Berks Counseling Center

Berks Counseling Center

Services:
Pharmacotherapies
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Medication for mental disorders
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Clonidine
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Adult men
• Adult women
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Members of military families
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans
• Adolescents
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Young adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Housing services

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Interim services for clients
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for mental disorders
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for tobacco use

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State mental health department

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Education and Counseling Services

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Individual counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Group counseling
• Family counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Treatment Approaches

• Relapse prevention
• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Trauma-related counseling
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Motivational interviewing

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Transitional Services

• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Aftercare/continuing care

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• HIV testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• TB screening

Type of Care

• Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home
• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Ancillary Services

• Social skills development
• Mental health services
• Integrated primary care services
• Case management service

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization