New Directions Counseling in Billings, MT
About This Facility
Directory information from SAMHSA N-SUMHSS 2025. This listing is not an endorsement or independent verification. Confirm current services, eligibility, and availability directly with the facility.
Services Listed in the Directory
Aftercare/continuing care
Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
In-network prescribing entity
No formal relationship with prescribing entity
Brief intervention
A short-term intervention, usually one to five sessions, for substance abusers who are not yet dependent.
Cash or self-payment
Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.
Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for clients referred from the court/judicial system.
Comprehensive substance use assessment
Discharge Planning
A process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from the hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community.
Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
Family counseling
A type of psychological counseling (psychotherapy) that can help family members improve communication and resolve conflicts.
Female
Female
Group counseling
Form of therapy where people with similar experiences/issues come together with a professional therapist.
Housing services
Are designed to assist individuals with finding and maintaining appropriate housing arrangements.
Individual counseling
Process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.
In-network prescribing entity
Intensive outpatient treatment
Integrated primary care services
These services address the general health care needs of persons with mental and substance use disorders. These general health care needs include the prevention and treatment of chronic illnesses (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease) that can be aggravated by poor health habits such as inadequate physical activity, poor nutrition, and smoking. The services include screening, care coordination with staff, and providing linkages to ensure that all patient needs are met in order to promote wellness and produce the best outcomes.
Male
Male
Medicaid
A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.
Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
Matrix Model
Provides a framework for substance abuse users to obtain the ability to cease drug use, stay in treatment, and participate in an educational program on addiction and relapse. Users are provided with direction and support from a trained therapist and are introduced to self-help programs.
Naloxone and overdose education
Outcome follow-up after discharge
Outpatient
Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.
Outreach to persons in the community
Regular outpatient treatment
Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
A program which helps low-income, uninsured, or underinsured patients who need help paying for all or part of their medical bills.
No formal relationship with prescribing entity
Private health insurance
Private for-profit organization
A business or other organization whose primary goal is making money (a profit).
Relapse prevention
A cognitive behavioral therapy developed for the treatment of problem drinking and adapted later for treatment of cocaine addiction. Individuals learn to identify and correct problematic behaviors. Relapse prevention encompasses several cognitive behavioral strategies that facilitate abstinence as well as provide help for people who experience relapse.
Substance use treatment
Refers to a range of services, including problem identification and diagnosis, brief interventions, assessment of substance use and related problems, treatment planning, counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services, and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).
Substance use disorder counseling
A short-term treatment that has been generalized for a variety of disorders including opiate drug dependence and cocaine abuse. The therapy includes supportive techniques which encourage the patient to discuss personal experiences, and expressive techniques, which enable the patient to work through interpersonal relationship issues and gain greater self-understanding.
Substance use disorder education
Screening for mental disorders
Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of mental health conditions and needs treatment.
Smoking permitted in designated area
A designated area in which smoking is permitted.
Suicide prevention services
Services include identifying risk factors; educating staff on the signs of suicidal behavior and using methods to detect risk; and the assessment, intervention, and management of suicidal patients including treatment of an underlying mental or substance use disorder, and use of psychotropic medication, supportive services, and education. Hotlines help individuals to contact the nearest suicide prevention mental health provider.
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Variable prices for services based on a person’s ability to pay.
State substance use treatment agency
Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring substance use disorder services in their respective state.
Social skills development
Screening for substance use
Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of substance use and needs treatment.
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
The ability for healthcare providers, working remotely and using telecommunications technology, to communicate with patients, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, and discuss healthcare issues with other providers to ensure quality healthcare services are provided.
Vaping permitted in designated area
Adult women
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for adult women.
Contact and Location
1643 24th Street West, Suite 310, Billings, MT, 59102
Phone: 406-294-9606