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United Counseling Service — Bennington

Bennington,Vermont

3.2
11 Reviews

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Location Overview

  • Drug Court Approved
  • Age Range13–99 yrs

About United Counseling Service — Bennington

United Counseling Service is Bennington County's non-profit community mental health agency, providing residential, partial hospitalization and outpatient treatment for substance use and mental health conditions in Bennington, Vermont. Its clinicians are trained in EMDR, and it partners with Kanthaka of North Bennington to offer equine-assisted therapy and learning. The agency's reach goes well beyond addiction treatment: emergency services that can arrange a hospital admission or short-term crisis bed, developmental services, a children's intensive outpatient program for pupils from kindergarten to sixth grade, and the county's Head Start program, running since 1965. Medicaid, Medicare, private and military insurance, state funding and public assistance are accepted.

Treatment details

Treatment for

All 5 — Treatment for

Treatment approaches

Behavior ModificationPsychotropic Medication

All 16 — Treatment approaches

Behavior ModificationPsychotropic Medication
Family Psychoeducation (FP)Psychosocial RehabilitationAssertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Ancillary services

Smoking Cessation CounselingNon-Nicotine Smoking Cessation MedicationsScreening for Tobacco UseCourt-Ordered Outpatient TreatmentSuicide Prevention Services

All 5 — Ancillary services

Smoking Cessation CounselingNon-Nicotine Smoking Cessation MedicationsScreening for Tobacco UseCourt-Ordered Outpatient TreatmentSuicide Prevention Services

Payment options

State-financed (other than Medicaid)
Public Assistance (Check with Provider)

All 7 — Payment options

State-financed (other than Medicaid)
Public Assistance (Check with Provider)

Languages spoken

Services for the Deaf and Hard of HearingSpanish

All 2 — Languages spoken

Services for the Deaf and Hard of HearingSpanish

Accreditation

All 1 — Accreditation

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What Other People Are Saying

Google rating

Matt Heller
Matt Heller2 years ago
5.0

Anne did our first session in such a professional way, with expert counseling skills and a lovely comforting fashion. So impressed. Highly recommend.

Daniel
Daniel6 years ago
1.0

UCS is an organization that lies and fabricates records. They should not be trusted with your life under any circumstances. They do more damage to the client than help. Choose another doctor. This or…

Pooty Mack
Pooty Mack2 years ago
1.0

Going here was the worst experience of my life. I went in a mess and was left a wreck. If I could change one thing in my life, it would be to never have met my “therapist”.

Chelsea Vargas
Chelsea Vargas7 years ago
5.0

Wonderful staff, and A LOT LESS of a wait time to get into programs!

Tiffany Clark
Tiffany Clarka month ago
1.0

Worse mental health place I’ve EVER been and they’re facing criminal charges bc they dropped me with NO notice and I allegedly took a knife to someone bc I was left with NO services when I’ve been a C…

Reviews from Google

Location

100 Ledge Hill Drive, Bennington, Vermont, 05201

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