Northshire UCS

UCS Earns Worksite Wellness Award

Teens 4 Change Visit the Capital

UCS Medical Director Alya Reeve, MD, MPH, Announced as 2016 AAIDD Fellow

UCS Hosts Legislative Breakfast

YCAT Launch "Sticker Shock" Campaign to Raise Substance Abuse Awareness

The Gathering Place Camp

Camp Be A Kid 2015

The United Counseling Service Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Lorna Mattern as the agency’s new Executive Director. Mattern will take the reins when the current Executive Director Ralph Provenza retires at the end of October. “After conducting a national search, …

Take a course. Save a life. Strengthen your community. You are more likely to encounter someone in an emotional or mental crisis than someone having a heart attack.  Learn how to help a friend, family member, coworker or neighbor in need. Mental Health First Aid …

United Counseling Service’s Big Brother Big Sister Program is looking for mentors. Being a Big Brother or Big Sister is one of the most enjoyable things you’ll ever do. Not to mention, one of the most fulfilling. You have the opportunity to help shape a …

Many individuals with disabilities never get the chance to overnight camp. United Counseling Service’s The Gathering Place Camp offers these individuals a camping experience close to home with people they know and trust. The Gathering Place Camp has provided the backdrop for laughter, learning and …

Bennington County Head Start held a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new playground on Monday, August 1, 2016. The Head Start Program currently has 80 students enrolled in the program. “We are extremely pleased with the Head Start Playground and are grateful for the stae …

Camp Be a Kid is in its fourth year at Lake Paran and the kids are having a great time.  The six week camp runs three days a week and is filled with many activities including yoga, paddleboarding, woodworking, swimming and weekly field trips. Camp Be …

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
• Accepts clients on opioid medication

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavioral therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

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Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adult men

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Ancillary Services

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Martix Model
• Relapse prevention

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents
• Young adults
• Adults

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

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