinforce skills and support recovery.  These services are offered in agency sites and schools.

Intervention Services

Substance Abuse Assessments
TIPS’ utilizes the nationally recognized Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) substance abuse assessment and ASAM patient placement criteria to provide accurate, comprehensive and reliable client assessment. These evidence based services are provided at our agency sites, schools and probation offices.

Student Assistance Program
The student assistance, prevention and intervention services provides school based screenings, full assessments, at-risk social skills groups, classroom and community prevention and intervention groups, affected other’s groups and recovery support groups.

Youth Life-Skills Groups
Youth Life-Skills Groups combined with early stage drug and alcohol treatment provided at agency sites.

Drug Screens
School ordered, court ordered and private drug screens available by appointment.

Prevention Services

Project Alert
TIPS’ provides Project Alert an elementary and middle school based prevention program.  Project Alert is a nationally recognized best practice skill building prevention curriculum.

Aggression Replacement Training (ART)
TIPS’ provides Aggression Replacement Training, a comprehensive intervention for aggressive youth. ART is nationally recognized by courts and schools as an effective approach for teaching adolescents to understand and replace aggression and antisocial behavior with positive alternatives.