Childrens Service Center

Children's Service Center is a substance use treatment provider in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, offering assessment, outpatient care and recovery support for individuals facing drug or alcohol problems.

Delivered through Robinson Counseling Center and part of a broader integrated behavioral health organization, its services combine mental health, substance use and primary care.

The center emphasizes whole-person, evidence based healing with specialized support for opioid use disorder and co-occurring conditions.

MAT Services with Psychiatric Evaluations

After a care assessment, clients can access outpatient substance use treatment, including individual, group and intensive outpatient therapy, as well as partial hospitalization and co-occurring disorder treatment.

Clients can expect approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, family therapy and trauma-related counseling.

As a recognized Center of Excellence for Opioid Use Disorder, the program also provides medication assisted treatment (MAT), peer recovery support and psychiatric evaluation.

Quick Facts: Children's Service Center

• Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with additional sites in Hazleton, Honesdale and Tunkhannock.
• Levels of care: Assessment, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization and regular outpatient treatment
• Who they treat: Adolescents, transitional age young adults and clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Approach: Integrated, whole-person care using CBT, motivational interviewing and MAT
• Payment options: Accepts Medicare, Medicaid, private and military insurance, self-pay and a Sliding Fee Discount Program
• Special services: Certified Recovery Specialists, telehealth and a 24/7 Community Warm Transfer Program

To begin treatment at Children's Service Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, individuals can complete a level of care assessment to determine the right services.

Financial counselors can review programs, help apply for medical assistance and explain payment options, ensuring no one is refused care due to inability to pay.