Company treating mental health, substance-use disorders named to Soaring 76, Philadelphia 100 lists
PHILADELPHIA, PA — ETHOS Treatment LLC’s remarkable success over the past three years has earned the company places on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Soaring 76 and the Philadelphia100® lists, both of which honor the fastest-growing businesses in the Greater Philadelphia region.
With outpatient treatment centers in Philadelphia, West Chester, Plymouth Meeting, Collegeville, Broomall, Jenkintown, and Wyomissing, ETHOS helps adults and teens with mental health issues and substance use disorders through individual counseling, small group, and family therapy.
Several locations also host programs for people with gambling disorders, as well as groups specifically for first responders and men who have experienced trauma.
“Despite our quick growth, we are fully committed to individualized, 100% client-centric care,” says ETHOS Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer A. Michael Blanche MSS, LCSW. “The key to ETHOS’s success has been the standard of manageable caseloads for our licensed therapists, allowing time for truly individualized care.”
To keep care focused on what clients need, when they need it, ETHOS maintains a firm separation between the clinical and operational sides of the organization.
“The ETHOS model allows clinicians to spend all their time caring for clients while businesspeople run the office,” says ETHOS Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Brendan Young. “Clinicians love this care- and client-centric system this model, which enables us to attract — and keep — the best talent, which in turn helps our clients heal.”
WEST CHESTER, PA— ETHOS Treatment, LLC, which helps adults and teens with mental health issues and substance use disorders through a proven combination of individual counseling, small group, and family therapy, is now offering an in-person and telehealth hybrid group for adult women who struggle with trauma and substance use disorder.
“This group will help participants identify with other women and their experiences as we tackle the complications of trauma and its effects in early recovery,” explains Cait Kish, the clinician leading the group. Kish is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) with more than a decade of experience in mental health and substance use disorder healing.
In addition to an eclectic mix of therapies, Kish utilizes humor, compassion, mindfulness, music, and psychoeducation to help clients shed old patterns and beliefs that no longer serve while building new supports and insights.
The Women’s Trauma Group is a Daytime Intensive Outpatient Program that meets three times per week at ETHOS’s outpatient treatment clinic in West Chester. Clients typically participate for six to eight weeks.
The ETHOS-proven model of individual counseling, small group, and family therapy for the treatment of substance use disorders in adults maximizes the potential for long-term, sustainable recovery. ETHOS also helps people with clinical depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and mood regulation issues.
In addition to the Women’s Trauma Group, ETHOS offers groups specifically for first responders, men who have experienced trauma, individuals struggling with alcohol, those with gambling disorder issues, as well as a new LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Group.
ETHOS’s outpatient treatment centers are located in Philadelphia, Plymouth Meeting, Collegeville, Broomall, Jenkintown, West Chester, and Wyomissing.
With mental health education and the use of mental health language becoming more mainstream in today’s society and across social media, the true meaning of Bipolar Disorder and its symptoms is still a great unknown to many. Someone may have a few difficult days feeling “blah” or unmotivated, then feel better and more like themselves again, and describe themselves as “Bipolar” – but that is not Bipolar. Feeling more active in the morning and less at night is not Bipolar. Most people have high and low points of their days or weeks which may be impacted by multiple external factors such as poor sleep, a stressful job, interpersonal concerns, or grief. These experiences do not need to be stigmatized or described as a mental illness, as they are all normal parts of life.
The National Institute of Mental Health describes Bipolar Disorder or “Manic Depression” to be “characterized by dramatic shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels that affect a person’s ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. These shifts in mood and energy levels are more severe than the normal ups and downs that are experienced by everyone”. These shifts in mood/activity are typically cyclical and have a pattern, and vary in severity from person to person.
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder can include but are not limited to:
Mania symptoms: Feeling very “up” or “high”, elated, or extremely irritable and on-edge. Feeling more energetic or “wired”, more active than usual, a decreased need for sleep without feeling tired, speaking faster than usual about various topics, or having racing thoughts. An excessive/increased interest in more pleasurable or risk-taking activities (i.e. sex, drugs/alcohol, spending, gambling, driving recklessly, etc.), or having an inflated self-image such as feeling more talented, powerful or important than usual (grandiosity).
Depressive symptoms: Feeling down, depressed, or sad. Feeling more restless, anxious, or fatigued. Trouble sleeping or unable to sleep (insomnia), or sleeping too much (hypersomnia), feeling more hopeless, worthless, or having suicidal thoughts. Forgetfulness, trouble concentrating or making decisions. More withdrawn or isolated from friends/family, trouble functioning or going to work/completing daily tasks.
If you think you may be experiencing a number of these symptoms, please know that help is available & recovery is possible. Feel free to reach out to ETHOS Treatment (267-669-0300) to schedule a comprehensive evaluation to determine a proper diagnosis and treatment recommendation. From medication management to various forms of therapy, Bipolar Disorder does not have to define who you are or how you function.
If you ever feel hopeless or suicidal, please call 911 or go to the closest emergency room.
