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Pathways to Life
Address: 364 Crompton Street, Suite 240, Charlotte, NC 28273 · Map
Phone: (252) 695-0269
Website: pwstolife.com
About Pathways to Life
In Selma, North Carolina, Pathways to Life offers support to adults and children dealing with depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addiction, and other behavioral concerns. The center focuses on strengthening communities by providing outpatient services, in home support, and intensive care. Working with licensed specialists and drawing on years of experience, Pathways to Life assists clients in moving toward recovery, developing personally, and restoring emotional and mental well being.
Pathways to Life incorporates evidence based approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and group counseling to help people heal and maintain stability. Therapists collaborate with clients in a secure and respectful manner. Services are available both face to face and via telehealth, helping clients build resilience, strengthen coping skills, and progress toward healthier futures.
At Pathways to Life, clients benefit from an organized and encouraging setting. The center provides private and shared areas, along with consistent meals and scheduled daily activities that promote learning and connection. Through ongoing support, clients remain engaged, acquire new skills, and feel guided through every stage of the healing process.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Intensive outpatient treatment · Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment · Regular outpatient treatment
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment · Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults · Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
- Opioid treatment
- Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere · Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
- Medications used
- Clonidine · Medication for mental disorders
- Treatment approaches
- Anger management · Brief intervention · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Motivational interviewing · Matrix Model · Relapse prevention · Substance use disorder counseling · Trauma-related counseling · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Education and counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support · Hepatitis education, counseling, or support · Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis · Substance use disorder education · Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling · Individual counseling · Family counseling · Marital/couples counseling · Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
- Special programs
- Adolescents · Young adults · Adult women · Pregnant/postpartum women · Adult men · Seniors or older adults · Veterans · Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients · Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders · Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders · Clients with HIV or AIDS · Clients who have experienced sexual abuse · Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence · Clients who have experienced trauma
- Ages accepted
- Children/Adolescents · Young Adults · Seniors
- Genders accepted
- Female · Male
- Payment accepted
- Medicare · Medicaid · Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment · State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Licensing and accreditation
- State substance use treatment agency · State mental health department · State department of health · Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- Ownership
- Private for-profit organization
- Recovery support
- Housing services · Assistance with obtaining social services · Mentoring/peer support · Employment counseling or training
- Transitional services
- Aftercare/continuing care · Discharge Planning · Naloxone and overdose education · Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Other services
- Case management service · Domestic violence services, including family or partner · Mental health services · Social skills development · Transportation assistance · Integrated primary care services · Suicide prevention services
Facility-provided information
- Care offered
- Outpatient
- Substances treated
- Alcohol · Co-Occurring Disorders · Drug Addiction
- Conditions treated
- ADHD, ADD · Anger · Anxiety · Bipolar · Depression · Post Traumatic Stress Disorder · Stress · Trauma
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Cognitive Behavioral Therapy · Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR) · Family Therapy · Group Therapy · Life Skills · Narrative Therapy · Online Therapy · Trauma-Specific Therapy
- Approaches
- Evidence-Based · Individual Treatment · Trauma Informed
- Who it serves
- Adolescents · Boys · Children · Girls · Men · Men and Women · Older Adults · Women · Young Adults
- Languages
- English
Questions to ask Pathways to Life
- Is my specific plan in network, and do you need prior authorization before admission?
- How many hours a week is the outpatient or IOP schedule, and are evening groups available?
- If I need medication for opioid or alcohol use disorder, do you prescribe it or refer out?
- Do you treat mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety at the same time?
- Is there a waitlist, and how soon can you do an assessment?
- What happens after the program ends: aftercare, alumni groups or step-down care?
Also confirm the facility is licensed by North Carolina (this facility reports accreditation). If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
Paying for treatment at Pathways to Life
Pathways to Life reports accepting Medicaid, Medicare, Private insurance, Self-pay. With North Carolina Medicaid, treatment is usually covered at little or no cost, though some levels of care need prior authorization. Most private plans must cover substance use treatment on terms comparable to other medical care under federal parity law.
Distance to specialized care from Charlotte
Measured from the population center of Mecklenburg County, using SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap:
- Nearest medical detox: Charlotte, about less than a mile
- Nearest methadone clinic (OTP): Charlotte, about 1.5 miles (17 within 25 miles)
- Nearest buprenorphine (Suboxone) provider: Charlotte, about less than a mile (43 within 25 miles)
See the Mecklenburg County treatment map, methadone clinics near Mecklenburg County and Suboxone doctors near Mecklenburg County.
Frequently asked questions
What services does Pathways to Life offer?
Pathways to Life reports these levels of care to SAMHSA: Outpatient, Intensive outpatient, Dual diagnosis. Call to confirm current services and openings.
Does Pathways to Life accept insurance?
It reports accepting Medicaid, Medicare, Private insurance, Self-pay. Ask whether your specific plan is in network before admission.
Where is Pathways to Life located?
364 Crompton Street, Charlotte, NC 28273.
How far is the nearest medical detox from Charlotte?
From the center of Mecklenburg County, the closest program offering medical detox is in Charlotte, about less than a mile away (straight-line), based on SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Facility details come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov locator and facility-provided information. Confirm services, availability and payment directly with the facility.