WHAT WE DO
We’ve been creating, maintaining, and growing behavioral health programs in Hawaii since 1997. We pride ourselves on offering innovative models of service delivery. Our “out of the box” solutions help non-profits boost their service offerings, keep the risks of expansion minimal, and stay under-budget.
Pacific Counseling Group (PCG) is comprised of a team of seasoned mental health professionals who have managed, directed, and provided culturally informed outreach and mental health services in Maui County for over 25 years each. Bob Lanser, LCSW, Dr. David Wittenberg, PsyD, and Dr. Heather Wittenberg, PsyD are the principals of Pacific Counseling Group with deep and immediate access to a large team of licensed mental health professionals, outreach workers, communications specialists, office and budget administrative staff, and physical office locations throughout Maui County. Maui County is a small town, and although the official entity applying for this program is newer to DOH, we are the same, known group of mental health professionals known to DOH, simply under a new name. Pacific Counseling Group is a Hawaii-registered LLC active since May 7, 2021 as an entity intended to provide efficient, effective behavioral health delivery for all 3 islands of Maui County. It was created as a complementary LLC to assist Behavioral Health Services of Maui, LLC to broaden its reach. Behavioral Health Services of Maui, LLC has provided services to thousands of Maui County residents yearly for Crisis, outreach, case management, and clinical service programs since 1997.
EVERY SPECIALTY
We recruit and retain child and adult psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, peer support specialists, paraprofessional-level workers, interns, and post-docs. Our expert clinicians are culturally akamai, warm and welcoming, and protect clients’ confidentiality. We’re proud to say that our support staff and clinicians tend to stay with us for many years — many, from the beginning. And our clients report satisfaction upwards of 95%, year after year.
ALL OF MAUI NUI SERVED
We’ve expanded our services to Hana, Moloka’i and Lana’i, too. We added services for adults, including our innovative Intensive Family Therapy model of wraparound treatment for Child Welfare Service-referred families. Soon, we expanded to offer Intensive Case Management, Community-Based Case Management, and Crisis Services (including Crisis Mobile Outreach) for adults. We recently added Crisis Mobile Outreach for children and adolescents, too.
EVERY SPECIALTY
We offer technical writing to create proposals, policies and procedures, and all manner of performance improvement documents. We’ve successfully taken agencies through CARF accreditation several times, along with ongoing State audits, plans of improvement, and credentialing procedures.
HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED
We’ve been doing home and community-based services since 1997. Going out into the field is the best way to help clients make meaningful, practical changes in their lives. Involving every member of the family and extended ‘ohana is how all our providers are trained. Of course, good community-based services don’t happen by accident. BHS provides the necessary and intensive training around confidentiality, boundaries, cultural practices, best-practice approaches, and safety to help our providers make a welcome difference in the community.