Brandywine Counseling

Brandywine Counseling proudly presents our 2009 Annual Report...

Brandywine Counseling will be closed Wednesday November 18, and Thursday November 19 for an agency-wide staff training.We will be providing take-home bottles to all consumers from 5 AM to 9 AM.We will reopen Friday November 20.

Thanksgiving Week is almost here, and BCI is celebrating with our two traditional events.Monday November 23 is Thanksgving Turkey pick-up day! If you signed up to receive a basket this year, you may pick up your turkey at the Outreach Center between 6 AM and 3 PM...

Can you believe it will be 3 years in February since we started needle exchange in Delaware? Here's an update on the program:653 clients are enrolled in the City of Wilmington's Needle Exchange Pilot Program, exchanging more than 28,000 needles...

On a bus stop bench on a frigid February morning, a young couple sat together shivering, and counting down the minutes until 9:00.“How much longer?” Dawn asked her boyfriend.“Four more minutes.”Dawn broke into a smile in spite of the stinging cold. “Oh, I can’t wait! Soon they’...

Brandywine Counseling's internship program has grown by leaps and bounds over the past year. We currently have over 90 students involved in a project around our agency...

BCI would like to send a big thanks to the Greater Wilmington Yoga Association for their donation of $2,000. These funds will be used to enable our clients to experience the therapeutic benefits of yoga...

Gwen Cichocki is a longtime volunteer with us in our Outreach Center. For several years, she's come in once a week to work in the clothes closet, restock supplies, and do many other small but necessary jobs to help out the outreach team...

The New York Times has a nice article on the growing network of peer-to-peer services for recovering persons in Philadelphia. Specifically, they mention the Philadelphia Recovery Community Center, which focuses on more long-term recovery support than was traditionally available...

One of the counselors here directed me to a very interesting video on HIV prevention in India. Bill Gates’ foundation is partnering with the transgender Aravaani population to do some innovative and much-needed outreach work. ...

On Sunday October 31, 2009, the Homeless Planning Council of Delaware will be hosting the first Delaware 2009 Stand Down/Veterans’ Employment Expo. This will be a one day event to begin at 9 am and end at 5 pm. ...

From the Harm Reduction Coalition:Criminal offenders who completed in-prison and community-based treatment were far less likely to end up back in prison than those who did not get services, according to a new report from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...

One of my co-workers told me about a great program today that I wanted to pass along. Give An Hour offers free therapy sessions to veterans and their families...

Saturday, October 10 is World Mental Health Day. The celebration is part of a global awareness campaign by the World Federation for Mental Health...