About Us

   New Bridge Employee Assistance Services

  
































Robert Hazelton, LCSW, is the Director and owner of New Bridge.  Prior
to joining the EAP, Robert has provided crisis intervention counseling
going back as far as 1977.  Robert reached his goal for his Masters in
Social Work degree while working full-time as a sanitation worker.  He
has achieved personal growth experience with compulsive behavior and
family of origin addiction.

Robert holds a Bachelors Degree from Long Island University, C.W. Post
College campus, a Master's Degree in Social Work from Adelphi
University, and has specialized in Employee Counseling Program
services for over fifteen years.  He is a New York State Licensed Certified
Social Worker, and Substance Abuse Professional.  A member of the
National Association of Social Workers and the International Employee
Assistance Program Association, Long Island Chapter.  Prior to
establishing NEW BRIDGE, Robert has been the Clinical Account
Manager for the Employee Assistance Programs in the Town of Oyster
Bay, the Northeastern Social Security Administration's offices in Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and the United States Customs Agency at
JFK Airport.  Robert has authored and specializes in providing many
innovative employee and supervisory workshops such as Drug Free
Workplace training, Coping with Change, Enhancing Productivity,
Supervisory and Employee EAP orientation training.

  Nancy Hazelton, LMSW, is the Clinical Director of New Bridge and
provides case management.  Nancy reviews all treatment plans and
referrals for our EAP programs.  She has a wide-range of experience
including being a mom, operating her own child-care center, president of
a not-for-profit parenting cooperative during the 1970s, active in
community by volunteering in other not-for-profits such as Pro Per that
offered "how to" workshops and legal consultations for individuals and
their small businesses.   Nancy also enjoys the arts as a vehicle for
expression and reaching out to the community.  She has exhibited her art
work as a prior member of a small community women's salon, the
Women's Caucus for the Arts in California and recently at DeVry
University, Long Island City.

        Nancy holds a Bachelor's Degree from Empire State University of New
York and a Masters in Social Work from the School of Social Welfare,
SUNY at Stony Brook, New York.  Nancy  is a New York State  Certified
Social Worker, Licensed Masters in Social Work, Substance Abuse
Professional,  Adjunct Professor teaching Psychology at DeVry University
in Long Island City, serves on the Board of Directors for the International
Employee Assistance Program Association, Long Island Chapter and is a
member of the National Association of Social Workers. Nancy has
extensive experience in the provisions of inpatient and outpatient
Substance Abuse Recovery services and Anger Management. Over the
past few years, Nancy has applied her knowledge to critical incident and
trauma debriefings, utilizing specialized crisis intervention and EMDR
practice as needed.  Nancy has developed and provided workshops
such as Wellness in the Workplace (brief employee and management
retreats), Coping with Change - Enhancing Health and Compassionate
Work/Life Experiences - EQ, Preventing Workplace / Home Violence,
Dynamics in Communication and Creativity as Part of Our Life-stages
Development.

 All staff are chosen on the basis of their experience in delivering a wide
range of service, their ability to perform quick, comprehensive
assessments, their advanced clinical credentials and their strong
connection to their communities.  All are licensed personnel in New York
and are clinical social workers.