Childrens Service Center

Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

335 South Franklin street
Wilkes Barre PA, 18702

(570) 825-6425

About Childrens Service Center

Children’s Service Center is an addiction treatment center for youth living in the Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, area. I find it admirable that they realize the importance of teaching our children the importance of having a healthy outlook when it comes to drugs and alcohol. Some young people are already struggling with addiction, and this center knows how to intervene in that situation. They are an outpatient clinic, which means your young one can still attend school and doesn’t have to make a full commitment as far as scheduling goes. They are also a dual diagnosis center. This means they treat people with co-occurring mental health issues that coincide with their substance addiction. This is more common than you’d think.

Their outpatient program offers individual therapy, which is a crucial service for the recovery process. This service puts you one on one with a therapist. This gives your child the opportunity to feel like they can express themselves and be heard. They also put a heavy emphasis on family involvement. They’ll help your child put together his or her own prevention plan and strategy in order to combat temptation and peer pressure that might surface in the future. They also offer interventions if your child is heavily involved in substance use and needs encouragement to get treatment.

Once your child completes treatment they may be able to receive aftercare. These services provide ongoing support for long term success. They may include continued counseling, support groups and referrals to community resources.

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Medical briefcase icon Levels of Care

outpatient iconOutpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

inpatient iconInpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

partial-hospitalization iconPartial Hospitalization Program

With a partial hospitalization program (PHP), you can participate in intensive rehabilitation treatment with the ability to return home at the end of the day. For a weekly minimum of 20 hours, a partial hospitalization program can take place up to 5 days a week for an average of 90 days. During PHP treatment, you can receive relapse prevention strategies, medication management, individual and group therapy, and other behavioral therapy interventions.

medically-assisted-detox iconMedically Assisted Detox

A medical detox is the safest way to wean your body off drugs and/or alcohol in an inpatient setting. When detoxing from addictive substances, the physical and psychological side effects of withdrawal can cause mood swings, anxiety, nausea, or flu-like symptoms. In medically assisted detox, a team of medical professionals are on hand 24/7 to help alleviate potential withdrawal symptoms, administer medications to alleviate withdrawal symptoms, and ultimately keep you safe and comfortable throughout this process.

User icon Programs

check iconAdolescence program

adult-program iconAdult program

men iconProgram for men

women iconProgram for women

young-adult iconYoung adult Program

children iconChildren program

hearing iconHearing impaired program

hiv iconHIV/AIDS program

lgbtq iconLGBTQ program

military-hat iconMilitary program

stroller iconPostpartum program

Heart icon Treatment

check iconDual Diagnosis

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

mental-health iconMental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Hand holding medical sign icon Clinical Services

inpatient-file iconCognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

dialectical iconDialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

intervention iconGroup Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

mental-health iconIndividual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

desert iconMotivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing in Pennsylvania gives you the opportunity to share your perspective and explore your ideas and motivation for change. Your therapist will walk you through the four steps of engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning to empower you to make any desired changes in your life.

house-medical iconTrauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Check icon Accreditations

Joint Commission

The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.

Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes

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335 South Franklin street
Wilkes Barre PA, 18702

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2.6 (36 reviews)
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2.6 (36 reviews)
Priscilla Cuevas (Priwalki)
2 months ago
1

If you are Latino or Black DO NOT GO THERE they are racist. I scheduled an appointment with Dr. MICHAEL in May 2024 and as soon as I walked in I saw his reaction, He refused to evaluate my child because We are Bilingual and He said He needed to make sure my child was able to underdtant him, this not even 5 minutes after walking in the exam room. I expressed my concerns and that I consent him to evaluate my child, also my child does not speak a second language the bilingual was me the Mother and He still refused; however, I called back 2 days after to request an appointment and He called me back saying that He is the professional and He knows what He is doing. Sometimes physicians thinks We as citizens do not know our rights and in fact We do. I am also reporting him to the Board of Psychologyst in the State of Pennsylvania.What if a patient does not know their rights? why refuse to evaluate a child just because Family is Bilingual? and recommended me to take my child somewhere else.I am making this public, so be aware and take your child somewhere else.

Christopher Dorr
2 months ago
1

This place is awful its just an insurance money maker.

