About

About

Berks Counseling Center

Trauma Informed Care: Our Commitment
To create a comprehensive system that promotes radical acceptance, unity, empowerment, and resiliency in every human interaction.

BCC has been part of an extensive Trauma Informed Care Learning Collaborative through the National Council for Behavioral Health and is firmly committed to trauma informed care and practices throughout the organization. All staff throughout the organization have been trained on and practice these principles. Both staff and patients are assured a safe and secure environment in which to support one another and heal. Trauma Informed practices improve client engagement, treatment collaboration, and healthy outcomes. 

As such, we follow these guiding principles:
  1. Safety
  2. Trustworthiness & transparency
  3. Peer support
  4. Collaboration & mutuality
  5. Empowerment & choice
  6. Cultural, historical & gender issues
Services Careers

Our History

Holistic Client-Centered, Family Inclusive and Recovery Oriented Care
Berks Counseling Center has been providing services to the Berks County Community since 1977. Originally founded as Berks Youth Counseling Center, the organization has grown tremendously over time and dramatically expanded its target population and scope of services. BCC maintains its foundation as a licensed substance abuse treatment provider but over time has expanded its services to include mental health and co-occurring disorders treatment, housing, case management, community based programming , peer support, and , most recently, physical health and wellness services. With the addition of our DCO partners, SAM, Inc. and Threshold Rehabilitation Services this led to BCC becoming established as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center and Integrated Community Wellness Center. We have always been and remain committed to meeting the changing needs of the community we serve.

Mission

It is our mission to provide and maintain the highest quality of behavioral/physical health and supportive services while meeting the changing needs of those that seek our help. BCC provides a holistic and integrated approach to ALL populations for the purpose of achieving a healthy and productive lifestyle in recovery.
Annual Report

What Our Clients Say

BCC showed me love when I didn’t love myself. They were beside me when my kids came home from foster care and helped me learn how to parent sober. I understand I did the hard work to get where I am today but if it weren’t for the programs at BCC, I wouldn’t be the successful mother, friend, and daughter I am today! I will forever be thankful to BCC for showing me how to unlock the power I had inside so I could thrive again. ~ Megan W.

It took quite a while but finally decided that my addiction stunted my growth mentally, physically and emotionally and decided that nothing beneficial comes from using drugs. I was blessed to get a second chance and was accepted to live in BCC’s transitional housing program. I was able to bring my family into a drug-free environment that provided structure that was so insanely beneficial to my recovery. Today, I work, I take care of my kids and will be starting school in January 2021. I am a responsible mother that gets up every morning beyond grateful that my life matters. Dealing with an addiction is a battle itself, but living in a place with structure, guidance, and support grounds you and allows you to regroup and move on. ~ Alexie M.

“After years of active addiction, I finally accepted that I’m an addict and wanted help. I cannot express enough the gratitude I have for BCC and the drug and alcohol group I attended. Then, the transitional housing program has allowed me to have a safe environment for me and my children. Without a doubt, the staff at BCC has tremendously impacted my recovery and my perspective on life. Seeing strong and independent recovering addicts has given hope and confidence that I haven’t ever experienced before. Every day, I learn something new about myself and my ability to move forward in my recovery and life. I owe that to Berks Counseling Center, the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous and the God of my understanding. ~ Roxanne D.

Our Leadership

Board of Directors
Chris Axford, President
Greg Little, CFO
John Robinson, Treasurer
Joseph Plageman, Chairperson
Crystal Seitz, Vice-Chair
James Brooks
Linda Krause
Deborah Scull
Brenda Gaul
Anti-Racism Pledge

Stand Together Against Racism Pledge

Along with other organizations throughout our community, BCC has signed the following pledge and promises to:
  • Be patient with others who have different opinions from me.
  • Never use any racial slurs, regardless of whether or not I mean them as a joke and call out my peers when they use racial slurs.
  • Avoid thinking/sharing racial stereotypes when meeting new people.
  • Speak up when peers make inferences about others based on their race.
  • Educate myself about past and present racial injustice.
  • Listen to minorities’ voices and perspectives.
  • Create an atmosphere in my school/house/job/church/community/business that is welcoming to people of all races.
  • Keep an open mind when learning about cultures that are not my own.
  • Embrace and share my own background to help others understand.
  • Reflect on internal biases and fight them with knowledge and conversation with others.
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