Berks Counseling Center

Services:
Facility Type
• Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic

Pharmacotherapies

• Fluphenazine
• Cariprazine
• Chlorpromazine
• Haloperidol
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Risperidone
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Ziprasidone
• Loxapine
• Thiothixene
• Brexpiprazole
• Quetiapine
• Paliperidone
• Lurasidone
• Clozapine
• Aripiprazole

Language Services

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Other State funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Community Service Block Grants
• Cash or self-payment
• County or local government funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicare
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance

Payment Assistance Available

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

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

• Outpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults
• Children/Adolescents

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Young adults
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Testing

• TB screening
• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Ancillary Services

• Illness management and recovery
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Case management service
• Supported housing
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Integrated primary care services
• Intensive case management
• Family psychoeducation
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Assertive community treatment

Type of Care

• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Mental health treatment
• Substance use treatment

Treatment Approaches

• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Couples/family therapy
• Individual psychotherapy