CMC Berkshires (Center for Motivation and Change)

Through compassion, collaboration, and the best science has to offer, the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC) helps people with addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions make lasting, life-enhancing changes. They use evidence-based approaches to address substance use, compulsive behaviors, and other mental health issues, including trauma. Their 12-person clinical team comprising a board-certified psychiatrist, psychologists, master’s-level clinicians, and social workers, which enables CMC:Berkshires to provide truly individualized care for clients and their families.

Engage in Motivational Therapies

CMC:Berkshire’s approach helps clients identify their own compelling reasons for change and map out a path they can endorse, not just endure. Rather than focusing solely on stopping unwanted behaviors, their team motivates clients to accomplish their goals and develop a fulfilling life. Clients receive 3+ weekly 1:1 sessions with their primary clinician, 3 daily group sessions, and at least 2 weekly sessions with their family therapist. These therapies include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), trauma-focused therapies, and more. CMC:Berkshires offers non-12-Step care and incorporates 12-Step principles only as desired.

Make Sense of Traumatic Experiences

CMC:Berkshires’ clinicians are trained in gold-standard protocols for treating trauma and PTSD, working with clients to select the most effective treatment for them. They offer Prolonged Exposure therapy (PE & COPE), Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Written Exposure Therapy (WET), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Practice New Skills in a Peaceful Setting

CMC:Berkshires is a 15-resident community in a stunning manor house less than 3 hours from New York City and Boston. Each client enjoys a private, spacious bedroom with an en suite bathroom. In addition to comfortable living, dining, and therapy areas, the spectacular patio offers 50-mile views. On their 200-acre property, a pond provides fishing and kayaking opportunities, and additional features include a driving range, sledding hill, and outdoor yoga deck. Flexible technology policies and office spaces allow clients to use devices outside therapy hours.