Berks Counseling Center

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Treatment Approaches

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State mental health department

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

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

• Private non-profit organization

Transitional Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Payment Assistance Available

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Ancillary Services

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

Recovery Support Services

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

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

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Adults

Pharmacotherapies

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

Education and Counseling Services

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

Type of Care

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Testing

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