The Brien Center – Child and Adolescent Services – 334 Fenn Street

The Brien Center is a dual diagnosis addiction treatment center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. They offer outpatient treatment, mental health services, home based care, intensive outpatient care, and aftercare. They accept most insurances and offer a sliding scale to those who may have trouble paying.

This center primarily revolves around mental healthcare for children and teens, including crisis intervention, therapy, psychiatric care, and substance use disorder treatment. They combine medical services with therapeutic treatment to make sure that all clients are safe and getting the help they need.

They also offer intensive home therapy, a program where therapists work with children and youth in their homes and daily lives, including school. The program’s goal is to support youth and the entire family to keep the family unit together. They also provide group home care for youth who need a period of treatment in order to stabilize and create healthy habits.

There are also home based family therapy and mentoring available for youth. Providing this counseling in the home stabilizes situations and helps prevent out of home placements. The mentoring helps teach skill that youth can use to create a successful life.

The whole process is designed to provide wraparound services for the entire family. That way not only is the youth supported, but family members also get the help and care they need to improve the home environment, hold teens accountable and create a constructive family life.