Family Guidance Center - Wyomissing
Family Guidance Center, located in Wyomissing, PA, is a non-profit counseling agency focusing on mental health services. Established in 1902, it features experienced licensed professionals and master's level clinicians. Unique offerings include Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and bilingual services in Spanish.
The mission of Family Guidance Center is to promote personal and professional growth in Berks County by providing quality, culturally relevant counseling and related services to all individuals, regardless of financial situations.
- Offers Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) facilitated by highly trained therapists, one of the few in Berks County.
- Provides bilingual services with Spanish-speaking staff for better communication.
- Mobile therapy options are available for clients unable to attend in-office sessions.
- Sliding scale fee structure based on income and family size makes quality services accessible.
Family Guidance Center treats issues like depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and grief. Services are available to adults, children, and families in Berks County and surrounding areas.
- 3 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 4 Levels of Care
- Speaks English, Spanish
- 19 Therapies & Programs
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. If you are taking more of your prescription, or earlier than the prescribed time interval between doses than is directed you may be abusing that medication. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally in or near Reading, PA, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use and lead rapidly to substance abuse. The professionals at Family Guidance Center - Wyomissing are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in Pennsylvania curb their drug use. The selection of a treatment setting depends on the severity of the addiction. Mild cases are usually treated in outpatient facilities; severe cases need hospitalization or treatment in a residential facility. Doctors use medicines along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat the addiction. The treatment includes medication, counseling and therapy. It can also include group counseling, individual counseling and family counseling.
Dual-Diagnosis
Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at Family Guidance Center - Wyomissing is essential to understand the addiction better.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Family Guidance Center - Wyomissing offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the Pennsylvania patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.
Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day Pennsylvania activities. It can last a year or even longer. Services include individual and family counseling, medications to reduce cravings, and treatment of psychiatric and other medical conditions. Aftercare support begins once you have completed earlier stages of treatment.
Therapies & Programs
Therapy plays a major role in addiction recovery. It encourages patients to get to the root of their addiction and learn how to better handle the issues that led to using. Therapy can be conducted in group and one on one settings. In Family Guidance Center - Wyomissing‘s individual therapy, the patient meets with the therapist in a one on one setting. This allows them to focus on the underlying issues of addiction and come up with solutions to prevent future abuse.
One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Addiction involves everyone in a family, not only the addict. Couples therapy can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged.
When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.
Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at Family Guidance Center - Wyomissing in Reading, PA move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.
REBT stands for rational emotional behavior therapy. This is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, that combines images with thoughts and behaviors. It allows for deeper education and understanding of what one can do to help themselves with recovery. It is a deep sense of self-help education managed by Family Guidance Center - Wyomissing that lets someone recovering work through issues on their own, knowing they have the support of people around them if they need it.
Contingency management is a way to help motivate someone to remain substance free. It is a process Family Guidance Center - Wyomissing uses which involves rewarding positive choices and good outcomes. As humans we are wired to recreate experiences that lead to positive feelings.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
1235 Penn Ave
Reading, PA 19610
Phone Number
(610) 374-4963
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Location
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1235 Penn Ave
Reading, PA 19610 -
(610) 374-4963
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Seniors (65+), Teenagers
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Reading, Pennsylvania Addiction and Treatment
Pennsylvania ranks 14th in the nation for drug-related deaths. More than 10% of all deaths in Pennsylvania have been related to drugs and alcohol. 30% of Pennsylvania youth reportedly drink alcohol monthly, with more than 20,000 teenagers having an alcohol problem. The rate of opioid misuse in Pennsylvania is double the national average.
Reading, located in southeastern Pennsylvania, offers a variety of outdoor activities like hiking, biking, and fishing, as well as a thriving arts and entertainment scene. However, the city has been impacted by the opioid epidemic, with a record 130 opioid overdose deaths in 2020. Fentanyl was involved in the majority of these deaths, and cocaine-involved overdose deaths increased by 37% from 2018 to 2019.
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