Personal Counseling Services, Inc

Accredited by Solihten Institute

Providing mental health services to everyone desiring wellness of body, mind, spirit, and community.

In a world of confusion, uncertainty, and violence, we must find stability. In a society of convenience, we desire everything now. However, your physical and mental health may take time, and you need someone to walk alongside you. Regardless of your circumstances, you are the most important person.

The highly trained clinical staff at PCS represents the following mental health disciplines: marriage & family therapy, music therapy, intensive outpatient programming for substance abuse, addiction counseling, social work, mental health counselors, pastoral counseling, psychology, and psychiatry. Our interdisciplinary staff is committed to enhancing the wellness of body, mind, and spirit in individuals, couples, families, groups, and the community at large.

Group therapy session
Talking with a therapist

About PCS

Personal Counseling Services (PCS) Inc, an outpatient, non-profit, 501 (c) 3 mental health organization, was established in 1959 before the community mental health initiatives of the
1960s. Three very determined women, Berniece Nicholson of Clarksville, Mary Vawter of Jeffersonville, and Bea Baxter of New Albany, recognized a need for community mental
health and pastoral counseling.

Services Offered By PCS

Therapy

Individual, couple, and marriage & family therapy may be 45 minutes to a one-hour session.

Music Therapy

Music therapy, an allied health profession, "is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals.

Medication Management

A level of outpatient treatment that involves the initial evaluation of the patient's need for psychotropic medications related to mental health or addictions.

Addiction Therapy

Serves the person's alcohol and drug problems more comprehensively with individual addiction therapy.

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Program

Treats this mental health condition when a person has a problematic pattern of substance use that causes distress or impairs their life. One-on-one therapy and intensive outpatient groups meet 3 days per week for 3 hours each day.

Intensive Outpatient Groups (IOP)

Treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. IOP is intensive due to the schedule of treatment.

Play Therapy

Play therapy is for children, and counseling is for adults. It utilizes play, children’s natural medium of expression. It uses sand trays, character figures, puppets, and therapeutic games such as divorce, relocation, anger management, etc.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a a voluntary, work-based program that offers free and confidential assessments, short-- term counseling for employees without them using their insurance or making co-pays.

Azari Program

A therapy that works with first responders, dispatchers, their family members, and Veterans. To process the stressors and trauma that have invaded their day-to-day life.

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