Westport's Positive Directions Welcomes Angelina Miceli as Lead Adolescent and Family Therapist

Westport, CT – Positive Directions-The Center for Prevention and Counseling announced today that Angelina Miceli has joined its team as Primary Therapist. Angelina joins Positive Directions after having spent the past five years in various social work roles in both schools and outpatient settings. Most recently, she served as Assistant Clinical Director at Personal Growth Concepts where she managed a team of outpatient clinicians and worked with a diverse population of clients.

“It is with great excitement that we welcome Angelina Miceli as our Adolescent and Family Therapist” stated Jennifer Hrbek, Executive Director. “In this new and dynamic role, Angelina will not only be providing therapeutic services to clients, but she will also be working in collaboration with our prevention team to educate community members on the dangers of substance misuse, and tackling tough issues such as how to help a loved one who might be struggling with a mental health issue or addiction.” Hrbek continued, “Angelina is an eternal optimist who is grounded in reality. She approaches her work with clients in a positive and uplifting way, while simultaneously challenging them to identify personal strengths within themselves in an effort to achieve long term success.”

Denique Weidema-Lewis, Positive Directions’ Director of Prevention, added, “It’s exciting to build new programming to best meet the needs of our community. Having Angelina join the agency increases our capacity of offering integrated workshops that not only are rooted in evidence-based prevention strategies but will also allow us to provide audiences with a clinical perspective.”

“I'm very much looking forward to joining the Positive Directions team and becoming a part of the Westport community. The mission-driven work at Positive Directions is so important, and I am grateful to be joining a team that is dedicated to offering exceptional mental health services to those in need” stated Angelina.

Angelina graduated with distinction from New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. In addition to being a licensed clinical social worker, she is also a certified school social worker. To schedule a session with Angelina, please contact Positive Directions at 203.227.7644.

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