Catholic Charities - Diocese of Harrisburg

Catholic Charities provides a comprehensive day treatment program as a substitute for residential care, catering to the needs of at-risk youth in Lancaster County. This unique collaborative approach includes Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 as the education providers, while Catholic Charities staff address the behavioral health needs of the students.

Lancaster Intensive Day School is a year-round program, addressing the students’ educational needs during a traditional school year, but then extends the help during the summer where additional behavioral health services are offered. The program provides individual counseling, group therapy, life skills and family counseling to youth ages 9-15.

Lancaster Intensive Day School is a lifesaving program, working with children who are experiencing trauma, abuse, and other mental health issues. When a child joins the school, they do not know how to regulate their emotions and cope with their trauma. Through the compassionate team approach, teachers, therapists and behavioral health technicians teach the children how to cope, creating opportunity for them to return to their local school.

Each child has a specialized treatment plan, which may include family therapy.

Counseling

Catholic Charities offers professional family and individual counseling in Harrisburg, Lancaster, York and Abbottstown.

Our offices provide:

• Counseling across a wide spectrum of challenges – mental health, child rearing, pregnancy, adoption, depression, anxiety, physical and marital abuse and other related difficulties
• Referral to other services in the surrounding community
• Coordination with other Catholic Charities services, such as adoption and maternity care
• Depending on local needs, offices may provide additional services, including group therapy or participation in coalitions and task forces
• Bi-lingual Spanish counseling (in Lancaster only)