Rac C
4 months ago
1

If I could give this facility negative stars I would. Mostly because all they want to do is medication in our experience the child rarely sees the psychiatrist even for medication checks this place was also overdosing my child on medications our PCP discovered the overdose because child was having alot of medical problems while on the medications that they were overdosing the child on. They don't want to help the parent they just like to place blame on you for your children's behaviors ect.The therapist ect do NOT work on anything with the child's behaviors.They give you absolutely no support especially when your child has multiple diagnosis. They are well aware of my child's behaviors and background. They are well aware that child has rages and multiple times a day and sometimes for hours a day. They are aware that my child uses profanity towards others (but report you to CYS saying to CYS that all you do is curse at your children. I know that all therapist involved in my child's care got their stories all messed up. The therapist ect should learn what inappropriate discipline ect is but then again most of these therapist do NOT have children of thier own and once again don't even do any therapy ect with your child. Got that a little messed up when it's the Child that is the one who uses profanity at you. Therapist have been around when said child had rages. Therapist/counselor that child saw didn't really talk to the child guess inappropriate discipline is taking the child to child's bedroom until rages calm down especially with siblings around no one needs to see child's behaviors yet alone younger siblings, child uses profanity, hits, kicks, bites I can go on we should not have to let child rage in front of younger siblings and worry about the entire family's safety) also say to CYS that you treat the other children better if they do something they know is wrong the other children get disciplined they get toys ect taken away if they don't do something wrong why should they be punished so of course they get things like little extra reward ect ,but this place likes to make false accusations . They are also aware that my child lacks empathy as well as all behaviors ect. ( The list goes on) I could write a novel. My child has been suspended numerous times which they again are well aware of. When my child also threatened in school that he had a gun in his possession once again they were made aware of and did absolutely NOTHING) same day he threatened other students that the child was going to "KILL" them , also use profanity at other students ( They don't listen to you as the parent goes upon deaf ears they take nothing seriously) Guns in my home are locked in a gun safe) Thank God. child doesn't have Suicidal Ideation ( Child has Homicidal Ideation) Child has also been kicked off of the school bus numerous times and once again they are AWARE. They don't care and the child will say this to you when threatening "No one cares that I threaten" (crisis is worthless in my opinion) nothing ever takes place because they don't do their jobs at this place and take things seriously)What a joke this place is.. The children rarely speak with the psychiatrist. Therapist telling your child that they don't want the parent to upset the child.. news flash all you want to do is keep your children safe. They also like to make false reports to CYS. I would personally consider going somewhere else.. most therapist don't even engage with the children. You also call crisis and they are a joke as well. Please enlighten and tell me the difference between a child under the age of 10 threatening you with your entire family's life all the crisis therapist ask is if child is being suicidal homicidal doesn't matter. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE don't waste your time going here.. they really need to be looked at all therapist ect need further training in most mental illnesses. Most therapist ect here are the most unprofessional and under experienced that I have ever encountered in all facilities that I have ever been. SHUT THIS PLACE DOWN!!

Chee- Nickname Rex
4 months ago
5

Gerard Hallas
6 months ago
1

Place is absolutely worthless and staffing is the entire problem from check in to counselors . It's a shame that children that need help have to even be subjected to this place. Had multiple issues with this place and I'm glad to never go back . Please look into other options for your children.

Cheryl Carrera
7 months ago
5

Me and my daughter both come here for therapy and medication. We love our therapists and I have never encountered a rude employee. After reading the bad reviews, it is clear that these people are the problem not the center. To get so worked up about minor things or things that can be fixed easily, you need to do self reflection and accept that it's your attitude that needs to change. Be grateful that you have access to these services and the profound work these therapists are doing. If one of them didn't call you back or you didn't connect with their style, don't call them out and trash them. They are trying to help us with things our parents should have helped us with. They have a big job to do and they are not robots. Sometimes they don't text or call or whatever. If this happens, talk to them about it instead of giving the whole center a one star scathing review. There are people who could benefit from seeing these therapists but see your reviews (which is sometimes borderline child throwing a tantrum rant) and decide to not come here but to another center that really doesn't care. Shame on you!

Donny Smith
1 year ago
5

They have a great staff.

Ryan Dixon
1 year ago
1

Lynn Simon
1 year ago
2

The ramp area was blocked by a New Jersey jerk so I couldn t get my double stroller in the building easy. There is no elevator that connects first floor to 3rd floor or ramps to get to other levels. I had to ask someone to help lift my stroller. There s no toys for kids to play with while waiting for siblings. The updates - although beautiful - are NOT family / stroller friendly

stacy jones
1 year ago
1

My daughter left her fast charger there and the conselor gave it to the receptionist and now it is gone and they are acting like it is no big deal.. so I guess having people that steal at there job this is the place for you..

Ladybug
1 year ago
5

RUbi Reyes
1 year ago
1

I took a year of adult services and was taught no coping skills..I went through the proper stages to get my son evaluated cause I believe he's on the Spectrum for autism and displays behavior that prevents me from working... My son sat in a corner with markers and was never interacted with during the evaluation. I was just questioned and felt like I wasn't taken seriously... and was offered adult services when I was there for MY SON not me... now we may be homeless soon because I'm a single mom no family help.. I just feel like the ball was dropped on us both. I didn't get the help I needed at all and neither did my son..My son was in daycare 2 days and was removed from the program because of his issues.

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