Berks Counseling Center

Berks Counseling Center

Services:
Opioid Medications used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

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

• Private non-profit organization

Language Services

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

Payment Assistance Available

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents
• Adults

Type of Care

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Testing

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State mental health department

Transitional Services

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

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

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

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Education and Counseling Services

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

Ancillary Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted