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Family Guidance Center is a non-profit counseling agency that has been serving the community since 1902. Our mission is to promote and support the personal and professional growth of adults, children and families in Berks County and surrounding areas by providing quality, culturally relevant counseling and related services that empower people to improve the quality of their lives. Family Guidance Center’s experienced staff of licensed professionals and master’s level clinicians provide counseling services that are tailored to the needs of our clients. At FGC, we provide a myriad of services for our community. In addition to offering individual and group counseling for concerns such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, grief, and other difficulties; Family Guidance Center provides mobile therapy, an Employee Assistance Program, and an educational program for divorcing parents titled Children in the Middle. We are also one of the few agencies in Berks County to offer a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program, facilitated by therapists well trained in this modality. Hablamos Español. Bilingual members of our administrative and clinical staff can assist persons that feel more comfortable conversing in Spanish.
Website: Family Guidance Center
Main Office: 125 Penn Avenue, Wyomissing, PA 19610
Hamburg Office: 3570 Old US 22, Hamburg, PA 19526
Phone: (610) 374-4963
Camp Connect
Camp Connect is a free bereavement camp that provides students with the opportunity to come together to learn new ways of dealing with their grief, and to meet other children and families who have experienced similar loss. Specially trained counselors, nurses, and college interns from across Berks County provide support with a one-to-one staff to student ratio. This four-day experience will be filled with fun activities, art, music, and games combined with grief education and emotional support. Specially trained volunteers and mental health professionals facilitate all camp activities. Camp Connect is offered through Berks County Intermediate Unit and is supported by a collaborative partnership from Berks County Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities Program, Jan’s Circle of Friends, local hospice bereavement programs, social agencies, and therapy dogs.
Address: 1111 Commons BLvd., P.O. Box 16050, Reading, PA 19612-6050
Phone: (610) 987-2248
Email: info@berksiu.org
Camp Dragonfly
Hospice of Central PA offers this special weekend camp for children, ages 6-15, who are grieving the death of a loved one. Camp Dragonfly offers a safe environment where children can openly express their feelings and have fun. Facilitated by trained bereavement counselors and volunteers, Camp Dragonfly is made possible through the generosity of the Kline Foundation, McCormick Foundation and the Pollock Foundation. It is free of charge for all participants, but campers and camp volunteers must apply in advance.
Address: 1320 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: (717) 732-1000
